Music freezes every time.

I got this Macbook Pro M2 max a month or so ago. Maybe a bit more. It came with Ventura 13.2.1 loaded. The music app worked.

All of a sudden, last night, the Music app froze mid-use. It now freezes every single time I open it. Just spinning wheel. Either I force quit, or I let it sit and it crashes out/quits on its own.

I can only guess that this has something to do with Apple ID and the endless efforts to trap customers in iCloud and Apple Music even if, like me, they own their own music on CD.