If you want an MP3-playing USB drive, there are still plenty of S1s[1]to be had for incredibly low prices, some very Shuffle-like in appearance:

https://www.aliexpress.com/price/mp3-player-usb-drive_price....

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S1_MP3_player

(I played around with S1s when they were really popular; they're a cute little Z80-based embedded system. It's rather surprising that they are apparently still in production, for over a decade now.)