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New Feature To Try On Desktop: Quick Search Shortcuts

Hey folks, The Spotify team is always working to make the software as simple as possible for everyone to use, and for those of you who like to save a bit of time by using keyboard shortcuts, there's a very convenient trick that you may not have notic...

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New Home Feed Interface?

Sorry but this new "tiktok-like" interface is so ugly. Spotify needs to realise that a familiar design on one app absolutely doesn't work for others. It doesn't "promote discovery" and honestly just makes me feel less inclined to scroll through hundr...

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Release Radar this week was almost all AI generated music

PlanPremiumCountrySweden My Question or IssueI usually check out the release radar once per week just in case there's some fun new music I've missed out on.This week though I noticed that out of the 30 tracks, 23 of them all followed a very specific ...

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  • Plan Premium Country Sweden   My Question or Issue I usually check out the release radar once per week just in case there's some fun new music I've missed out on. This week though I noti...
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spotify-made playlists

My Question or IssueI've been playing many of the "Made For You" playlists and it seems that almost all of them include too many tracks from the same artist. Is there a way I can filter out certain artists so that it doesn't focus so much on a specif...

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  • My Question or Issue I've been playing many of the "Made For You" playlists and it seems that almost all of them include too many tracks from the same  artist. Is there a way  I can filter...
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Why can't I add any songs to a collaborative playlist ?

I want to add songs to a collaborative playlist.The playlist is not proposed as a destination to add the songs through right click in the app.The playlist is added to my library.When I want to add any songs into it through drag and drop, this specifi...

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  • I want to add songs to a collaborative playlist. The playlist is not proposed as a destination to add the songs through right click in the app. The playlist is added to my library. When I want to ...
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Stop putting Taylor swift stolen version songs on Spotify crafted playlists

I’m a massive Taylor swift fan and don’t want to listen to the stolen versions! I only listen to Taylor’s version of fearless, red and speak now! However I also love listening to daylist and other Spotify crafted playlists. But most days if I hit shu...

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  • I’m a massive Taylor swift fan and don’t want to listen to the stolen versions! I only listen to Taylor’s version of fearless, red and speak now! However I also love listening to daylist and other Sp...
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Inappropriate Podcast Recommendations on My Child's Spotify Home Page

Hello Spotify Community,I'm a concerned father reaching out about a serious issue with podcast recommendations appearing on my 12-year-old son's Spotify home page. I'm hoping to find a solution and wondering if other parents are facing similar proble...

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  • ...re highly inappropriate for a child. Specifically: 1. Explicit content (e.g., **bleep**-related podcasts) is being recommended despite my son primarily listening to children's audiobooks and family-f...
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Superuser Contribution On the app and desktop all albums are showing in list view and not grid view

Recently, since Friday, all of my albums and songs are showing up on list view rather than previously were it was grid view. It was grid view on Thursday and suddenly it was list view on Friday. I uninstalled and reinstalled the app and nothing has c...

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  • Recently, since Friday, all of my albums and songs are showing up on list view rather than previously were it was grid view. It was grid view on Thursday and suddenly it was list view on Friday. &nb...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution How to exclude artist and/or genre from recommended music and new issues

Hello,We are using Spotify Family since a very long time and are all happy with it. But I do have a problem since 1 year now and I'm starting to get mad about it. So, what happened is that last summer, my son used my phone to cast music during a part...

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  • Hello, We are using Spotify Family since a very long time and are all happy with it. But I do have a problem since 1 year now and I'm starting to get mad about it.   So, what happened is that...
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repetitious songs

Truly, I do not want to listen to the Rolling Stones Beast of Burden on every one of my Daily Mix and over half of my Radio Stations as the SECOND song in every category! Although I Liked the album, I didn't click Like for the song itself. This is an...

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  • Truly, I do not want to listen to the Rolling Stones Beast of Burden on every one of my Daily Mix and over half of my Radio Stations as the SECOND song in every category! Although I Liked the album, ...
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Superuser Contribution I am having issues when I delete songs from my queue

I noticed today that when I delete songs from my queue in my playlists, whether the playlist is shuffled or not, it will repeat add the songs on the bottom of the queue. For example, let's say I have twenty songs in my playlist and song 1 is playing....

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  • I noticed today that when I delete songs from my queue in my playlists, whether the playlist is shuffled or not, it will repeat add the songs on the bottom of the queue. For example, let's say I have...
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Superuser Contribution Side by side duplicates in song queue

PlanPremiumCountryUnited KingdomDevicePC and iPhoneOperating SystemWindows 10 and iOS 18 Developer Beta 3 My Question or IssueThere is this annoying issue with Spotify that when you play a folder and a song appears multiple times within the folder, i...

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  • Plan Premium Country United Kingdom Device PC and iPhone Operating System Windows 10 and iOS 18 Developer Beta 3   My Question or Issue There is this annoying issue with Spotify that w...
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Superuser Contribution Do all podcasts have read along?

I am hearing impaired and miss my podcast so much. I heard there is now read along? But only some podcasts have it, not all. And not my favorite Am I just missing something? I don’t see a read along button at the bottom of the now playing podcast .

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  • I am hearing impaired and miss my podcast so much. I heard there is now read along? But only some podcasts have it, not all. And not my favorite 😞 Am I just missing something? I don’t see a read alo...
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[Explicit] labels for instrumental tracks?

I was really surprised to find out even instrumental tracks can get the [Explicit] label.Exhibit A: https://open.spotify.com/track/78dkRmhL45kRtZ970NtsXYAnyones guess why that happened, but either way, why even bother with those labels?I like my jazz...

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  • I was really surprised to find out even instrumental tracks can get the [Explicit] label. Exhibit A: https://open.spotify.com/track/78dkRmhL45kRtZ970NtsXY Anyones guess why that happened,...
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Access to tracks

Why would an albumn I've been playing for a while, and whose tracks Ive been using in numerous playlists, suddenly become greyed out and un-platable?

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  • Why would an albumn I've been playing for a while, and whose tracks Ive been using in  numerous playlists, suddenly become greyed out and un-platable?  
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Christian Genre Removed

PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceiPhone 11Operating SystemiOS 13 My Question or IssueIt appears that the Christian genre has been removed from All Genres under Search. While I realize I can search "spotify:genre:christian" to get to that genre, it isn't fu...

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  • Plan Premium Country USA Device iPhone 11 Operating System iOS 13   My Question or Issue It appears that the Christian genre has been removed from All Genres under Search.  While ...
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Why is there no faith category in the podcast section?

At least in the norwegian podcast-category list I could not find a category for faith. But I know there are great faith based podcasts out there. Makes it harder to find I podcasts I want to listen to. Could you add one if there isn't one already?

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  • At least in the norwegian podcast-category list I could not find a category for faith. But I know there are great faith based podcasts out there. Makes it harder to find I podcasts I want to listen t...
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Superuser Contribution Unexpected Release Radar updates

PlanPremiumCountryGermanyDeviceacross all devices (Android app, Windows desktop app, web browser, ...)Operating Systemsee above My Question or IssueFor a few weeks now, I have been noticing unexpected changes to my weekly Release Radar. I usually che...

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  • Plan Premium Country Germany Device across all devices (Android app, Windows desktop app, web browser, ...) Operating System see above   My Question or Issue For a few weeks now, I h...
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Superuser Contribution NOT REAL CHAPPELL ROAN

Got an alert for new chappell roan concert: https://open.spotify.com/concert/44ZcznEnQJO59KDQh4v1Le?si=eX-qLjaJQQ2Kwwq6VVU_RQ This is a chappell roan-themed drag event, and not an actual performance by chappell roan.

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  • Got an alert for new chappell roan concert:   https://open.spotify.com/concert/44ZcznEnQJO59KDQh4v1Le?si=eX-qLjaJQQ2Kwwq6VVU_RQ   This is a chappell roan-themed drag event, and not an a...
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Superuser Contribution Unable to play certain artists

PlanPremiumCountryCanada DeviceDesktop My Question or IssueI've noticed a few times that certain artist become completely unplayable. I'm not talking about how certain songs on certain albums get "greyed out" because the content is not available in a...

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  • ...ertain songs on certain albums get "greyed out" because the content is not available in a country, I mean the entire library from an artist just doesn't play when I press the play button. Everything i...
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Superuser Contribution "Couldn't load the lyrics for this song" error

As of version 8.8.20.544 and the version prior to that has caused the lyrics from my personal playlist in my device 'Samsung-SMJ250F' to disappear, at first I thought it was brcause the songs were old but way older songs still had lyricsThe playlist ...

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  • As of version 8.8.20.544 and the version prior to that has caused the lyrics from my personal playlist in my device 'Samsung-SMJ250F' to disappear, at first I thought it was brcause the songs were ol...
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[All Platforms][Other] ZZ Top "Deguello" is missing from artist's library.

The album "Deguello" is missing from the ZZ Top library. All of the songs except "Esther Be The One" are found on various ZZ Top greatest hits albums on Spotify. Can you add the "Deguello" album to the ZZ Top library so when I sort by album, all of t...

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  • The album "Deguello" is missing from the ZZ Top library.  All of the songs except "Esther Be The One" are found on various ZZ Top greatest hits albums on Spotify.  Can you add the "Deguello...
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