From the second I started paying to stream music, it was Spotify for me. Not only was the ability to instantly stream songs mind-blowing for someone who’d spent years in the harrowing trenches of peer-to-peer music piracy, but Spotify was pretty much the only game in town. It was an easy choice: risk downloading a […]
A Spotify Beta Feature Lets Users Make Custom Playlists by Writing AI Prompts
If a weird, throwaway, AI-generated playlist is something that interests you, you probably already know that you can just type your request into the chatbot of your choice, and transfer the result into something like Spotify or Apple Music manually. But now, Spotify is rolling out its own, possibly less clunky version of this process, […]
Spotify Would Prefer You Didn’t Sell Your Own Data for Profit
Spotify has never been shy about the fact that the massive amount of user data it collects is a major part of its secret sauce, from its user-specific Discover Weekly playlist to the annual event that is Spotify Wrapped. But the company, which does everything it can to lock people into long listening sessions and […]
Sinners’ Spotify Easter Eggs Offer an Inspired, Immersive Lore Discovery
If you watched Sinners this past weekend and haven’t been able to get the visuals and the music out of your mind, you might want to check out the official soundtrack and playlist on Spotify. Not only is the whole soundtrack with performances by newcomer Miles Caton, who plays Preacher Boy, a featured option but […]
Spotify Is Blocking Porn That Rises to Top of Podcasts
Spotify says it has cut down on the number of explicit porn accounts on its video platform after they kept rising to the top of feeds. The company denies that its new creator monetization program gave any money to these supposed porn accounts, which implies your best option for paid personalized porn is still OnlyFans. […]
Spotify Pulls Down Andrew Tate’s Podcast About ‘Pimping Hoes’ Amid Criminal Probe
Rightwing influencer Andrew Tate has made a lucrative career out of being a misogynistic asshole, though it’s worth noting that he’s not the only one who has profited off of the obnoxious schtick. Spotify, which has long hosted (and monetized) Tate’s material, made the decision this week to finally pull one of his shows off […]
Joe Rogan Is No Longer the King of Podcasts
Following the 2024 Presidential election, it seemed like there was one big winner who wasn’t on a ballot: Joe Rogan. The podcast host seemingly succeeded in putting his finger on the scale and using his platform to help propel Donald Trump back into the White House. But ever since Trump took office, Rogan’s numbers have […]