My Spotify liked-songs playlist is not exactly listenable on shuffle; there are simply too many genres and moods in there.

Its great strengths are its interviews with Spotify employees, use of internal Slack messages, and bringing into English for ...

In her book, music journalist Liz Pelly peels back the curtain on the Spotify algorithm and explains how it's affecting the music industry.

studying or wallpapering a public business — have no particular investment in individual, identifiable artists, which has allowed Spotify to populate playlists with inexpensive soundalikes.

coming soon to the app’s ‘Liked Songs’ default playlist: Your “Liked Songs” on Spotify are a collection of you—spanning every genre you’ve ever enjoyed and each mood you’ve experienced. Some days, you ...

Novelty suffers, too. By one estimate nearly three-quarters of streamed songs are over 18 months old. Compared with the raucous explosion of genres that characterised popular music until the 2000s— ...

From there, users can filter it by artist, genre, or mood ... must have played at least five songs recently for the playlist ...

Mood Machine: The Rise of Spotify and the Costs of the Perfect Playlist, has materially harmed the lives of countless musicians and listeners alike by, she writes, treating music "more as a utility ...

If you have yet to try Spotify ... You can browse popular playlists, including top hits from your country, and more. Scrolling down will reveal suggested mood playlists, popular albums, trending ...