topic Re: Clean versions of albums displaying on an artist page instead of the explicit ones in Content Questions

Clean versions of albums displaying on an artist page instead of the explicit ones

Y2Kev — Sat, 25 Jan 2025 14:01:07 GMT

A lot of artists' pages are displaying the clean versions of their albums instead of the actual explicit versions that should show by default.

The explicit versions of the songs of said albums are still available through the search results and the artist most popular tracks section, but they're "hidden" on the actual artist page album lists.

Here's an example of the clean version of CHROMAKOPIA by Tyler, the Creator being displayed on the artist page instead of the explicit version.

If you need any more examples, check out the artist pages for Kanye West, Post Malone and any other artists whose releases are full of explicit content.

https://open.spotify.com/album/3dW90wb1hbgR5HTbl3Tr9R?si=44h0JPMTSveT3uCsJoDE-g

Re: Clean versions of albums displaying on an artist page instead of the explicit ones

u6boo1tk_-z7h — Sat, 25 Jan 2025 14:54:40 GMT

I'm seeing the same issue.

Taylor Swift

Album as example: Midnight, comes in 3 editions. 3am is clean, the other 2 should not.
If I search for the song "Snow on the beach", I find 2 explicit and one clean version (clean from 3am, the others from the 2 other editions).. I can play the explicit one from the search results.

I navigate to Taylor Swift's page, go to albums, scroll to Midnight's editions, all 3 are clean. Even the one I found through the search results.

Same for all Limp Bizkit's albums. It's really weird to listen to the song Hot Dog with all the blanks...

I double checked my settings, and Explicit Content is turned on.

This feels like a bad code push to prod?

Why spotify cenzure bad words like: ,, fuck" in songs ?AndNowThereIsAGap

Sat, 25 Jan 2025 19:40:36 GMT

When I listen to demi Levato song or Olivia Rodrigo like,, holy fvck", ,, obsessed" words like ,,fuck" doesnt apear and there is just a gap when they should sing a word

Re: Clean versions of albums displaying on an artist page instead of the explicit ones

xxmadog246810xx — Sun, 26 Jan 2025 03:17:23 GMT

Noticing the same for The Weeknd! I have to search the albums/songs for the explicit versions.

explicit song not on artist page

hadsmads04 — Mon, 27 Jan 2025 00:58:57 GMT

explicit albums are playable but not showing up in artists profile, tried adding video attachments but it won't let me.

Country

usa

Device

iPhone 14

Re: Clean versions of albums displaying on an artist page instead of the explicit ones

SquirrelQueen — Mon, 27 Jan 2025 01:26:23 GMT

Yeah I’m noticing that now. Why is it only showing clean albums? I know I have explicit turned on

Why is explicit music not playing even though it is set to play?

Mon, 27 Jan 2025 14:40:34 GMT

I’ve uninstalled the app, it’s up to date and still my music is being censored

Re: Clean versions of albums displaying on an artist page instead of the explicit ones

Joan — Tue, 28 Jan 2025 11:55:34 GMT

Hi there folks,

Thank you all for your replies and the information provided.

We've tested this on our end with various artists and can confirm that we were able to reproduce this behaviour. This is now being looked into. We'll keep you posted on any updates as soon as we have them.

In the meantime, the explicit versions can still be found around the app with a little more searching as those are still available. Check if the songs have the E explicit tag. Sometimes, you can see the Parental Advisory sticker in the album cover too.

It's a bit easier on desktop as you can open the album and check if there's a drop down menu at the bottom showing multiple releases of that specific album. This will allow you to switch to different versions of that release, which should include the explicit version as well.

Cheers!

Re: Why is explicit music not playing even though it is set to play?

nemokwf — Mon, 27 Jan 2025 15:31:54 GMT

Yeah, exactly. More to it, not that I search for an artist and look for discography I can't find albums with explicit content. Only if you search for a specific album there'll be two versions of it, one of which is explicit. what the heck?

Spotify defaulting to the clean version of albums

MarioSy — Tue, 28 Jan 2025 20:32:31 GMT

Spotify defaulting to the clean version of albums

hello, i need help, spotfy decides to default most

Re: Clean versions of albums displaying on an artist page instead of the explicit ones

zbswanson — Tue, 28 Jan 2025 23:45:19 GMT

I am having the same issue with MAC Miller album GOOD AM. Only shows clean version, which is awful

Re: Clean versions of albums displaying on an artist page instead of the explicit ones

JRJRJR1 — Wed, 29 Jan 2025 04:45:27 GMT

Your mobile app does not has a feature to switch between different album versions tho

Re: Clean versions of albums displaying on an artist page instead of the explicit ones

Dessi — Wed, 29 Jan 2025 08:44:37 GMT

Hey @JRJRJR1,

Thanks for reaching out!

There's a live idea on this topic, which you can vote for and show your support. More info on how the Idea Exchange board works here.

Cheers!

Re: Clean versions of albums displaying on an artist page instead of the explicit ones

u6boo1tk_-z7h — Wed, 29 Jan 2025 08:53:46 GMT

“Yeah, but….”

The default should be the original (explicit) album, when I have the Explicit option turned on in my settings.
That’s the user’s expectation (clearly, see discussion above).

I don’t deny the option to browse multiple versions of an album also needs to be on mobile. So I did vote for that idea.

But it is not the solution for the issue raised in this topic! That also needs to be investigated and solved. (At the moment it feels like belittling of the users… Like we can’t handle explicit versions…)

Re: Clean versions of albums displaying on an artist page instead of the explicit ones

Dessi — Wed, 29 Jan 2025 08:58:50 GMT

Hey @u6boo1tk_-z7h,

Thanks for your response!

We fully understand your concern and as mentioned by @Joan this has already been raised with the respective team, so that they can look into it. As soon as we get an update from them, we'll make sure to post here and let you know.

Take care.

Re: Clean versions of albums displaying on an artist page instead of the explicit ones

u6boo1tk_-z7h — Wed, 29 Jan 2025 09:07:40 GMT

Thanks for your clarification!

(Working at a public software company myself, I was afraid to see a pattern we pull once in a while… my apologies!)

Hoping to hear an update soon!

Re: Clean versions of albums displaying on an artist page instead of the explicit ones

Maria — Fri, 31 Jan 2025 14:01:46 GMT

Hey everyone,

Great news - this is now fixed!

You should notice a difference right away, just make sure to restart the app.

Cheers 🙂

Re: Clean versions of albums displaying on an artist page instead of the explicit ones

jgoody520 — Fri, 14 Feb 2025 01:43:48 GMT

Is there a way to turn this back on if we want it? I would LOVE to have ALL albums default to the CLEAN versions if they are available. That would be a fantastic option to offer. It's obviously possible if it was happening before. We have a Family premium account.

Re: Clean versions of albums displaying on an artist page instead of the explicit ones

samlynnan — Sun, 16 Feb 2025 02:04:34 GMT

I restarted the app and it is still doing it and I'm getting **bleep**

Re: Clean versions of albums displaying on an artist page instead of the explicit ones

geussnot — Mon, 03 Mar 2025 09:30:55 GMT

I geuss my spotify membership is comming to an end... i hate this censor **bleep**... don't have time to deal with something unnecessary like this.

**bleep** **bleep**... oh oops.. bleep all you want, im gone..

Cheers