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Spotify and hertz?

Steelshoe — Fri, 06 Oct 2023 21:35:06 GMT

I see lots of music with different healing frequencies. Like the Solfeggio frequencies or the 432 Hertz music. How can this be? I read that ALL Spotify music is tuned to 440 Hertz. And that Spotify does not support different frequencies. So why is some music still labeled different Hertz?

Re: Spotify and hertz?

Maxim — Sat, 07 Oct 2023 05:12:26 GMT

Hey @Steelshoe,

Thanks for reaching out.

Spotify displays the content and metadata the way it is delivered to them 🙂 So if a song title includes "432 Hertz", for example, they'll show it as well.

Re: Spotify and hertz?

Steelshoe — Sat, 07 Oct 2023 10:53:50 GMT

Ok Thanks Maxim, but then its true that it is not actually 432 hertz right? But 440?

Re: Spotify and hertz?

Maxim — Sat, 07 Oct 2023 14:36:27 GMT

Hey @Steelshoe,

I've just received some info on this:

All music on Spotify is tuned to 440, however some artists do indeed label their music as 432 (as you've already seen).

Spotify is working on preventing this from happening in the future. For now, you can any discrepancies through this support page. 🙂

Hope this helps!

Re: Spotify and hertz?

Steelshoe — Sat, 07 Oct 2023 16:45:29 GMT

yes thanks a lot. Very helpful Maxim.

Re: Spotify and hertz?

Maxim — Sat, 07 Oct 2023 16:50:28 GMT

Glad I was able to help, @Steelshoe! Have a great rest of your day 🙂

Re: Spotify and hertz?

Amilcious — Fri, 15 Dec 2023 03:37:25 GMT

Maxim Can you talk to the good people at Spotify and tell them we want 432 and NOT 440 hertz PLEASE!

Re: Spotify and hertz?

Maxim — Fri, 15 Dec 2023 04:49:42 GMT

Hey @Amilcious,

Feel free to submit your idea at https://community.spotify.com/t5/Ideas/ct-p/newideas 🙂

The more support it receives from other users, the more likely it is that Spotify will take a look at it and consider it.

Re: Spotify and hertz?

Ronchytaco — Sat, 16 Mar 2024 01:00:23 GMT

They wouldn't have ever made it forced to be 440a if they didnt want to do that,, no amount of people will change that, im sure theyve been paid a hefty sum to keep it like this. They know its a dissonant tone and 741. They know. They would've changed this by know if they "didn't know"

Re: Spotify and hertz?

pszafranko — Thu, 28 Nov 2024 15:59:26 GMT

I'd argue this is not solved. This is effectively a request to add 432hz as a playback option given it's not currently supported.

Re: Spotify and hertz?

Questaeons — Tue, 08 Jul 2025 02:55:04 GMT

Can you explain why Spotify has all of their music tuned to 440 hz frequency?

Re: Spotify and hertz?

Thecross — Thu, 05 Mar 2026 10:26:56 GMT

There were studies funded by the Rothschild back in the 30s that found that 440hz is a dissonant frequency which make people feel disharmonious and overall more “aggressive” and funded events to unsure to change the standard to 440hz. This happened right before WWII. Since then it has been the standard.

Re: Spotify and hertz?

Regian — Sat, 14 Mar 2026 10:37:18 GMT

Thanks, makes sense