topic Re: Discover weekly album cover has a picture of another user account in Your Library

Picture in Discover this week playlist is not me, but my friend

Kiki_Mbwele — Tue, 25 Feb 2025 16:32:31 GMT

Hi, for the past two weeks I've noticed that the "Discover this week" playlist is showing a picture of my friend instead of me even though it says it was created for me (plus my handle). In my account I can see the picture is the one I use, but only in the playlist there's someone else (my friend who once, many years ago shared her playlist with me - thought it could be relevant).
I'd appreciate if it was fixed. The issue occurs on both mobile and desktop app.

Re: Picture in Discover this week playlist is not me, but my friend

MihailY — Wed, 26 Feb 2025 07:56:12 GMT

Hey,

Thanks for reaching out.

This is indeed odd. Can you try unfollowing the playlist and then re-adding it to Your Library from Browse - Made For You - Discover New Music?

Let us know what happens.

Re: Picture in Discover this week playlist is not me, but my friend

Kiki_Mbwele — Sun, 02 Mar 2025 20:40:58 GMT

Hey, thanks for reaching out. Unfortunately this didn't help 😞 The pic is still of my friend, not me. But it does say my name in the description, so looks the same as before. Also, I did have two Discover weekly playlists added, one was in fact for my friend, but both had her pic in - adding the screenshot.

Re: Picture in Discover this week playlist is not me, but my friend

Yordan — Mon, 03 Mar 2025 12:15:03 GMT

Thanks for the screenshot, @Kiki_Mbwele!

Have you tried clearing the app's cache to see if that helps? You can do so in Settings > Storage. It's also worth logging out everywhere from your account page and signing back in on all devices to force a refresh which may help here.

Something else you can try is changing your profile photo to see if the playlist's cover will update accordingly. Note that you may need to wait for Discover Weekly to refresh again before the changes take effect.

Cheers 🤘

Re: Picture in Discover this week playlist is not me, but my friend

Kiki_Mbwele — Mon, 03 Mar 2025 12:12:17 GMT

Hi Yordan,

tried cleaning cache but still it didn't help. But I will try with the pic change and let you know 🙂 Thanks!

The picture on my weekly mix is wrong

Steffillie — Wed, 05 Mar 2025 19:41:28 GMT

Plan

Premium

Country

Germany

Device

Samsung Galaxy S20 Fe9

Operating System

Some Android 13 Version

My Question or Issue

Its not a major thing but it bugs me a lot. The picture on my weekly mix is the one of a friend of my (whoms weekly mix I follow). It also appears on my laptop, so it is not only tied to my phone. I would be very happy to change it but I can't. I tried by changing my profile pic, by unfollowing his playlist...

Re: The picture on my weekly mix is wrong

Kiki_Mbwele — Thu, 06 Mar 2025 17:59:30 GMT

Hi Steffillie, I have the same issue. For now I changed my profile pic and I'm waiting till next week's playlist is prepared so I can check if this helped (as per Yordan's advice). So far, even though I unfollowed my friend's playlist, mine is still showing her pic (on both mobile and desktop.

Re: Picture in Discover this week playlist is not me, but my friend

TheDanceJuice — Sun, 09 Mar 2025 12:51:05 GMT

I have this same issue! It's been like this for ~4 weeks now - Identical Discover Weekly cover photo as my friend's Discover Weekly (of which I also follow). Have tried changing my profile photo, clearing cache, working in browser/phone/desktop app, and still no difference. 😞

Re: Picture in Discover this week playlist is not me, but my friend

Ivelina — Tue, 11 Mar 2025 15:37:37 GMT

Hey again folks,

Thanks for joining the thread @TheDanceJuice and @Steffillie.

As we'd like to take a further look into this, it would be very helpful if you could share the device(s) and OS-versions this is happening on, as well as the Spotify-versions you're using.

Additionally, let us know if the same thing happens in the Web Player.

@Kiki_Mbwele let us know if changing your profile pic made a difference once you get the updated playlist.

We appreciate the cooperation and will be on the lookout.

Re: Picture in Discover this week playlist is not me, but my friend

jessbee33 — Sat, 15 Mar 2025 03:38:00 GMT

Hello, I have also had the same issue—my discover weekly cover photo is a random person I don’t know. It has been like this for 2 or 3 weeks.

I tried clearing the cache, and replacing my photo, but those have not resolved the issue.

I’m on iOS 18.3.1

Spotify version 9.0.26.607

Re: Picture in Discover this week playlist is not me, but my friend

nick533 — Sat, 15 Mar 2025 06:15:23 GMT

I've noticed that my "Discover This Week" playlist displays a picture of my friend instead of me, even though it says it was created for me (along with my handle). My account profile picture is correct everywhere else, but only this playlist shows someone else’s image. The friend in the picture once shared a playlist with me years ago, which might be relevant. The issue occurs on both the mobile and desktop app. I’d appreciate it if this could be fixed.

Re: Picture in Discover this week playlist is not me, but my friend

MihailY — Sat, 15 Mar 2025 13:28:36 GMT

Hey folks,

Thanks for your reports.

We've forwarded this to our tech team and we'll keep you posted on any updates in this thread.

Cheers,

Discover weekly album cover has a picture of another user account

Demonologist_UA — Mon, 17 Mar 2025 22:55:56 GMT

Plan

Premium

Country

Device

(iPhone 13 Pro max)

Operating System

(iOS 18.3.2)

My Question or Issue

Discover weekly keeps creating each week with a picture of another user account.

Some details I can share: previously I had no account picture added, and few weeks ago this user shared with me the link to his discover weekly playlist

From that moment my Discover weekly always has the cover of this user account picture.

Few days ago I added my own profile picture to account, but it didn't help

Re: Discover weekly album cover has a picture of another user account

Billy-J — Tue, 18 Mar 2025 11:09:31 GMT

Hey @Demonologist_UA, thanks for reaching out to the Community!

I’m sorry to hear this. In this case, I’d recommend checking out this support article for the next steps to take.

To prevent this from happening in the future, there are many measures you can take to protect your account, such as resetting your password every few months, and not using passwords you have used on other sites. There is also a great guide here for some more measures on protecting your account.

If you see an email from Spotify, and can’t tell if it’s legit, use this checklist. Of course, Spotify makes sure that all user records and platforms are completely secure around the clock.

I hope this helps.

Re: Discover weekly album cover has a picture of another user account

Demonologist_UA — Tue, 18 Mar 2025 11:47:13 GMT

Hi Billy-J,

I really appreciate your response! However, my issue is not related to losing access to my account or logging into the wrong one.

I am experiencing a bug with the "Discover Weekly" cover image. As I understand, this playlist’s cover is automatically generated and should always match my profile picture.

However, there seems to be a recurring issue—each week, the cover image of my "Discover Weekly" playlist displays another user's profile picture instead of my own. This happens consistently, week after week.

Re: Picture in Discover this week playlist is not me, but my friend

Kiki_Mbwele — Tue, 18 Mar 2025 19:54:25 GMT

Hi all,

just an update - unfortunately none of the workarounds helped, I still have my friend's pic in my playlist. Hopefully the tech team can help 🙂 Thanks in advance!

Re: Picture in Discover this week playlist is not me, but my friend

Ponita — Fri, 28 Mar 2025 17:42:21 GMT

Hello SPOTIFY and everyone brought here because they have the same issue:
the picture of my Discover Weekly is that of my EX 🤣 with whom I am not on speaking terms anymore 🙃 (but we still follow each other's playlist because PSA: even shitty dudes can have an impeccable taste of music! 😅)
This is awkward lol please fix it, Spotify!

Re: Picture in Discover this week playlist is not me, but my friend

csmith445 — Mon, 31 Mar 2025 18:45:30 GMT

So glad I found this thread, but none of the aforementioned work-arounds have made a difference for me either unfortunately. I experience this bug in the mobile app, desktop app, and in browser. It's driving me crazy!

Re: Picture in Discover this week playlist is not me, but my friend

MihailY — Fri, 04 Apr 2025 06:35:21 GMT

Hey folks,

We've received a confirmation from our tech team that this should be fixed now. Make sure you're on the latest app version and log out and back in a couple of times if the issue persists for you.

Cheers,

Re: Picture in Discover this week playlist is not me, but my friend

Marwan11 — Sat, 12 Apr 2025 17:42:27 GMT

Still have the issue.