topic Re: Block songs based on language/country of origin - expat issues in Your Library

Block songs based on language/country of origin - expat issues

expatcov-19 — Mon, 17 Aug 2020 12:38:47 GMT

I'm an expat in Thailand but I have absolutely no interest in Thai music or Korean K-pop. Is there any way to remove/block all Thai music, etc., from appearing on my homepage?

I read the homepage is made from your listening history. I've been careful never to listen to a single Thai song to avoid that. The Thai music is appearing based solely on my location. You can see from the screenshot a whole row of my homepage is taken up by music I have no interest in at all. I'd like to remove it and have it replaced by more relevant suggestions.

Re: Block songs based on language/country of origin - expat issues

expatcov-19 — Tue, 18 Aug 2020 14:24:14 GMT

Can anyone from Spotify respond? This is a real issue.

Re: Block songs based on language/country of origin - expat issues

expatcov-19 — Wed, 19 Aug 2020 10:12:34 GMT

Hello Spotify, is anyone there?????

Re: Block songs based on language/country of origin - expat issues

expatcov-19 — Wed, 19 Aug 2020 10:22:53 GMT

The Thai music is gone from my homepage now, so maybe someone from Spotify fixed it behind the scenes.

Re: Block songs based on language/country of origin - expat issues

Mnrofrew — Wed, 22 Sep 2021 15:49:33 GMT

I only listen to English and Japanese songs but for some reason, Chinese and Korean songs(which I do not understand and so I am not particularly interested in) started to pop in the suggestions. What can I do to remove the suggestions based on the language? I try blocking artists only to find more of them showing up in my suggestions (LOL)

Re: Block songs based on language/country of origin - expat issues

Jeremy — Thu, 23 Sep 2021 07:48:41 GMT

Hi there @Mnrofrew,

Thank you for reaching out to the Community. We just came across this thread.

One part of what recommendations are based on is what others who listen to similar music as you also listen to, so that might influence receiving song suggestions from other Asian languages.

Whenever you have the opportunity to hide them, you should do so and the algorithm will adjust itself, so those will probably be reduced, although they might not be removed completely and you could still receive some from time to time.

The logic being that music can be enjoyed even if you don't always understand the lyrics, so that's why songs in foreign languages can be included sometimes.

I hope this information was helpful 🙂

Let us know if we can help you with anything else.

Take care!

Re: Block songs based on language/country of origin - expat issues

expatcov-19 — Fri, 24 Sep 2021 04:34:14 GMT

Jeremy, thank you for replying one year later now that someone else has the same problem. Thai music on my homepage has come back.

You have not offered a viable solution and your opinion about whether I can enjoy music in other languages is irrelevant.

Please offer users the choice to filter music based on language and location. This is especially important for expats. Suggestions about how to tweak the algorithm are not a solution.

Re: Block songs based on language/country of origin - expat issues

RedivaDantes — Mon, 29 Aug 2022 18:25:40 GMT

I agree, recently Spotify sucks. Half of the music that I receive in my Weekly or Mix is in Russian or Deutch. I hate to hear this language and removing this song work for nobody!
Give us a solution! We need to block specific languages!