Adding songs to my playlist

[Zooyaaa__]

Plan

Premium

Country INDIA

Device

Samsung Galaxy

Operating System

Android 14 one ui 6

My Question or Issue

Whenever I click the + button to add a song to my playlist instead of asking me which playlist should the song be added to, Spotify automatically adds the song to my liked song playlist every single time is it just me or is anyone facing the same problem? Is there any way to fix this issue?

[AlejaR]

Hey @Zooyaaa__,

Thanks for posting in the Community and welcome. 

In this case, we'd like to add some insights. It's expected that when you tap the (+) Plus button from the Now Playing View, songs will be saved to your Liked Songs (if they weren't added to the Liked Songs playlist previously). After that, you can quickly tap the (+) Plus button again to add the song to your other playlists too. When you tap the button again, you'll also see the other playlists that the song has already been added to with a green ✔ Check icon.

Now, it's important to keep in mind:

• If you're listening to one of the playlists you've created, then when tapping the (+) button will open the aforementioned menu, since those songs are already part of one of your playlists and of your library.
• If you're listening to a playlist that was not created by you, then the menu will appear or not, depending on if the song was already part of your liked songs playlist/library or not.

You can read more about the (+) button experience in this article. If you're having issues adding songs to your other playlists even if the song is part of your Liked Songs playlist/library, please let us know. It'd be awesome if you could send us the exact Spotify version you're running on your device.

Keep us in the loop!

[user-removed]

I'm having this same issue. I cannot add songs to my separate playlists, only the Liked Songs default playlist. Not sure if it's because I transferred these playlists from another music app or not but it is really annoying. I was able to transfer songs on my laptop at least but now I can't even do that... makes no sense for a music app to not allow this feature, especially if ai have the premium version. Please help. 

[Yordan]

Thanks for joining the thread, @user-removed!

Have you tried tapping the three dots menu > Add to playlist to see if that does the trick? Since you mentioned you've transferred the playlists via third-party service, I'd recommend double-checking if you're actually their owner and aren't just following them: you can only add songs to playlists you've personally created or have been invited to.

If you aren't the creator, you can make a copy of the playlists from the three dots menu > Add to other playlist > New playlist.

In any case, a short screen recording which captures the exact behavior you're experiencing on your end would be greatly appreciated.

Cheers 🤘