Play/Back/Forward button keep disappearing on media controls

[daisybanter]

When I first boot up Spotify, all the buttons are there, but by the time I get to the second song they disappear. This has only been a recent issue and I'm not sure why.

What it usually looks like: 

What it looks like after playing the first song as of recent:

I've tried closing and rebooting Spotify, and restarting my computer, but so far nothing seems to work. I am debating deleting and reinstalling the app to see if that helps. Any idea what's wrong here?