[All Platforms] Music Videos

[Camilla33]

Idea: "[All Platforms] Music videos"

Artists record a video to go with their music / you could upload the music videos that already exist!
I really want to watch them on Spotify while listening.

At Apple Music I can choose between listening to the music, or watching their video. 

[vrithinmadhusudhan]

Subject: Feature Suggestion: Full-Screen Vertical Video for Playing Tracks

Dear Spotify Team,

I hope this message finds you well. I wanted to share an idea that I believe could enhance the user experience on Spotify, especially with the growing trend of video integration in music streaming.

Currently, when a song is played, Spotify sometimes displays short video clips or looping visuals (known as "Canvas") in the background. My suggestion is to take this feature a step further by allowing users to switch from these small video clips to full-screen vertical videos for certain tracks, especially where official music videos are available. This would transform the current visual experience into a more immersive one by displaying the full original music video in a vertical format that takes advantage of the smartphone's entire screen.

Here are some potential benefits of this feature:

1. Enhanced Engagement: Listeners would be more visually engaged with the artist's content, leading to longer app usage times.
2. Artist Promotion: Artists can offer their full music video experience directly within the Spotify app, increasing exposure and interaction with their visual content.
3. Customizability: Users can have the option to toggle between the short "Canvas" loop and the full vertical video, providing more control over their listening and viewing experience.

I understand this would likely require partnerships with labels and artists for licensing, but I think it could be a unique way to merge music and video in a seamless, mobile-first manner.

Thank you for considering this idea. I would love to hear your thoughts on its feasibility and potential implementation.

Best regards,
Vrithin Madhusudhan
Spotify Account: **bleep**

Username: **bleep**

[Ficherxrebelle]

Plan

Premium

Available in all Countries

Device

(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016, Apple TV, Game consoles, tv apps

Operating System

(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.)

My Question or Issue **Idea** 

partner with artists/producers to gain licensing on existing official music videos. Possibly assist artists in creating official music videos as well. Allow those to stream official music videos across all devices or primarily for TV apps. Allow for official music video playlist and or channels to be created. It would be great to have the ability to create your own music video library/playlist/channel(similar to the radio feature) for parties, events, at home entertainment, and bring back popularity for musicians to express and invest in visual and story telling creativity with their music. 

[Realjustintoth]

It's been since 2019... and people are still asking for this, not everyone who uses Spotify knows this even exists, this would up Spotify game. But instead they still refuse to use this community Spotify and actually bring things to make their platform to make it better, make a difference and bring more users.
Lol I guess their okay with their current position

[MihailY]

Updated on 2024-10-16

Hey folks,

Thanks for coming to the Spotify Idea Exchange and voting to make this happen.

We're happy to announce that music videos are now available in select markets on mobile and desktop! 

Once again, thanks for helping us make Spotify better by participating here on the Community.

[Realjustintoth]

Thank you, glad to see our community getting this W

[Lachlant1984]

I'm in Australia and videos are available in the iPhone app, but are they available on desktop here?  I have what I believe to be the latest version of the Spotify app on my PC, but I'm not sure how to play videos in the Windows desktop app.  Can I do this on my Windows PC?  I should also say I downloaded the Spotify app from the Windows store.  

[Urll]

For Spotify Mobile some songs have videos and I was thinking instead of the same repeating 10 seconds for each song u could watch a music video for a song u were watching (if the song does have a music video) and also to bring this feature to Spotify on gaming consoles too

[Ceinaru]

Hi guys thank you for this great idea implementation!

But how does one artist upload a full video on Spotify?

Thanks.

[javiervalle1512]

Please play full-length official videos with each song.

[Jerome92]

Hi,

I first thank you for the great job already done.

I would like to see the official video clip of the songs I am listening, this, associated with the subtitles would make a really great enhancement of that application.

Thank you!