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[Discover] New Releases Section for Followed Artists

Please add a section to the desktop and mobile apps where we can see all of the new releases from the artists we follow. When artists release new music, their fans want a way to find it directly in Spotify without having to rely on social media or elsewhere away from the Spotify app. The Release Radar playlist by Spotify only shows some new releases and then it disappears a week later.

 

This new section would act as a "feed" and update automatically when a new album from an artist you follow is available on Spotify. Please make the feed have a high display limit so we can go back months and months and for sure won't miss any releases.

 

For a third party solution check out (PLEASE IMPLEMENT IT LIKE THIS)

https://spotifyreleaselist.netlify.app

---> Check out my guide on how to use this third party web app

 

Screenshot from https://spotifyreleaselist.netlify.app:

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The problem with the current "new releases" section is that it doesn't show new releases from artists you follow. It only show the most popular new releases. The only way right now to find new releases is to go to the artist's page and hunt around for the new release or use the Release Radar playlist.

 

The Release Radar playlist is not what we want. The problem with the Release Radar playlist is that it mixes in suggestions. I want to see followed artists ONLY. And if you check the playlist a week too late, all the songs are GONE.

 

We need a feed that we can scroll back months and months and months so we can see all the new releases from the artists we follow. We shouldn't have to rush through it and it be gone the next week.

Updated on 2024-07-23

Hey folks, 

 

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

 

We're happy to announce that a new releases section for the artists you follow is now available on Desktop, iOS and Android mobile devices. You can find it on the desktop app by clicking the bell icon in the top right. On mobile, you can find it by tapping on your profile picture in the top left and going to the "What's new" section.   

 

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

Comments
This-App-Stinks

They seem to have thrown some bones with the bell and the new release for you section on the homepage... but its still unnecessarily annoying and limited. They seem to be intentionally avoiding doing the simple thing that satisfies the basic need. I can only assume this is due to wanting to manipulate us and **bleep** us out to promo corps and labels.

This-App-Stinks

I take every bit of mild praise back. Just opened the app and that "new releases for you" section is nowhere to be found. I don't know if the product team is smoking crack or just completely subservient to the stakeholder ghouls, but this app is awful. People in UX will look back at this app as a case of everything not to do, absolutely terrible I hope they continue to never make a profit wth I am at my wits end.