[All Platforms] Option to have a true shuffle

[jonathanleyerle]

So I’ve been noticing more and more recently that Spotify’s default shuffle feature doesn’t fully shuffle your songs. It does some sort of grouping to try to get similar songs together based off of what I’m sure is dozens of factors. Every time I shuffle a playlist (the one I noticed this with the most is ~100 songs and 6 hours of mostly full albums) it will group the songs mostly or completely together by album/artist, and given the number of times I’ve re-shuffled and checked the order there’s no way it’s just a coincidence. They also generally seem to be in the same order as well. If I hit shuffle play on a playlist it’ll generally put the same artists at the beginning every time.

With larger playlists of albums I am really not a fan of this shuffling method. If I have 6 hours of music on a playlist I will hardly ever have 6 hours to actually listen through the whole thing, but when I do listen to it I would like to hear all of the music on it equally, and not just the artist or two your algorithm likes to shuffle to first.

Anyways, I’m a reasonable man, all I’m asking for is an option to have a true shuffle (take all songs in the list, put them in a random order, and once they’re all played reshuffle them and play them again). Make it premium only if you want. I don’t think you should scrap the current shuffle algorithm because it sucks. Looking at some of the suggestions on here it seems like some people lobbied hard to have it that way. Just add an option for a true shuffle for those of us that don’t care about potentially getting the same song twice in a row.

[kangafeet]

Same here. Looks like tidal has a transfer button. 30 day trial so not much to lose I suppose.
I can get rid of the playlists that Spotify adds thinking I want them too then.
It works me nice to have control back.

[rozeboosje]

Yes it's too long ago to remember exactly how I did it. There are tools out there that let you do it, up to a certain size for free, and beyond that for a small price well worth paying in my opinion.

[Someone209]

"...It is my belief that Spotify decided if they play songs you like over again, (based on the fact that you listened to them recently), then you will be happier and listen to S. more often. OVER THINKING IT!! I am an inch away from Apple Music!"
That would be stupid. It might work on the casual listeners, but those who really use the platform for their acoustic needs will be left disappointed.
I don't care if true random can cause 5 AC/DC songs to play after each other. They're in that list for a reason!
I like those songs and I want to be able to hear all of them with equal probability.

[BerkshireGregory]

Okay, well, do you like it when Spotify almost never plays your Judas Priest or Def Leppard songs because it is stuck on those AC/DC songs?

I have lots of songs on a playlist because I happen to like variety!

[oddindeed]

According to an official NASA webpage, the next total eclipse will occur August 12, 2026. Do you guys think they will fix this issue by then or nha?

[Mookpsu]

Zero chance. You will own a house on Pluto before this gets changed. Fix is
the wrong word because it implies it's something technical causing the lack
of a true random shuffle. My five disc CD player from 1993 could play every
song without any repeats when put in shuffle mode, same with my mid 2000's
MP3 player. What does that tell you???

[galilo]

I'm actually wondering if there was EVER a suggestion made by the community that saw the day light,

seems like this site platform is purely for the users to lay off some steam...

so many great idea, some of them with lots of votes gets zero attention by the devs.

some of them LITRELY require to change the UI back few version such as the heart button/queue tab in desktop/web!!?

in other news, someone experienced Apple Music playlist and can confirm that their playlist is actually been shuffled?

[1176519179]

Will Spotify ever give an update? So incredibly frustrating

[yuckycharms]

The fact this is STILL AN ONGOING ISSUE IN 2024 is absurd especially after they were “working on it”. PLEEEEEEEASE fix, add, update, whatever this. This is a freakin music app! Id like it to work like one! I don’t want to hit shuffle and hear all the songs I’ve recently played. It’s like Spotify has rejection sensitivity “If I play the wrong song they’ll stop using me?!” *plays same 25 songs repeatedly*

What is it Spotify? Trying to save money on licensing with less skipped songs? Trying to keep users on app? At least be transparent why you have users begging for a true shuffle

and downloading third party fixes for your multi million dollar corporation. 

[yuckycharms]

Literally there’s a NEW comment on this specific issue WEEKLY.

FIX IT. RAHHH.