Bring back the heart button!

[steffi_tempelaars]

I am incredibly frustrated that I can't see which songs I liked in my own playlists. I don't want to go to the Liked Songs-list everytime I want to add my favorite songs to the queue. Bring back the heart!!!

[bluegrass_guy]

Spotify is becoming useless for how I track my music.  Time to look at Amazon or Apple. Ridiculous to take away the heart for liked songs.  Already we know you don't pay the artist.

[gkswltn11]

Can someone please answer my question?

I think everyone have used the heart button differently. Personally, I clicked the heart whenever I liked a song or wanted to save it for later, like a bookmarking tool. For me, the heart button wasn’t just for marking 'banger' songs; it was more of an 'add to library' button. I’d revisit my liked songs list when I had time, un-heart some, and add my favorites to a separate playlist.

Am I the only one who used the heart button this way? Did others really use it very selectively, and save other mediocre songs by going through the extra steps of adding them to a playlist? For me, adding all the songs I liked(whether it's a banger or not) first and then sorting them later was more efficient. Being very selective and only heart-ing 'bangers' while adding other mediocre songs to a playlist (which takes several steps) felt like a hassle. Just was curious since I’m investigating this heart button for my personal case study now..

[AxurZarrk]

I used it as a sort of ‘add to library’, my frustration now is I would like to look through a playlist and see that everything is in my library (liked songs).

I used to be able to do this very easily but now the only way to know is by searching each individually which is a nightmare. 

[tyjopaul]

do the users get any credit or payment from these ideas if they are implemented?

[raspael]

I understand that these changes may have been implemented with the intention of simplifying the platform or introducing new functionalities. However, I believe that maintaining both icons (heart and green tick) would provide better transparency in managing our saved songs and playlists. This functionality was not only convenient but also essential for many users who manage their music libraries carefully.

Given the negative impact these changes have had on my experience, I have started exploring alternatives on other music streaming platforms that offer similar features. For example:

• Apple Music: This platform maintains a clear system for managing saved songs with heart icons that allow users to quickly identify their favorite songs. Additionally, integration with Apple devices and the iCloud library provides a cohesive user experience.

• Tidal: Offers high sound quality and a user interface that allows efficient management of playlists and saved songs, with clear "Like" options and visual markers.

• Amazon Music: Provides a simple user experience with intuitive icons for adding songs to playlists or personal libraries, allowing for easy identification of favorite songs.

• YouTube Music: Although it works differently, it allows users to mark songs and playlists as "liked" and offers recommendations based on these interactions.

I appreciate the hard work the Spotify team puts into continuously improving the platform. However, I suggest that user feedback on these recent changes be considered, and that the possibility of re-implementing an interface that includes both the heart and green tick icons be explored for a better user experience.

[Voltage199]

i left spotify because of this stupid change a year ago. got back on spotify yesterday cause no other platform had this large music collection or recommendation algorithm, unfortunately they didn't revert this even after all the votes**bleep** got. Now all i can do is beg and plead. please bring the **bleep**ing heart button back. i add songs to playlist all the time but it was hearted songs on playlist that let me know it's the absolute favorites for a specific theme of songs on the playlist

[niemiin]

Right now I´m using Spotify web and I must add that the this actually works now is totally ridiculous 😀 Working in IT industry I can say that it´s UI design gone quite wrong with this thing. Even though I´m sure Spotify has hundreds or thousands of UI designers. 

How can it be that you have "add to liked songs "  in the UI but after pressing it doesn´t anyway indicate have you pressed it? It´s like having machine with on/off button and you actually can not know is it on or not. 

It´s against all logic and UI design principles. Or is there some market logic behind this that we just can´t understand. 

I also think the Spotify recommendations for me are not as good as they should be. I have given you quite lot of information which songs:

a. Are good enough I have added to my own playlists.  Not some AI motor generated playlist. These are also albums and artists I would check later are they good for categories b or c. 

b. Are good enough that I have marked them as liked  (these songs are much better than average) 

c. Are so good that I have downloaded them (just so I can at see which are the best songs)

So with all this information I have given you I don´t think the playlist recommendations are that good. I would be interested to know is the recommendation functionality even able to take into account which songs I have liked ? Or is it purely recommending the songs from category a - the songs that are on my playlist? 

Anyway if the recommendation functionality has technical difficulties taking into account all the songs each user has liked maybe this is the reason Spotify is trying to downgrade/hide this functionality ?? There must be some reason because it´s bad UI design how it now works. 

The previous commentor begged Spotify to fix this. As a user at this point I would insist you to do at least something. Hello Spotify ?  Even answer something to these comments. That´s how other software communities work. Customers ask somehing and the company responds. Also as stock owner I would insist Spotify to do something to this illogical UI. 

[v6_m-f2xfd7g]

This was amazing while in a playlist to see which song you already know and like. Now you can't see it anymore, its been months, its such a pain to navigate playlists now. I want to be able to easily queue up my best tunes ffs !

[erin_johnstone]

I wanted to give this a try on the TV app so I tried adding a song to a playlist using the + (Plus) feature. It just doesn't work. Just please return the heart button; it's super intuitive while the plus feature doesn't help at all.

[assisted321]

Plan

Premium

Country

USA

Device

S23 Ultra

Operating System

Android Latest

My Question or Issue

The check mark is super confusing and inefficient. Before I used to see a heart that showed a song was in my liked songs. Now I see a check and I have to click to confirm it's in my liked songs. I use Shazam and it auto adds to the Shazam playlist, but that doesn't mean I just want it there. It's stupid and just causes extra clicks, why not just leave the heart and add the checkmark for playlists only. My liked song is not a playlist.