[Discover] New Releases Section for Followed Artists INSTEAD of Release Radar Playlist

[d-roam]

This is a follow-up to this idea: New Releases Section for Followed Artists by @MattSuda.

While the original idea currently has over 1,300 votes, Spotify's answer was that the Release Radar playlist meets the need presented. I don't think this is true, and I have doubts that the +1,000 people who voted do, either.

So this new idea is an attempt to gauge the level of support for a true New Releases from Followed Artists section in spite of the existence of the new Release Radar playlist.

We want a feed that:

• Shows new releases ONLY from the artists we follow, and shows ALL new releases from the artists we follow
• Shows releases neatly in chronological order, with clear headings showing the full release date (day, month, and year)
• Neatly presents new releases in the form they were released (i.e., EP's and Albums are shown as such rather than as a list of all songs within them -- or make this a toggle option)
• Goes back in time as far as possible (preferably all time, to show all releases from our Followed Artists in chronological order)
• Clearly indicates which releases are new to us since our last visit
• Has a number badge on the button for the section that tells us if there are new releases since our last visit, and how many
• Not crucial but nice to have: Can be filtered by time frame, artist, release type (album, EP, single), country, genre, etc.

[blake]

Updated on 2018-01-17

Marked as new idea. This may end up being merged with @MattSuda's post, but at this time, we'll keep this post open to collect feedback on this topic.

[MarquesMonroe]

Sounds much more efficient. 

[d-roam]

Thanks @blake, I appreciate it!

[morganne]

This is a GREAT idea; you explained it very clearly and thoroughly! While I enjoy the release radar feature, I absolutely agree that there should be a separate playlist which notifies each user of any/all new content that comes strictly from artists they already follow. The feature could be refreshed at the end of each month to recap everything that the user might have missed.

[icemaker]

Yes. I simply want to see ALL new releases from artists that I FOLLOW! How is this so difficult? Release radar **bleep**.

[bzero]

First of all, the title says "instead of radar". I think you can skip this, I don't care if the Radar stays or not.

What I want is a view on all tracks of all followed artists sorted chronologically in the order they got published on Spotify (not the date of the original publication!).

It is that simple.

[bzero]

I'd appreciate if the title would be corrected, because the new playlist DOES NOT NECESSARILY have to replace the release radar as it is today.

[hozo1]

no brainer .. worst part of spotify is no good new release section ... Appke Music does it every Friday and pushed it to you ... this is not that hard 

[manospuppet]

PLEASE!!!! Now! Why remove something that was so good, it's a standard feature for almost ALL other platforms?!?

[lugtread]

AMEN !! I 100% agree with the feature requests presented here. I'd also like to point out that my current "Release Radar" playlist only has 5/30 of the songs being from artists I follow... So, for that to be an acceptable solution to this idea is a slap in the face.