[Playlists] Smart Playlists (Nested)

[SuperSpasm]

A smart playlist consists of other playlists, as one big joined playlist - it can be played in sequence or shuffled.

I believe this could be a game changer for the Spotify (playlist) eco-system.

Implementation

• In playlist creation, allow the user to add "sub" playlists
• Also let them add other smart playlists
• Playlists can be shared/reused in multiple smart playlists
• Regular songs can still be added alongside playlists.

NOTE: This is not accomplished by playlist folders! See below.

Benefits over playlist folders

1. Playlist Reuse: Any number of smart playlists can share a playlist! whereas only one folder can contain a the same playlist.
   This will allow having smaller, "atomic" playlists as building blocks of larger ones.
   
   Example: Below "Oldies"  is shared / reused by different smart playlists:
   Easy morning [smart] = (Oldies -> Chill) 
   Nostalgia [smart] = (Oldies -> 90's -> Specific songs)
   
   
2. Sharing (A) - This could encourage playlist creators to make more nuanced playlists, as they will have a tool to compose more of them out of parts, instead of investing in a single large one, or copy-pasting like crazy.
   
   
3. Sharing (B) - This could also open up an entire new content eco-system for compiling other creator's playlists, and re-sharing them as a new whole.
   
   
4. Easy "temp" playlists - Currently, to combinine playlists for a party, drive, etc- you must break your organizational hierarchy to create a folder.
   This causes a mess to be cleaned later.
   Having a single "temp" smart playlist would allow you to change it's contents on the fly, without messing up your playlist organization.

I have more ideas, but I'll add them as a reply so this is more readable 🙂

I realize this is not a small feature - but for a few years I've felt It's absence, and I really believe this could be a game changer  -  if done properly.

Happy to hear any thoughts! 🙂

[Samuel_l]

Well once you have too many liked songs it becomes stressful to create playlists yourself, so there should be a way to automatically sort the songs and put them in different playlists 

[calwomack]

I have been wanting to be able to combine playlists for years. This idea sounds great.👍Please proceed Spotify team!🖖

[Kntinos]

In a playlist we usually have a wide variety of songs that fit the playlist genre of music. The songs however may not always match the vibe of each other. Some times you might want to hear sad rock music, other times energetic, but you may not want to have 1000 different and speciific playlists that are all over the place.

THAT IS WHY I suggest adding playlist "sub lists" that allow the user to categorize songs in an existing playlist without having to create new playlists

This would allow for a much better experience as you could more easily navigate your huuuge playlists.!

[TA110]

I've been making playlists on Spotify since 2023 and there's always this issue of the playlist being too long by completion, harder to listen for those out in the public. I was thinking of a sort of subcategory formatted in the "Disc 1, Disc 2" way Spotify normally does it as. For example, the subcategories can be by month added, month released, and those that fall within that month can be customly moved around. Seeing a 200+ song playlist but divided in a way that's easy to navigate. Especially in a way like that would be really convenient. Can even have the mix option for selected subcategories like "March, September, November" having the mix option and the rest normal. I think it's just cleaner and get to catch songs missed.