Spotify & "Song Radio" is Essentially Just an Echo Chamber & Doesn't Breed Discovery

[cawul]

This hasn't always been the case, and I don't know if this has to do with the amount of time I've had my Spotify account or if something about the algorithm has drastically changed - but whenever I start a radio based off a song or artist (which is with the intention to find a NEW artist or NEW music that is related to the song/artist I'm starting the radio off of) it just creates essentially a playlist of music I've been listening to - and not even within the same genre off the song.

I've realized that I haven't found any new artists or any new music, and just continuously listen to the same things over and over again which is quite depressing. The point of the song radio or at least how I use it is to discover new artists that are in the same realm of the artist I'm listening to, and I think you all at Spotify are putting everyone - artist AND listener - at a huge detrimental disadvantage by having it go that way because then there is no discovery for new artists and there is no way for listeners to get into new music without scouring the platform instead of giving good recommendations based off your algorithm. More than anything I want to be able to discover new artists based off song radio, not just hear the same songs I've been listening to. If I wanted to listen to those songs, I would just continue to listen to them. Especially since maybe when I start a song radio off something that is midwest-emo/indie, it'll still play hyperpop/rap in the same playlist which are two completely different genre's and moods.

[cawul]

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[Lilybattershill]

In the same way that you can tune LLMS for temperature, is it not easy to tune the Spotify algorithm for "creativeness"? Perhaps give users the choice for how predictable vs creative they want their generated playlists to be? I also noticed the first message hasn't been replied to for 3 years, has there been any progress on this? I am considering changing platforms because of this 

[lassesunde]

I agree. This issue is still relevant. Spotify should bring back the old radio and call it discovery based on song/ playlist for example.

[ErickSFernandes]

For anyone looking into this issue, you can use Spoqify to anonymize your playlists until Spotify (if ever) fixes this.

[storkpatrol]

this behavior is infuriating, and is the main reason I'm considering a switch to apple music. every single aspect of this app is now "made for you," which is a euphemism for playing the exact same music over and over and over, to increase listening time at the cost of finding any new music.