Release Radar includes wrong artist with same name as desired artist

[abcdefgabcdefg]

I constantly find my Release Radar recommending songs by an artist (say A) with the same name as an artist (say A') that I might actually wanna listen to. This is extremely dumb as an issue because these two artists are listed as genuinely different artists in Spotify and the newly recommended song by a wrong artist is listed as a song of A' in the system. A reasonable conclusion is that at least Release Radar does not look into the artist IDs but just merely refers to their names. This happens to like 5 different artists to me and my Release Radar is contaminated by songs which I have absolutely no interest in. I believe this is a very basic bug that can be fixed in like 5 minutes.

[abcdefgabcdefg]

Here's an as short as possible version of a previous post in this thread, explaining the behavior of the Release Radar.

• I receive tracks from artists I don't follow at all in my Release Radar - This is intended and we don't plan on changing this. The Release Radar doesn't only help you keep track of artists you follow, but is meant to allow you to discover new music from others we think you might enjoy. It is also one way for Spotify to help artists get their music noticed.

• I get music that I don't enjoy at all in my Release Radar - This means our algorithm doesn't know your music taste so well. There can be many reasons behind this, but the rule of thumb to improve the music you receive in the automatically generated playlists for you is to listen to music without a private session, use the like and hide features, have more intentional music listening habits rather than opportunity based and when you discover something new that you enjoy, listen to it proportionally more than other content. Following these guidelines should give you better recommendations in time. It will still not be perfect and it can vary from person to person, but we're constantly improving these as we go.

• I get tracks from artists that are named exactly the same as ones I follow and enjoy, but it turns out the track is unrelated to that artist and they only have the same name. - This happens if a track initially gets erroneously uploaded to the artist you follow. It can be that the error is already corrected by the time your Release Radar updates, but it already captured the track on its upload. It can happen with featured artists as well. Currently, there's no technical solution in place than can prevent errors like this happening, as we rely on submitted metadata. If you spot an incorrect content, it's best to report it as described here. Make sure your report is clear. If you can't find an artist profile with the same name as the one you follow, it probably hasn't been created yet and is part of the reason the error occurred. Point that out in your report to ensure it can be processed efficiently.

[Another_David]

If you click on the "here" link in your message and then on the "contact support" link on the page that appears, you get a link back to the Community.  You're just sending us around in circles.

MOE.  is not moe.

https://open.spotify.com/artist/2AqHKPF1p7XunEZ01TOdJ1?si=OAfZ7rjySTq70BBzMCyw9g

https://open.spotify.com/artist/2ZfHMUPrxoZNDTBPHmmdhj?si=s_ANZcNnQ6uJHwY8fqQ0IQ

[jakegerb]

is there any solution in the meantime? I have been experiencing this problem for over a year now as well. With artists that steal names like:

- Slash
- Clueso
- John Williams
- Racer-X

- Santana 

etc.

spotify what do you need in order to fix it? I million people reporting it?

[spotix]

The issue is probably so far down on their list of priorities that they just don't give a shīt, unfortunately. 

They're too busy trying to develop their platform into a "pay-for-play" model it looks like 👀 

https://www.gizmodo.com.au/2020/11/spotify-finds-a-pay-for-play-workaround/

[serdom]

What about you guys create a support issue using the Spotify lango that for sure would be clear for the devs, and stop redirecting people to whatever site/forum/support platform. The hundreds of comments placed here about the same issue clearly represent a common pattern/problem. Is just a matter of issue priority now and what it seems is that this is far down in the priority list although it affects thousands or millions of users....

[_welhoed]

Encountered this problem a few times the last few months, mostly with heavy metal artists. Wrong Polar, wrong Caliban, wrong Architects, etc. Spoke to support today, who also asked me to delete my phone's (where the main issue supposedly was) cache, do a clean reinstall, and also resetted the connection between my device and their server (or sth like that). They didn't address why I'm getting releases from artists I don't follow (e.g. Sia, I don't listen to her at all, yet I get her songs in my RR), though. I'll only know next week if this helped, so if it did I'll update y'all.

[_welhoed]

Gave it two weeks, but no dice. The resetting "fix" didn't work, I still have the wrong Red and Polar and stuff in my release radar.

[xdadex]

Exact same issue. I'm in the shower listening to my release radar and this awful "Devo" (Not actual Devo) song comes on. I've got shampoo in my hair and I'm stuck! What the heck!

[decuman]

my release radar is full of useless-unbearable-garbage  (underlined are the artists shadowed by explicit content and sh!tty hiphop tunes)

stop putting **bleep**  into my ears for my own money!

xxx love

[Jeremy]

Hey there folks,

Thank you for your posts and feedback.

As @Katerina mentioned the best way to report this is by getting in touch with our support team here. They can have a closer direct look at your accounts.

You can also leave a +VOTE and Subscribe to this idea for any updates.

Take care!

[_welhoed]

Hi Jeremy,

Thanks for the suggestion, but the issue is that that won't and doesn't solve the problem. I got into contact and nothing that was done fixed it. It really does seem like something that is up with Spotify itself (the algorithm or the way artists are tagged--not by ID but name, maybe?), not our accounts. 

[jakegerb]

I follow the metalband Engel. But what is this ugly song here? How is it even possible, that I have a song like this on my release radar?

https://open.spotify.com/track/1IlcQOjwzONG5RihvQBuny?si=Pm8jxf_gQHqvV3UI51OyOg

[jakegerb]

I also follow ronnie james dio. But can you explain to me what this is?
spotify:track:0wQuKmuxx8510u5lyfLezn

it's again on my release radar. Everytime some songs like this are on the playlist. I don't want them!

[masivodano73]

This issue has been reported for months and months and the same pat answer. Really bad.

Here are the first 9 tracks on today's release radar with all the terrible rap songs put out by artists using existing bands names.  Can you understand why this is a terrible experience for us? 

How can you even allow some rapper to use the name DEVO on your platform for instance? 

 

[masivodano73]

• Also, how does it matter what platform I'm on when release radar playlists and such are populated on your end? 

Android 10 on a Galaxy S10+ for the record.   And here is a list of duplicate that I have noticed.

Gomez
The Cult
X
Bully
DEVO
Adolescents
Belly
Wire
Metz

[jeremycorbett]

"We've passed them along to our tech teams who will be looking into this."

-Marked as solved

This was in APRIL 2017, coming up to FOUR YEARS AGO.

[MelioraOptimus]

I’m constantly dealing with random unheard of artists uploading their shitty RNB/Rap/Autotune garbage mixtapes under the names of/as collabs with my favourite heavy metal artists... why are we still dealing with this? 

[masivodano73]

I know right? Like it's at the point where these garbage autotune rap guys have got to be trolling us/Spotify and Spotify just lets it go.

Let's keep this topic at the top until they actually acknowledge it meaningfully.

[spotix]

Yeah let's keep this at the top.

Wrong artists this week:

-Sloan 

-Wire 

-Metz 

-Wire 

[KeesDeBruin]

Again 10 artists in my Release Radar that are not what I was expecting:

* The Cult
* Tesla
* Dio
* Engel
* Nightingale
* Foreigner
* Kyng
* Jackyl
* Lucifer
* Elysion

[jakegerb]

They earn big money with it. Monthly. Had a guy named John Williams who did mediocre acoustic guitar instrumentals. He surely earns a couple of Euros monthly out of it.