Why can’t i only play songs in my playlist?

[#1]

I was putting some songs into the queue but when it was time for the next song it turned to some random song! The same thing is happening with my playlists, i’ll play it and naturally, expect it to keep going in order as i do not have shuffle on. But instead, it starts playing songs that are not even on my playlist. This happens when i have shuffle on as well

[#2]

Hey folks!
 

In case you're on the free tier of the app, this is expected behaviour on mobile, as playing on demand is a Premium-only feature (unless you're playing on desktop).  If this happens on Premium as well though, we'd like to investigate a bit more. 

How does your queue look like when you're playing a playlist? Are the rest of the playlist items queued up?
We'd also like to know if Smart Shuffle is enabled when this happens and if the issue can be observed while you're playing from your devices only or via external devices as well. In case this happens only with external devices - what is the connection type used? Is it Bluetooth or Connect?

And to begin some troubleshooting here, you can also try removing your cached data to see if that would make a difference 🙂

We'll be on the lookout for your replies.

[Igeeig]

Hi, I’m using the free version of Spotify, and something weird has started happening these last few days.

Normally, when I play a playlist or my liked songs, Spotify adds a few extra songs— and they usually match what I like, which I’m fine with.

But now:

• It will play one song from my playlist or liked songs

• Then it plays a completely different song (totally different genre and/or artist)

• I have to click “Play Liked Songs” again after each song to keep listening to the music I like instead of some other rubbish that has been turned on. 

Smart Shuffle is off and this never used to happen before. It used to just play continuously with decent recommendations, even on free.

Is this a bug or something new for free users?

It’s super frustrating having to manually hit play on the playlist I want to listen to after every single song and has made this app almost completely unusable for me which is such a shame.

Thanks for any help!