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New Feature To Try On Desktop: Quick Search Shortcuts

Hey folks, The Spotify team is always working to make the software as simple as possible for everyone to use, and for those of you who like to save a bit of time by using keyboard shortcuts, there's a very convenient trick that you may not have notic...

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  • DENISEDEMATTOS
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New Home Feed Interface?

Sorry but this new "tiktok-like" interface is so ugly. Spotify needs to realise that a familiar design on one app absolutely doesn't work for others. It doesn't "promote discovery" and honestly just makes me feel less inclined to scroll through hundr...

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  • nin302
  • Regular
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BUG: Fraudulent metadata corrupting users' feeds (Wrong Artist deliberately tagged to gain exposure)

Relatively unknown artist, "John Doe" e.g., would add famous artists, "Bob Dylan" or "Cher", in their 'Performers' field, even if those famous artists had nothing to do with the track. This has been happening for a while (at least a year or couple of...

  • Regular
  • Relatively unknown artist, "John Doe" e.g., would add famous artists, "Bob Dylan" or "Cher", in their  'Performers' field, even if those famous artists had nothing to do with the track. This has...
  • peodepitte
  • Gig Goer
  • 315 Views
  • 1 replies
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  • bug
    fraud
    metadata
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Superuser Contribution Official spotify playlist is missing a song, but only when I'm signed in.

PlanPremiumCountryUnited StatesDeviceAll of my devices My Question or IssueI don't even know where to start with this. I was listening to a playlist curated by Spotify called all out 70s. I loved the playlist, it reminded me of a song by Abba that I ...

  • Casual Listener
  • Plan Premium Country United States Device All of my devices   My Question or Issue I don't even know where to start with this. I was listening to a playlist curated by Spotify called all...
  • Alyssark
  • Casual Listener
  • 254 Views
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  • bug
    playlist edited
    Song gone
    song vanished
    Spotify playlist
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution This Track is Not Available in Your Country.. But it Is.

PlanPremiumCountryUnited StatesDeviceMacBook Pro (13-inch, 2017, Four Thunderbolt 3 Ports)Operating SystemHigh Sierra Version 10.13.3 My Question or Issue I have previously been able to share songs easily with coworkers and friends through Slack by s...

  • Regular
  • Plan Premium Country United States Device MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2017, Four Thunderbolt 3 Ports) Operating System High Sierra Version 10.13.3   My Question or Issue  I have pr...
  • jmhmiloski
  • Visitor
  • 18941 Views
  • 34 replies
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  • bad integration
    bug
    embedded
    slack
    Unavailable songs
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Superuser Contribution Genre Party -> Throwback isn't loading

PlanPremiumCountryNetherlandsDeviceDesktop (App and Web Player)Operating SystemWindows My Question or IssueThe genre Throwback isn't loading. You can reach it via the Search page -> Party -> Throwback.

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  • Plan Premium Country Netherlands Device Desktop (App and Web Player) Operating System Windows   My Question or Issue The genre Throwback isn't loading. You can reach it via the Search&...
  • Yordan
  • Moderator
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  • bug
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Superuser Contribution Selena Gomez Radio not available?

Plan: PremiumCountry: USA Device: iPhone 13 Pro Operating System: iOS 15.4 My Question or IssueI can't seem to play the Selena Gomez Radio, it states it is private or removed. I thought this was an automatic playlist that is public.

  • Casual Listener
  • ...rivate or removed. I thought this  was an automatic playlist that is public.
  • OscarDC
  • Moderator
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  • bug
    Bug Playlist
    radio bug
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Superuser Contribution Heart Icon Bug

PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceiPhone 12 Pro MAXOperating SystemiOS 15.0.1 My Question or IssueEver since I updated my phone to 15, the UI has been bugged on Spotify for liking songs (heart). There will be songs I listen that I have never heard of before...

  • Newbie
  • Plan Premium Country USA Device iPhone 12 Pro MAX Operating System iOS 15.0.1   My Question or Issue Ever since I updated my phone to 15, the UI has been bugged on Spotify for liking s...
  • CarlosE
  • Moderator
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  • bug
    heart
    UI
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Superuser Contribution Not Possible to Find Bands With 2 Character Names

PlanPremiumCountryGermanyDeviceSamsung Galaxy S7, PC, SonosOperating SystemAndroid 8, Windows 10 My Question or IssueIt seems to not be possible to find bands with a two character name by that. It's likely that the same happens for songs but I have n...

  • Casual Listener
  • Plan Premium Country Germany Device Samsung Galaxy S7, PC, Sonos Operating System Android 8, Windows 10   My Question or Issue It seems to not be possible to find bands with a two char...
  • Camperr123
  • Casual Listener
  • 719 Views
  • 2 replies
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  • bug
    Search failure
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Superuser Contribution Bug: Search doesn't return every song title that matches the search string

Plan: PremiumCountry: USA Device: AllOperating System: AllSteps to reproduce.Enter the phrase "read between the lines" (no quotes) doesn't return all songs by that name.Expected results: Somewhere near the top of the list should be the Wee Willie Wal...

  • Music Fan
  • ...hitehead does not appear in the results. His content also available on the Spotify platform. Actual results:  No Charlie Whitehead results at all.  No Wee Willie Walker content in the s...
  • CarlosE
  • Moderator
  • 525 Views
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  • bug
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Superuser Contribution Ongoing Bug: Some Bands are "Merged."

My Plan: PremiumCountry: USA Device: AllOperating System: AllThe database table that stores artists doesn't handle bands with the same names.Steps to reproduce:Search for "The Controllers".Expected results: Search should return two bands. The Control...

  • Music Fan
  • ...he Controllers". Expected results: Search should return two bands.  The Controllers (punk band), The Controllers (disco/funk band)  Bug 1: Actual results: Search results return one b...
  • CarlosE
  • Moderator
  • 494 Views
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  • bug
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Playlist Description Mobile App Bug

When it comes to certain punctuation (& and '), my playlist descriptions end up displaying weirdly on the spotify app on my phone but on desktop they're fine. I constantly retype the description on the phone app and it stays fixed for a while but the...

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  • Casual Listener
  • When it comes to certain punctuation (& and '), my playlist descriptions end up displaying weirdly on the spotify app on my phone but on desktop they're fine. I constantly retype the description ...
  • Billy-J
  • Spotify Star
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  • bug
    Description
    Mobile
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When an album of 10 songs comes up as just 4

Search for John Cougar (Mellencamp) albums. See that 'American Fool' has 10 songs. Click through to it but find just 4 songs!Searching for some of the missing ones sometimes turns up a match, but likely a live version on a different album.What is goi...

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  • Search for John Cougar (Mellencamp) albums. See that 'American Fool' has 10 songs. Click through to it but find just 4 songs! Searching for some of the missing ones sometimes turns up a match, but l...
  • qwer1yy
  • Music Fan
  • 1602 Views
  • 9 replies
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  • album
    bug
    missing songs from album
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Song changing versions

I was in my car listening to my spotify playlist when something strange happened. I was jamming along to the lyrics, but they were changed to clean version that I didn't remember having on my playlist. Later I went home to get rid of the clean versio...

  • Newbie
  • ...laylist. Later I went home to get rid of the clean version and found that the only version on my playlist was the unedited version. I don't really know how this bug happened. The song was Beautiful Girls b...
  • MrYoloPotato
  • Newbie
  • 3549 Views
  • 5 replies
  • 1 likes
  • bug
    Version changing
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Solved!! New St. Vincent Album

Evidently St. Vincent has released a whole new album on spotify titled "Dream Reality" and personally I think its great! Super different from everything she's done. Queen of reinvention! My only problem? I don't think she did any of the vocals. Or in...

  • Casual Listener
  • ...  I tried the suggest an edit feature but get redirected to a page saying "This album was not found or has no data. Sorry." I'm pretty sure this is a bug and I'm not the only one who s...
  • Sebasty
  • Community Legend
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  • artist error
    bug
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Same audio file plays different volume/quality on different albums

Hi All I'm posting here, as I've not had a reply from my emails.I'm an artist on Spotify: my artist name is jh. I recently had an album released called 'Morning Sun'. There's a track on it called 'In Ascension'. It's identical on its parent album "Tr...

  • Newbie
  • Hi All   I'm posting here, as I've not had a reply from my emails. I'm an artist on Spotify: my artist name is jh. I recently had an album released called 'Morning Sun'. There's a track on ...
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  • bug
    confused
    music
    quality sync
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