Running Mix BPM is Incorrect

[theblanchard]

Recently I started running again, and love the Running Mix and ability to run with tempo matched songs. It helps a lot with setting my pace, and it's really a great feature.

I just wanted to point out a bug related to the song's actual tempo. I'm not sure how the algorithm works, but it's not selecting the actual BPM based on the proper count. 

For instance, the song Kicks by Lauren Aquilina appears in my Running Mix at a BPM of 180, but the song is actually 90 BPM. Most of the songs in my mixes have this issue, their BPM is half of what I've chosen to run along to. Alternatively, I found a playlist of songs at 180 BPM, so you can see what speed 180 actually is.

https://open.spotify.com/track/4AeL5jqJOg30DBEEqTmdTD

https://open.spotify.com/album/4DAXEosOURaiOtwm6fMskv

Since the feature tops out at 190 BPM, it would be nice to be able to have the correct BPM displayed (anywhere from 80 to 120 for most average users), with the ability to go up to 200+ BPM (at a correct count for when we're really pushing hard out there).

Thanks!

[stvad]

this is still an issue. Trying to arrange my dance songs and the BPM is often displayed to be 2x of what it actually is 😞

[otwells2]

I am having the same issue. Is there a fix?

[vxsy1ra]

not to be that guy but you can still run at 180 spm to a song thats 90 bpm. cause it's half. you'll still be running on beat. im guessing they don't distinguish between halves/doubles for that very reason

[telcopro]

Still so many playlists with 170 or 180 BPM are simply wrong, including songs that in no way match the specified BPM, e.g. 120-130. It is so annoying that it seems almost impossible without manually curating one yourself!

[JTListensToMusic]

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Premium

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android and windows

My Question or Issue

All xxx BPM playlists that spotify creates for me don't come close to what they promise to be. I added a screenshot of one with the actual song BPM's next to the song name. Anyone else has this issue? Is this fixable?

[katemusic]

Having the same issue. The “170 bpm” playlist is 80-90% song that are 120-140 bpm. I would have to guess that their algorithm is picking songs of a certain genre and giving no regard to the actual tempo. The only workaround is pulling out a metronome app and making your own playlist or using a different human-user made playlist, because the Spotify algorithm is garbage.