I'm using spotify for over 5 years now. I was loyal all the time, except that one time when I tried to switch to Apple Music for better phone integration - but your interface was better. Now - If this UI stays as it is - I will finally make the switch.

This update invaded our homes and pushed our content away from us. This is emotional. Look through all the new posts, people really feel hurt. 

You oversimplified, wasted huge amounts of precious space. Scrolling through my playlists or albums now feels like using a Windows Phone with this HUGE tiles (ew).

I compiled the main concerns I have with this update and also provided a visual on top:

1. We decide wether to listen to music or to podcasts even before opening the app. You choose to show us that option ALL THE TIME using ~15% vertical space, pushing our own content further down.
2. The whole point of your App is to allow us to organize and listen to music. By putting this utterly useless "Favorite Songs" Playlists with thousands of singles in it on TOP with no option to hide it or even move out of the way you're encouraging the oppisite of organization: chaos. Because that's what this "Playlist" is: pure chaos. Who wants to scroll through 2k songs or even Shuffle them? Excpet when your whole library consists of 2k big room house singles, no offense.
3. This "Add Playlist" Icon is the biggest "Add" button I've ever seen. And it is also ALWAYS on top and visible, pushing my own content further down. Please, make it smaller and put it in one of the 4 corners like a mobile phone user is used to. They recognize the little "+" sign, even if it's not HUGE - trust me!

Put simply:

• You made the wrong things big
• You pushed our own beloved content away by doing so
• You made us feel like we are too dumb to choose from a reasonable long list of options (like we could in the old UI)

Please bring back the following UI model:

Start App -> Overview of my Stuff -> List to choose from (Albums, Artists, Podcasts), etc -> full screen content 

All we want is full screen content, beautifully listed without >5 filter options distracting us all the time.

Thank you for your attention.

edit: guess they wanted to shill the podcast functionality..