Spotify is introducing Prompted Playlist, a beta feature launching December 11 for Premium users in New Zealand, that lets listeners directly guide the platform’s algorithm using text prompts. Users ...

Spotify's 600 million users are facing one of the streaming service’s most anticipated, yet dreaded, events: Spotify Wrapped. The annual user listening report provides each Spotify user with a ...

Human-curated and official Spotify playlists are proving essential for discovering emerging indie artists in 2026, offering a counterbalance to algorithm-driven recommendations. Lists like Indiemono’s ...

Algorithms don't just pick playlists. They're changing your life Joy Buolamwini and Kyle Chayka want you to know: Algorithms aren't that complicated. "To me, an algorithm is just a sequence of steps ...

For years, Spotify's recommendation engine has felt like a mind reader. It quietly tracks what you play, skip, save, and replay, then serves up Discover Weekly, Release Radar, and an endless stream of ...

Playlists like Spotify’s RapCaviar were once a path to a hit song, and the curators in charge of them were key influencers in the music industry. That era appears to be on its way out. Streams ...