Spotify wishlist: 10 options I might wish to see

I’m a real fan of Spotify. I don’t simply imply the comfort and huge tune library that would describe many music streaming companies, I’m speaking concerning the revolutionary options, helpful suggestions, and different issues that make it a reasonably polished product. That doesn’t imply there isn’t loads of room for enchancment, particularly contemplating the value of the Premium plan. I’m paying Spotify sufficient of my cash, so the builders may also have my two cents on what might be higher. To that finish, right here’s my wishlist of ten Spotify options I’d wish to see launched.

I’m simply speaking about Spotify Premium on this rundown. I had the free model of Spotify for a very long time, so I understand how maddening it’s. I ultimately relented and began paying, and that’s precisely the purpose. It’s meant to tease you adequate to need the service however annoy you adequate that you find yourself going Premium. It’s intentionally restricted, so suggesting enhancements to it’s pointless. Spotify in all probability additionally has causes for not but implementing any of the options I’m about to counsel to the Premium service, however no matter they could be, they’re not about extracting more money from me.

1. Delete listened historical past

It makes zero sense which you could’t take away a tune out of your listened historical past. I get that Spotify would possibly need it to be an correct reflection of the whole lot you’ve performed, nevertheless it’s hardly prone to be key proof in a trial. Even when it have been, Spotify truly retains an in depth listing of what you’ve listened to — you may request it on the web site. Internet browsers allow us to delete historical past, so I don’t see why it will be so tough for Spotify to do the identical.

I don’t thoughts embarrassing songs displaying up in my Not too long ago Performed listing, nevertheless it’s how they then feed Spotify’s algorithms that bugs me. Even if you happen to take away these songs out of your style profile, they’ll nonetheless present up within the suggestions on your private home display. My buddy may ship me some trash monitor, or my voice assistant may mishear me, and I’m caught with Spotify pushing that tune at me for some time. It’s insanity.

Failing the above, not less than let me reorder or take away stuff from my house display. I get that Spotify needs to push me suggestions, and I additionally get that this can be extra of a cynical try to preserve me streaming so long as potential than the kindness of bringing extra music to my life. Advantageous, no matter. However the place’s the hurt in letting me change it? Even changing a suggestion I’ve eliminated with a unique one can be progress, however I can’t even take away them to start with.

3. Fewer cowl strategies

Among the gadgets on my wishlist are simply settings I’d like so as to add. Everybody enjoys music streaming in their very own manner, and I’m not right here to step on any toes, however a bit extra particular person management can be good.

In my case, I’d like the choice to cease Spotify from recommending different variations of the identical tune to me. If I play a monitor by an artist, it’s typically as a result of I need to hear that artist’s rendition of it. On the uncommon event that I’m interested by different variations of the identical tune, I’m completely satisfied to go searching for them. I don’t need the Spotify algorithm making an attempt to push each remix, cowl, acoustic model, and no matter else on me. Give me one thing new.

Why on earth can I not see all of an artist’s songs in a single complete tracklist? It looks as if such a fundamental request. Positive, you may seek for the tune title, go discover it within the album if you happen to occur to know which one it’s on, look within the ‘This Is’ playlist, and many others, however there’s no motive why it ought to even take that a lot effort.

I discussed on the prime that Spotify might need causes for doing or not doing the issues it does, however the lack of this sort of function actually makes you query the app’s strategy. Possibly there’s some refined industrial worth in not providing one thing so elementary, nevertheless it isn’t obvious.

5. Common discography

For those who go to an artist’s discography, you’re proven an inventory of each album they’ve launched, and that’s typically not what you actually need. It might be performed with a filter, however I want there was a approach to present simply the common studio albums from that band or artist quite than each remastered, anniversary, stay, and compilation album.

You may see a obvious instance of this setting being wanted if you happen to try the discography of The Rolling Stones. Their final two common studio albums have been Hackney Diamonds in 2023, and Blue & Lonesome in 2016, however the Spotify discography for the long-lasting group reveals a whopping 17 albums between the 2. Let me filter these out.

I’d love a setting for the cell Spotify app to open on my Library as I all the time go straight there anyway. Alternatively, I’d be completely satisfied sufficient if I may create a shortcut to go straight there on my cellphone’s house display. Both can be higher than going by means of the Spotify house web page every time after I’m not often within the temper for suggestions.

It could even be good if the show of the library may stay as I go away it. I’m personally all the time going to my playlists as soon as I’m on the principle library web page, which signifies that I’ve to faucet Library within the backside proper then Playlists within the prime left each time I open the app. That may solely take a couple of moments every time nevertheless it nonetheless frutstrates me when there are simple options that Spotify may implement.

7. Search credit

You may search by a number of classes on Spotify, together with tune lyrics. That’s cool and all, but when the app can scour that a lot textual content in your search, why will it not help you seek for anybody credited on a monitor, exterior of the listed artists? For those who loved sure parts of a tune and need to search for different work that the lyric author or the producer was concerned in, you may’t do it.

Among the individuals within the credit have profiles on the Spotify web site. A white arrow subsequent to their title within the credit takes you to their profile web page, the place you may see extra of their work listed. However they’re within the minority, and at that time, you would possibly as properly simply Google them to search out out extra. Letting me search them straight within the Spotify app ought to be a no brainer.

I can shuffle the tracks on one album, however I’d like to have the ability to select three albums and shuffle the songs on all of them. It’s not lots to ask, and it presumably wouldn’t be exhausting for Spotify to do. The identical goes for playlists — maybe I need to hearken to randomized songs from a few my favourite lists.

I do know there are easy workarounds for this. I may mix all of the tracks into one playlist to shuffle, or I may manually add them to my queue. However I’d prefer it to be even simpler.

9. Playlist folders on cell

As a very organized individual, I like the truth that the desktop model of Spotify means that you can create playlist folders. When you have a ton of random playlists, you may compartmentalize them with folders by style, period, or no matter.

Then you definately go to the cell Spotify app, and the folders are gone. Why? Please get on it, devs.

10. Translated lyrics

I spotted that my Spotify options wishlist has largely become an old-man-shouts-at-cloud rant, so I’ll finish on a barely extra constructive notice. I don’t know the way possible it will be, however I believe it will be fairly cool to have the ability to see translations of lyrics in several languages. Typically you hear a monitor you just like the sound of, however you don’t know what the artist is singing about. It could be enjoyable to have the ability to see a translation throughout the app, even when it isn’t excellent. Let’s face it, some tune lyrics are so colloquial that they is perhaps tough to translate.

That’s my Spotify options wishlist, however I’m only one man with a restricted creativeness and unhealthy style in music. When you have any extra enjoyable or revolutionary strategies for options that you simply’d like Spotify to introduce, drop them within the feedback beneath!