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Spotify's 20th anniversary – Credit: Spotify Remember the First Song You Ever Listened to on Spotify?
Bet you don’t remember the first song you streamed on Spotify, or which band you’ve listened to the most in all the years.
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How the Verified by Spotify badges show up – Credit: Spotify Spotify’s New Verify Badge Will Call Out AI-Generated Slop
Spotify’s changes are welcome news for those who don’t want to be tricked into listening to AI pretending to be human.
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Photo by Michael Tran/Getty Images Do Social Media Boycotts Actually ‘Cancel’ Controversial Artists? New Study Says Not Really
Turns out, cancel culture doesn’t come from the people but from billion-dollar streaming corporations.
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(Photo by: Astrida Valigorsky/Getty Images) J. Cole Says Streaming Undervalues Music, Creates Surface-Level Critique: ‘There’s No Barrier of Entry’
J. Cole contrasted today’s vapid consumption of music with the committment that came with purchasing a pysical album.
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Spotify/Liquid Death Continue Handling DJ Duties Even After You Bite the Dust With Spotify and Liquid Death’s Un-urn-ving New Collab
In the latest afterlife advancement, Spotify and Liquid Death have announced the Eternal Playlist Urn, offering sweet tunes even after death.
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Lyrics now appear more clearly front and center (Credit: Spotify) Spotify’s Lyrics Translations Are Officially Here. Do They Work?
Spotify’s move was a long time coming.
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Credit: Music League Music League Is Wreaking Havoc on My Spotify Reccs (But I Like It)
Give Music Leaguea a whirl… if you think your friendship can survive it.
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RICCARDO MILANI/Hans Lucas/AFP via Getty Images Music Streaming Numbers Hit the Trillions in 2025, and These 3 Genres Helped Push It There
Global music streaming numbers increased significantly in 2025, with genres like rock and gospel seeing more streams than in previous years.
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Live Listening on the Spotify Mobile app (Credit: Spotify) How to See What Your Friends Are Listening to on the Spotify App
Mobile users get a feature long available to desktop users.
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Robert Michael/picture alliance via Getty Images With Spotify’s Library Plundered, the Door Is Open for Music Preservation, but Also for AI Companies
Spotify’s library was scraped in the name of music preservation, but will this make illegally training AI even easier?
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Elva Etienne/Getty Images The Spotify Wrapped-Esque ‘Year in Review’ Stuff Is Getting Ridiculous
The concept is fun, but some of them just don’t quite get off the runway.