Spotify finally lets parents exclude kids’ music from Wrapped and recommendations

Parents can finally get the kids’ music out of Spotify Wrapped and other personalized playlists.

Spotify is finally giving you a button to block kids’ music from your recommendations and Wrapped — now YouTube needs to follow suit
Spotify is finally giving you a button to block kids’ music from your recommendations and Wrapped — now YouTube needs to follow suit

Spotify is giving parents more control, now you can easily exclude your kids favorite music from your taste profile.

A Vinyl Bar in Shibuya is a startup offering fun music apps without any AI prompting

Former Spotify exec’s company releases experimental “singles” that involves users in music making.

Musicians-turned-detectives are hunting for AI grifters
Musicians-turned-detectives are hunting for AI grifters

As audio-focused generative tools and platforms have gotten more sophisticated, the internet has become increasingly filled with AI-generated music whose melodies and vocals are algorithmically derived from the work of human artists. While some of the people pumping out this kind of content immediately own up to using AI, others have denied using the technology […]

Spotify’s new Playlist Notes let users and editors explain their song picks

Spotify launches a new feature that gives users a chance to explain the stories and reasoning behind their favorite music. Editors will be using the feature, too, on top playlists like RapCaviar and others.

Four years after its untimely demise, Spotify Car Thing is back, for free, and with absolutely no help from the streaming giant itself

Spotify Car Thing was discontinued in 2022 and killed off in 2024, but fans have brought it back (in sort).

Spotify will badge AI artist profiles, and keep them out of your recommendations
Spotify will badge AI artist profiles, and keep them out of your recommendations

Spotify will begin attaching an “AI Persona” badge to artist profiles whose public identity is generated rather than human, the company announced. Profiles carrying the badge will be excluded by default from editorial and algorithmic recommendations, w…