[civopsec]

Spotify is mostly more of the same to me now. I get stuck in these ruts where I just listen to the same music because the interface makes that most convenient.

I’ve been on a good streak lately though with some new artists that make me go “why have I never heard these before”. But on the other hand I’m still mostly stuck in mono-genre land.

Also Spotify keeps pushing these “highlights” on me as if I don’t remember what I listened to this year.

[piva00]

Have you tried using the "Enhance" feature on playlists or playing a radio from a playlist/album/artist/song? Genuinely curious to know your experiences with those as they usually provide me enough variance and new artists recommendations, somewhat based on the general mood the original seed. Sometimes it can pigeonhole me into sameness but then I just feed something else to it and go from there.

[civopsec]

Playing radio yes. Now it just seems to spit out the same dozen bands that I already listen to.

Maybe I will try “enhance” more (will save me from manually creating so many playlists; the centerpiece of Spotify which also sucks to manage). Thanks.

[ThrowawayTestr]

Make sure to check out the Discover Weekly playlist.

[civopsec]

Used to be consistently useful. Now it’s mostly sameness and songs that I’ve heard before.

[ThrowawayTestr]

Sometimes the algo does get in a rut. It's up to you to tell it you're interested in other music. I do this by listening to a playlist I haven't in a while.