It’s Monday morning, which means some Spotify fans can’t wait to open their favorite music streaming app. They must be dying to see what one of the playlists they love the most has in store for them. That’s Discover Weekly, of course, which resets every Monday to bring you brand-new tunes tailored to your music streaming preferences.
However, unlike other Monday mornings, June 30th brings Spotify users another big Discover Weekly surprise. Spotify has given the beloved playlist a makeover.
It’s not just a new design that Spotify Premium will get to discover once they load the new playlist to see what recommendations pop up. Spotify has also brought new listening controls to the feature that lets them control the genre while they play Discover Weekly.
Spotify rolled out the changes to Discover Weekly to mark 10 years of Discover Weekly. The company said Discover Weekly has streamed more than 100 billion tracks during the period.
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The feature allows Spotify users to find over 56 million new artists. Spotify says that 77% of Discover Weekly listens are of emerging artists. The feature turns first-time listeners into fans of an artist, the company says.
Apparently, discovery becomes fandom more than 2 million times each week. That means the same person listens to the same artist found in Discover Weekly twice in one week.
On that note, a reminder: the Discover Weekly playlist changes every week. Longtime Spotify users have probably learned to save the tracks they love from Discover Weekly so they don’t lose track of them. That’s what you should do with every new song you discover with the feature before the week ends. Next Monday, a new playlist will replace the current one.