Most of us know that the order of the songs on an album matters. It is easier to skip around in the era of streaming. After a six-year hiatus, it was important for fans to listen to the songs on her new album in order, so she asked one of the biggest streaming platforms around for its help.
On Saturday, the singer revealed on her social media accounts that she only asked for the shuffle option to be removed from her new album. The singer said that this would allow music platforms to respect the work of artists. On Sunday, the circle with the intertwined arrows was removed from all of the albums on the platform.
This was the only request I had. We don't create albums with so much care and thought into our track listing for no reason. Our art tells a story and we should listen to it. She said thank you for listening.
The music streaming platform was happy to oblige the queen's request since she wasn't asking the company to pay artists more or anything like that.
Anything for you.
The singer's announcement was met with cheers by some on social media and disdain by others, who thought she had convinced the streaming service to take away the shuffle option permanently. You can still shuffle albums.
The shuffle option was no longer available on the platform, and albums were played in order by default, according to a review by Gizmodo. If we wanted to use the shuffle option in the player, we had to play an individual song from an album.
Gizmodo reached out to Spotify on Sunday to ask about the removal of shuffle as the default for albums, but we did not receive a response by the time of publication.
The ability to not shuffle is a feature that has long been requested by users and artists, according to a statement from the company.
To shuffle an album, users can go to the Now Playing View and select the shuffle option. We will continue to make the best experiences for both artists and their fans.
