The singer said yesterday: We don’t create. Albums should default to how the artist(s) intended them to be played and having shuffling as the default just didn’t make much sense.įor those that like to shuffle their albums, don’t worry, you still can, it just won’t be the default play button and you’ll need to find the dedicated shuffle option on the song or album. Adele persuaded Spotify to remove the shuffle button from her new album 30 so fans must listen to the songs in the order she intended Credit: Getty. Overall, this is a good change by the streaming giant. “As Adele mentioned, we are excited to share that we have begun rolling out a new Premium feature that has long been requested by both users and artists to make play the default button on all albums,” Spotify tells Mashable.
The free tier shuffles everything by default, and is one of the largest reasons for updating to the premium tier. The Weeknd’s new album Starboy had a massive debut, reaching Number 1 on the Billboard 200 chart on the week of its release. It has now been confirmed by Mashable that Spotify will be removing the default shuffle/play button from albums for people on the streaming service’s premium tier. Drakes Spotify reign stopped by The Weeknd. The singer then retweeted the tweet with more information, stating “This was the only request I had in our ever changing industry!” Thank you Spotify for listening ?♥️ - Adele November 21, 2021 Our art tells a story and our stories should be listened to as we intended. The follow up to last year’s ‘Beauty Behind the Madness’ features two appearances by Daft Punk, as well as contributions from Lana Del Rey, Future and Kendrick Lamar, who he recently called a genius in an interview with Zane Lowe on Beats 1. You may have heard this week that the streaming service removed the default Shuffle Play. Adeles new album, '30,' on Spotify without the 'Shuffle Play' option. The streaming service loses the default shuffle button for albums and introduces a new car device.
7, 2021.This was the only request I had in our ever changing industry! We don’t create albums with so much care and thought into our track listing for no reason. Today The Weeknd has released his new album ‘Starboy,’ and it’s also available to stream in full via Apple Music and Spotify. Changes, new features queued up for Spotify. In November, it was announced that the Weeknd would be the Super Bowl LV (55) halftime show performer, the first time a Canadian has played that stage since 2003, when Shania Twain, Sting and No Doubt were the performers.
The album, according to the New York Times, is "laden with sparkled trauma, kaleidoscopic emotional confusion, urgent and panting physical release paired with failed-state romantic dyspepsia," while Pitchfork called it a "satisfying collision of new wave, dream-pop, and R&B."ĬBC Music also named it the best Canadian album of the year. 80Īfter Hours has also been one of the Weeknd's most critically acclaimed albums, with aggregator site Metacritic giving it a score of 80, based on 20 reviews. The cost was 500 V bucks, Fortnite's in-game currency, which relates to roughly $5 in real currency. A special "Blinding Lights" emote was also created, allowing characters to do a special dance to the song.
The Weeknd also became a ubiquitous presence on the popular online game Fortnite, where his song "Blinding Lights" was featured whenever players drove around in a car.