Spotify Ditches Default Shuffle Option from Album Pages Following Adele’s Request

Spotify has stopped shuffling albums by default after Adele'southward request to remove the offending 'shuffle' push button off all album pages. Now y'all will be able to play the songs in guild when you hit the "play" button.

Previously, the music streaming app would only let you lot play an album's songs in a random club past default. On the other mitt, Apple tree Music has always immune users to play music sequentially in an album. Adele wasn't a huge fan of Spotify'due south shuffle playback manner. "Our fine art tells a story and our stories should exist listened to as nosotros intended," she tweeted.

And Spotify replied, "Anything for you."

Anything for you 🙏✨

— Spotify (@Spotify) Nov 21, 2022

A spokesperson for the pop music streaming platform announced that Spotify has begun rolling out a new Premium feature to brand sequential playback mode the default pick on all albums. For those of yous who however wish to shuffle the songs, much to Adele's horror, y'all tin can become to the "now playing" view and select the "shuffle" toggle.

However, don't let the interaction betwixt Adele and Spotify fool y'all. The British singer hasn't had a great human relationship with streaming services. In 2022, she went so far as to cake her anthology "25" from being streamed, though information technology eventually fabricated its way back to music streaming services. Spotify may accept remembered this and may not want to get on the incorrect side of Adele again.

The new change comes close on the heels of the release of Adele's new album "xxx". Her single "Easy on Me", which was a part of the anthology, broke the Spotify record for most global streams in a day.

Do you welcome Spotify'due south determination to remove its default shuffle choice to appease Adele? Let us know in the comments beneath.

[Via BBC]