Following the release of Adele's album “30” on Friday, Spotify removed its default shuffle setting at her urging and will now automatically play tracks in the order they appear on the album.
“Anything for you,” Spotify tweeted in response.
Premium users will still be able to access the shuffle function while a song is playing or listen to tracks across an artist’s discography at random, but the button has been removed from individual album pages.
“As Adele mentioned, we are excited to share that we have begun rolling out a new Premium feature that has been long requested by both users and artists to make ‘play’ the default button on all albums,” a representative for Spotify told Variety in a statement. “For those users still wishing to shuffle an album, they can go to the Now Playing View and select the ‘shuffle’ toggle. As always, we will continue to iterate our products and features to create the best experiences for both artists and their fans.”
While Spotify’s default setting has long been controversial among listeners and artists, few have the sway Adele carries: Her comeback single, “Easy On Me,” broke the platform’s record for most streams in a single day, with 24 million streams in 24 hours.
The new album, her first in six years, is a carefully curated journey through a particularly tumultuous period in her life. It chronicles her divorce from her ex-husband, Simon Konecki, and her journey to finding inner peace and healing, so it’s easy to see why the singer wants the album to unfold in a certain order.
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