I like to think that I have pretty good taste in music. I’d go so far as to say I’m good at getting my friends to listen to new music, whether it’s through a playlist at a party or by attaching a new song to an Instagram post. However, with such a well-trained Spotify algorithm, even I find myself in a music rut on occasion. I’ll bounce from my pop mix to my Jason Isbell mix to my upbeat mix and somehow find quite a few of the same songs on each one.
So, when Spotify introduced Prompted Playlists, I figured it was a good chance to try something new. After all, if I could lead the algorithm to the vibe I was trying to capture, it would have to give me new music. At worst, I could simply direct it to introduce me to new tunes as part of my prompt. So, I opened my create tab, started a new playlist, and here’s what I got.
