Tag: Spotify

Spotify’s new karaoke function that judges you like your friends secretly do, explained

Spotify karaoke is coming!!

Spotify has given us Wrapped at the holidays to remind us of all the weird stuff we listen to. There’s also the Spotify pie chart to do the same.

But now? Say hello to … Spotify karaoke!!!

That’s right, there’s now a way for some users — sorry, not all of you have it yet, we’ll get into that — to click a button, have the music get lower and sing along. AND on top of that? You’ll get judged, the same way your friends do when you deliver that off-key version of Friends in Low Places around 1 AM.

Let’s break it down:

How to get a Spotify pie chart, the new trend music listeners are loving

This is so fun.

The only issue with Spotfy’s annual “Spotify Wrapped” — in which you can look up what you listened to the most every year and get embarrassed about it — is that it comes once a year, in the holiday season.

But now, there’s something else Spotifyers are totally into: It’s a new site that takes your listening habits and turns them into a handy pie chart, which tells you the genres you love and the names you listen to the most.

So how do you do that? And would you like to see what they look like? We have answers for both of those queries:

Both Discord and Spotify are down

Both platforms are suffering from temporary outages.

If you can’t use Spotify or Discord right now, don’t worry, most of us can’t since both services are down.

Both Spotify and Discord announced the platforms are experiencing outages on Tuesday morning. There are no details yet as to what’s causing these disruptions, but both companies are aware something is up.

“We’re aware of an issue causing message failures and are working on a fix,” Discord said on Twitter. “Apologies for the disruption [and] thx for hanging tight!”

Spotify posted a similar statement.

“Something’s not quite right, and we’re looking into it. Thanks for your reports,” reads Spotify’s statement on Twitter.

It’s a massive annoyance for those who use Spotify and Discord daily, especially the latter for work purposes. Yet there’s not much anyone can do right now. Downdector, a service that monitors the connectivity status of online platforms, is listing issues on Amazon Web Services, WhatsApp, Facebook, and many others.

GLHF will update this story as updates come in.

Written by Kyle Campbell on behalf of GLHF.

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Kanye West is dropping ‘Donda 2’ but we’ll never know if it’s good because no one will actually hear it and here’s why

Ain’t nobody paying $200 for an album that probably won’t be finished

Normally, when Ye — formerly known as Kanye West — releases an album y’all start wylin out no matter what it sounds like even if it’s Yeezus level bad.

And folks would undoubtedly do the same thing for Donda 2 whenever he chooses to drop that. People have been waiting for the promised sequel to West’s ‘Donda’ album released last summer from the moment the first album dropped.

There’s only one problem, though. Most people probably aren’t going to hear this album. Or, at least not initially, anyway.

That’s because West is, apparently, only dropping the album on his stem player device. Remember that? The device that Ye dropped following Donda that allowed you to remix any one of his songs on there?

Yeah, you need that thing to listen to ‘Donda 2.’ That’s according to West himself, by the way, who said the album won’t hit any streaming platforms.

He posted this on Instagram letting fans know.

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“We did it Don’t matter what happens 2mrw This happened tonight For the first time in a long time I feel alive we did it kid we did lord lift me up things change let’s keep it burning,”

So, yeah. Don’t look for the album on Apple Music or Tidal or any of that. It ain’t there.

He explained his reasoning a bit, though. It’s wild but it’s not without at least some thought.

Spotify Wrapped is back to mock all of your music and podcast habits in 2021

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[sings] It’s the moooossst wonderful time of the yeaaaaaaaaarr!

That’s right, it’s December, and that means it’s time for you to look back on all the music and podcasts you listened to thanks to Spotify, the app that streams both those things to your ears on demand.

SPOTIFY WRAPPED SZN!

In case you’re not aware, Spotify Wrapped — when clicked on — tells you using data and insights from your Spotify listens all kinds of info about your favorites from the past 11 months. And then you can share it with the world, if you so choose, which can be fun and embarrassing and everything in between.

So what’s the deal here? How do you get it? Let’s dive in:

How to find your 2020 Spotify Wrapped playlist and your top songs of the year

Want your own Spotify Wrapped? We’ve got you covered on how to find it through the app or web browser.

Each year Spotify crunches its data for every user and spits out “Wrapped” — a personalized look back at all the songs you listened to and albums you loved. Want to find yours? We got you covered.

While in previous years you’ve been able to access your Wrapped information through a web browser, this year is a little different. While Spotify does still have a website with information on how the world listened this year, to find your personalized Wrapped, you’ll need to go to the mobile app.

Once in the Spotify mobile app, tap the home button at the bottom. Then you should see a 2020 Wrapped icon, as well as a playlist for Your Top Songs of 2020.

Not seeing it? You can also search “2020 Wrapped” in the app and it will show up as a genre you can click on. Then you’ll get taken here:

Tap the “See How You Listened in 2020” icon, and it will play a slideshow that will walk you through your top songs, your top artists, your favorite genres, and how many new artists you tried out this year. At the end, it provides sharing links for you to share your Wrapped to your social media of choice.

That’s it. Enjoy!

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UGA Football Live with J.C. Shelton: S1, Ep. 1 – It’s game-week!

Your friends at UGA Football Live and UGA Wire present your one stop shop for all things Georgia Football! Listen here!

Your friends at UGA Football Live and UGA Wire present your one stop shop for all things Georgia Football!

We will be releasing episodes and interviews each week during the 2020 college football season, with a little bit of everything sprinkled in between.

Listen here:

In today’s show I talk about:

Bulldogs’ offense

  • Todd Monken, roster breakdown, depth chart possibilities, players to watch and of course UGA quarterbacks.

Bulldogs’ defense

  • Record-breaking 2019, roster breakdown. Can we be as dominant as last season?

Arkansas

  • A preview of the Razorbacks coaches, roster, players to watch and a guy named Bumper Pool.

Dawgs of the week in the NFL

  • What former Bulldogs stood out during NFL week-two action.

Braves update

  • Atlanta clinches the NL East for the third year in-a-row.

Best names in college football

  • I update my list of the coolest sounding names in college football.

Next week’s show will be out Wednesday. You won’t want to miss who I’m interviewing about the Georgia quarterback battle, so make sure and tune in next week!

Joe Rogan’s podcast goes exclusive to Spotify in a reported $100m deal

Joe Rogan inks reported massive deal as Spotify looks to strongly enter the podcast space.

The Joe Rogan Experience is heading to Spotify in an exclusive deal.

According to The Wall Street Journal, the deal is worth more than $100 million. Rogan’s podcast will stream exclusively on the Spotify platform as part of the multi-year deal.

According to TechCrunch, the show will debut on Spotify on September 1, then go exclusive to the platform later in the year.

The Joe Rogan Experience has continually dominated podcast charts for years, and has found equal footing on YouTube, where Rogan has over 8 million subscribers.

A former Fear Factor host, Rogan is a comedian and UFC commentator who has built a massive following for his podcast, which features lengthy interviews with people of note from all walks of life. It can venture into politics (not super adeptly, but there it goes all the same) but tends to stick with in-depth conversations about life, success, manhood, etc.

This is just the most recent of Spotify’s big plays to get into the podcasting space. The company acquired sports and pop culture website The Ringer, which was founded by Bill Simmons, and in doing so acquired Simmons’ podcast, as well as other podcasts started by the outlet. It also recently acquired the podcast giant Gimlet.

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WATCH: Michigan State defensive line reviews offensive line’s Spotify playlist in the Battle of the Aux

The position groups battle it out in who can curate the best Spotify playlist

Michigan State is doing a lot to stimulate fan engagement during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Currently competing position groups are battling it out musically in what has been dubbed “The Battle of the Aux”. For informational purposes, auxiliary cords, A.K.A “aux” cords are used to hook up phones–or if you’re old, MP3 players–to stereo systems. Whomever controls the aux cord controls the music and that is an incredibly important responsibility, especially in a football locker room.

The concept is that a position group will make a Spotify playlist to be reviewed by their opposing position group. We’re not sure yet if there will be fan voting on who wins, but that would be a fun way to increase the fan engagement. Anyway, today’s battle is between the offensive and defensive lines, dubbed the “Juice Squad” and “A.W.O.L” (Animals Without a Leash) respectively. In this video the D-line reviews the tracks put together by the O-line.

Fair to say A.W.O.L wasn’t a big fan of the music Juice Squad brought to the table. Next up the roles will be flipped with the O-line evaluating the D-line’s choices.

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How to view your Spotify Wrapped songs of the year, and songs of the decade

Want to see the music you listened to the most in 2019 and the 2010s on Spotify? We’ve got you covered.

Spotify is the music app of choice for many people (myself included) and one nice thing they do every year is crunch your data and then tell you exactly what songs and artists you listened to the most over the past year.

It’s called Spotify Wrapped, and it’s not only good at showing you what you listened to, it’s also great at revealing your emotional state. This year, they’re also looking back at the entire decade of what you listened to, so you get a look back on ten years of emotional states. I found out I listened to a TON of Elliott Smith back in 2013, and you know what, that makes a lot of sense! I will not be delving into any more details about that!

Want yours? Easy.

To find your top songs of the year and of the decade, you can view it via the Spotify app or via their Spotify Wrapped website.

Go forth and enjoy.

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