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This is a great idea for exploring new music. Lately I have had trouble doing that with Spotify -- too much I've already heard, or just stuff that's too mainstream/bland.

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It’s an algorithm loop. Here the popular song you might like. Oh, you are listening to those songs so here more of it. There’s millions of songs on the service, but I have the feeling mine is only 1000 or so.

Any one have good suggestions for music exploration on Spotify?

I made a random playlist generator for Spotify that truly gives back stuff you’ve never heard. I recommend removing the playlist from your taste profile and put on smart shuffle. Regenerate as many times as want. Open to suggestions/features as well.

It says daily but the auto generation feature is not enabled yet.

https://spotify-random-playlist-fathermarzs-projects.vercel....

What works for me sometimes is to search for other people's playlists by using the keyword of a genre or a particular mood I'm after. Filter out the Spotify-generated ones of course. Usually after 20 results you start getting to the good stuff.

Also I've had some success doing collaborative playlists with random friends / acquaintances. A song I added would give them an idea for a song, and we take turns that way. A lot of it is rubbish, though. :-)

What would work even better is if Spotify had a way to search playlists containing a specific song!

what's worked for me is using apple music, I find their playlists to be better and exploration feels more structured too.

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