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Spotify now lets you turn off all video content across the app with universal toggles for Canvas, music videos, and all other video content under Settings > Content and display, with changes applying across platforms and (for family plans) across members.
Spotify is rolling out new settings to disable all video playback in the app, including music videos, podcasts, and other formats; admins on Family Plans can apply these limits per member, and the controls appear under Content and display (or Display) settings, expanding the existing Canvas toggle. Once activated at the plan level, users can’t switch to video versions of songs or podcasts. The rollout is worldwide, though some accounts (like in the UK) may not see it yet.
The author links ChatGPT to Spotify to let the AI analyze listening history and directly curate personalized playlists. Using ChatGPT’s plugins, prompts can specify mood, activity, location, and focus (e.g., instrumental tracks for reading), yielding niche, discovery-filled playlists that blend familiar favorites with new discoveries. The piece argues this approach is faster and more capable than native Spotify AI for complex prompts, while still benefiting from human input and creativity.
BTS’s Arirang launched with 110 million Spotify streams on day one, the year’s best opening on the platform and well ahead of Harry Styles’ first-day tally, placing it among Spotify’s all-time top opening days (12th). All 14 tracks from the album also chart in Global Top 50, with the group occupying positions across the US Top 50 as well.
BTS’s new album ARIRANG, released March 20, has set Spotify’s records, becoming the platform’s most-streamed album in a single day in 2026 so far and the most-streamed K-pop album in Spotify history. With over five million pre-saves, the six-year-follow-up features 14 tracks produced by Diplo, Kevin Parker, Mike WiLL Made-It and Ryan Tedder, and comes with Spotify-led immersive activations including a Music Quiz, listening party, NYC fan event, and a three-day Han River cruise. The group RM, Jin, Suga, j-hope, Jimin, V and Jung Kook mark BTS’s return after years of solo projects and military service in Korea.
Spotify Premium users can enable Exclusive Mode in the Windows app’s Playback settings to give Spotify control over your device’s audio processing, achieving bit-perfect playback; Mac support is planned for a future release, and using Exclusive Mode disables other apps’ audio and Spotify automix/crossfade features.
Spotify is adding Exclusive Mode to its Windows app, giving the player exclusive control of the PC’s audio path to achieve bit-perfect playback and preserve fidelity for its lossless option; available to Premium subscribers, with macOS support coming later.
BTS will return to the U.S. for an exclusive Spotify x BTS: SWIMSIDE event in New York—the group’s first U.S. performance since 2022—as part of their Arirang comeback, dropping March 20. The March 23 show is invite-only for 1,000 top fans and will include immersive album-inspired experiences, with Spotify running in-app promos. After Arirang’s release, BTS will also perform a free concert in Seoul and launch an 82-date world tour on April 9 that runs through March 2027.
Spotify announced Taste Profile, an opt-in, AI-powered feature that lets Premium users fine-tune its recommendations by describing what they want more of or less of—such as upbeat music for workouts or news podcasts during commutes—and by giving ambiguous prompts. The feature, demonstrated at SXSW, is rolling out in beta to New Zealand Premium users before expanding to other regions, and can cover music, audiobooks, and podcasts. Taste Profile adds to Spotify's existing AI tools like Prompted Playlist and remains optional for those who prefer to rely on the standard algorithm.
Bad Bunny capped his first Asia show with an intimate, invite-only Billions Club performance in Chiba, Japan, delivering a hit-filled set—including a salsa-inflected MIA and Tití Me Preguntó—while celebrating unity and his global reach as VIPs like Lisa from Blackpink and Takashi Murakami watched from the crowd.
Spotify Premium users can automatically reorder playlist tracks by key and BPM using Smart Reorder (Mix > Edit > Smart Reorder), making transitions smoother and saving the changes.
Spotify Premium users can now automatically sort Mixed playlists with a new Smart Reorder option in Mix, arranging tracks by BPM and key for a smoother flow between songs while warning that it will override any manual sorting; this follows a recent move to automate playlists with Prompted Playlists.
On Valentine’s Day, Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce kept a low profile, but Swift celebrated a streaming milestone—'Karma' hit 1 billion Spotify streams and she now has 24 songs over 1 billion streams, the most for any female artist—while a behind-the-scenes version of 'Opalite' and a Chris Lake remix kept the headlines buzzing.
Spotify posted strong Q4 2025 results: premium subscribers rose 10% year over year to 290 million, monthly active users reached 751 million (up 11%), and revenue climbed 13% YoY to €4.5 billion with an 83 basis point gross-margin improvement to 33.1% and €701 million in operating income. The quarter featured record MAU net adds, the largest Wrapped engagement to date, and launches like Prompted Playlist and venue following. Audiobooks expanded to five new countries, with features like Audiobook Recaps and Page Match, and partnerships including Bookshop.org for physical books and FC Barcelona extending through 2030. Spotify signaled 2026 as the “Year of Raising Ambition” with AI-driven opportunities across audio, books, and live experiences, plus ongoing beta expansions such as music videos in Premium.
Spotify is beta-launching About the Song, a feature that shows short, third-party–summarized stories about a track right in Now Playing on mobile for Premium users in the U.S., U.K., Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, and Australia; users can swipe through story cards and provide feedback to help shape the feature.