Repeat/Loop turns on automatically. Need FIX ASAP

[flippin15]

Plan

Premium

Country

USA

Device

iPhone 16

Operating System

iOS 18

My Question or Issue

Every time I open the app it switches playback to repeat. When I only play 1 song it will automatically turn repeat on. Guess what? I never want to listen to a song on repeat. EVER. I know the "solution" is to just uncheck the loop, but it's a pain in the ass to open the player and change it every single time I start the app. I just want to be able to play a single song and then let the algorithm do its thing and play similar songs/artists. That's part of the reason I pay for Spotify, but now I can't even get that to work. 

Considering switching to Apple Music if there isn't a solution for this.... Am I the only one?

Thank you!