Blend algorithm issues

[veevargas]

Plan

Premium

Country

USA

Device

(iPhoneX)

Operating System

(iOS)

My Question or Issue

It seems like the blend algorithm is promoting some artists/songs a lot more than others, and bypassing actual compatibility clusters.  

For example, I have created blends with 9 different people and they ALL include the same Taylor Swift song.   To test things out, I unliked the song, waited a day, then created a 10th blend with someone who exclusively listens to Metal.  The blend was mostly metal (as expected) but still included the SAME Taylor Swift song (even after I had unliked it a day before).   

I’m not sure if this is a bug or if the algorithm is intentionally biased towards some content.   Either way, I love the concept and I’m hoping updates will solve this types of issues and make playlists more cohesive.  

[Eni]

Hey there @veevargas, 

Thanks for reaching out about this here in the Community. 

We're glad to know you're enjoying the new Blend feature, and we appreciate you taking the time to share your feedback with us. We'll make sure to pass it onto the right team, as we always strive to improve your experience.

You can also consider adding your +VOTE to this idea, if this is something you'd like to change. The Idea Exchange is a great way for us to see what our users are interested in and how many people like a certain idea.

Check out this Spotify Answer to learn more about it.

If you need help with anything else, just let us know 🙂

[ohnqa5i]

For me it seems it will always blend the same songs on my side, i tried it with a bunch of people, they all got the same songs from my blend.

[Elena]

Hey @ohnqa5i!

Thanks for reaching out on the Community.

We'll be sure to pass on your feedback to the correct team. Blend tends to take the most listsned songs from both users and sometimes if you listen to certain songs a lot they could show up in a Blend even if they don't exactly match with the taste of the other person. 

I also get that behavior from time to time and I use the option on Mobile Hide this song to tell the algorithm that I don't want to see it in the list.

Blend playlist functionality is still being improved and we hope it'll get better and more accurate with time.

Hope this info helps!

[veevargas]

The hide this song option doesn’t seem to work for me. I hide the songs but they continue to show up on existing blends and also get added to new blends.

[MafeG]

Hi @veevargas,

Thank you for your reply.

The Hide this Song feature will get the song removed from that specific blend, unfortunately it won't be exported to other blends. 

In this case, we suggest you take a look at the idea shared by @Eni if you haven't. A feature to manually refresh the list will certainly be a benefit in these situations.

If you need a hand with anything else, the Community is here for you.

[Atlantes]

For me I created 10 blends and none of them a single taylor swift songs even though some people o created blend with listen to a lot of ts songs and same for me.

[hhhhhhhhd]

same, i can't make a ts song appear on a blend to save my life

[ZzSleepyDogzZ]

I have the exact same problem. It really annoys me because I barely then have any songs in the blends so it’s pointless