“Hide” button not working

[Arkencet]

I don’t really like Katy Perry’s newer songs so I tried to hide one of them when it started to play when I was listening to my “Suggested Songs” playlist. I included a video where I try pressing on the button multiple times to no avail. Is it possible for artists to pay Spotify to make it so users cannot hide some of their songs?

[Alex · Accepted solution]

Hi there @Arkencet,

Thanks for the post.

This issue could be caused by some problem with the app itself. I'd recommend running a clean reinstall of your app, following this guide. 

Artists on Spotify can't pay to make their content unskipable or unhideable. 

As a workaround you can add the song to a new playlist and exclude that from your taste profile. This way you should stop getting so many recommendations of the song.

Hope this helps.