Music: Adele gets Spotify to withdraw album shuffle – Franceinfo

A small change that is shaking the world of music. Listening to an album in the original order of its songs has become the fashion “by default” for paying subscribers of Spotify. The company acceded, Sunday, November 21, to a request from the British pop diva Adele and made the mode less accessible. “random”.

“It was the only request I had for our ever-changing industry!”, reacted the artist on Twitter. “We don’t put so much care and thought into the tracklist for no reason. Our music tells a story and our stories should be heard as we thought them. Thanks Spotify for listening,” added the singer.

“As Adele said, we are happy to announce that we have launched a new Premium service, long demanded by artists and users, which makes the play function the default button on all albums.”, a spokesperson for Spotify confirmed to AFP. “Those who still want to randomly play an album can go to the now playing view and select the shuffle button”, adds the platform.