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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Technology
Alan Martin

Spotify will stop your partner’s metal fandom ruining recommendations

You can now stop earworming abominations on Spotify

(Picture: Cottonbro Studio / Pexels)

For people who don’t use Spotify to cycle through the same five albums over and over again, the app’s recommendation system is an unnervingly good way of introducing you to new music that you’ll enjoy.

But, as anybody who shares an account will know, your recommendations can be polluted by playlists shared with your partner or created for children. If you’ve ever had your Discover Weekly playlist spoiled by a sudden blast of metal or the earworming abomination of Baby Shark, you’ll know exactly what we mean.

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