Bryan M Johnson

Spotify added a temporary disco ball to its logo for its 20th anniversary. Co-CEO Gustav Söderström explains why the internet’s immediate "everyone needs to get fired" rage over the design change is actually comforting bloom.bg/4wEfIVb

Spotify And UMG Announce Licensing Deal To Allow for AI Covers and Remixes billboard.com/pro/spotify-an…

We announced Reserved by Spotify today. I have wanted to crack this one for years! You know the feeling. 10am, you're glued to your phone, ready to buy tickets, and somehow you're already behind 10,000 people in the queue. It can feel like the fans who care the most end up missing out.

I'm speaking at the Artist Ally Summit - a free global event for music creators. Two @spotifyartists sessions: 28 April Loud & Clear: Breaking Down the Streaming Economy 30 April Staying in Control: Protecting Your Music in the Streaming Era Register: artistally.global

Think Spotify’s podcast algorithm isn’t good enough and doesnt understand what you actually want? Well, now you can just build your own! 💚🎧 A while ago we rolled out Prompted Playlists, where you can write your own ”algorithm” for what you want, in plain English. So if you wanted a playlist of ”My favorite genres, but only stuff I never heard before” you can now do that, or ”stuff in my taste that is up and coming but not mainstream yet” or ”songs trending in TV shows right now, and tell me from which show and episode on each track” or why not ”always give me the songs from the latest episode of Landman”? 😉 You can schedule the playlists to update daily, weekly etc to keep you up to date, and you get an explanation for why each tracking there. People really love this feature. But a very common request has been why they couldn’t do the same for their podcast…. So now you can! If you want a daily or weekly updating list of podcasts on a certain super niche topic, just ask for it! If you don’t want full episodes, then ask for only chapters instead. If you want any new episode in the last week or month with a certain guest, just ask for it, or why not just ”The recent TBPN clips about Topic X. Or if you’re an AI nerd like me maybe ”Give me the best explanation of the transformers attention mechanism, just relevant chapters” 🤓 It’s a great way to explore the depth and niches of the catalog and also to break out of your own taste if you feel trapped in it, just say ”….only shows I’ve never listened to before” And finally, the one you should all try - just because it’s so fun. ”What are the first tracks I ever listened to on Spotify? Order them from the very first track I ever streamed - with date and time - and keep going.” Give it try!

given it's one of the most requested features i hear from artists, i'm so excited we're launching the beta for artist profile protection today. when turned on, it adds a new step for artists in @spotifyartists, where they review new releases that list them as an artist, actively approving them before they can appear on their profile. that means spammy releases won't show up on your profile or get recommended to your listeners. we're excited to be the first streaming service to address this problem that has plagued the entire industry for years. we're testing it out first with thousands of artists starting today and will roll it out more broadly as soon as we can. it's a particularly complex feature, so i broke it down in this video. or you can read more in our blog: artists.spotify.com/blog/introduci…

Music being posted to the wrong artist profile is an industry-wide problem, and we're excited to be taking a first step to help. Today, we're introducing Artist Profile Protection, an optional feature in Spotify for Artists. Turn it on to get notified any time a release is delivered that lists you as an artist, then review and approve it. There's also a delivery key option to pre-approve releases and skip the review step. artists.spotify.com/blog/introduci…

Ever wonder who made that song you can't stop listening to? Who wrote it, who produced it, who else has covered it? SongDNA is our new way to explore all the creative connections behind a track. just scroll through Now Playing or tap the three dots on any song or artist to start exploring 🧬🎵

Every year we update our annual Loud & Clear report, designed to demystify how artists earn money through streaming and be transparent about exactly how much Spotify pays out. How many artists generated over $1M in royalties last year? Dive into the report: loudandclear.byspotify.com

Q4 2025 was my final quarter as CEO of Spotify, and it was a strong one. Continued momentum, new records, and a lot of progress across the company. I’m grateful to the teams globally who made it possible and looking forward to seeing Spotify’s next chapter with Alex and Gustav as co-CEOs.

Aaaand another very cool launch! ”About the song” brings you instantly into the know for any new track you find on Spotify and lets you know the background story and what the Internet is saying about it. I find it incredibly useful in general, but especially combined with lyrics translations (also recently rolled out more broadly) and music videos (also recently rolled out globally), it is an amazing way to discover, understand and learn everything about an artist in a language you don’t speak (which is a lot of listening these days)

In 2025, Spotify paid out more than $11B to rightsholders — over 10% more than in 2024. That growth is real, and it’s helping more artists than ever earn meaningful income from music. It’s also true that music has never been more competitive. New artists are competing not just with each other, but with the entire history of recorded music. We understand that challenge, and it’s what we’re focused on addressing in 2026. More about how we’re doing that here: artists.spotify.com/blog/what-were…

Spotify has both ad-supported and paid streams. All listening activity matters. But I think it’s right to weight paid streams more. People paying ~$150 per year for music…it means more, shows a greater level of fan intent, and is better for artists and the ecosystem.

Thank you to everyone who made this the biggest Wrapped yet.

Wrapped still surprises me every year…not because it exists (I obviously knew it was coming 😅) but because of how huge it’s become. What started as a small idea over a decade ago has grown to more than 11 trillion minutes of global listening this year alone, and a moment hundreds of millions of people screenshot, joke about (yes, even at our expense), and share every year. And this year’s experience is our biggest yet. I’m especially excited that for the first time, you’ll see your top album of the year. Fun fact: album listening on Spotify has increased nearly 35% on Spotify in 2025, compared to 2024 - very cool to see that growth. Huge thanks to the teams who bring this to life.

Are you #SpotifyWrapped ready? Make sure to update your app today. Wrapped is on the way soon!

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Wasn’t prepared for the complexity involved in getting a car seat / stroller

We’re rolling out our best sound quality, Lossless, to Premium users. Find out more: newsroom.spotify.com/2025-09-10/los…

Long shot but anyone got one of these… that works?

Here’s an interesting one. When Parlophone rented out their paper sleeve as advertising space.