About the Song is the latest in a long string of announcements from Spotify, including a Page Match feature that lets you seamlessly switch to an audiobook from a physical book, and an AI tool that creates playlists for you. Spotify also recently announced that it'll start selling physical books.

The feature displays short story cards that users can swipe through and rate with a thumbs up or down.

Spotify is rolling out About the Song in beta, a new feature for Premium users that lets listeners explore the stories, inspirations and background details behind the tracks they’re playing.

Spotify’s annual Best New Artist party returned in a big way after last year’s cancellation due to the L.A. wildfires—and I got to experience it firsthand.

Spotify appears to be working on a new music-guessing game for its Android app. The company previously acquired Heardle, which offered a similar experience on the web. It’s not yet clear if this game would be a mobile version of Heardle, or something all new.

The streaming giant has hailed the figure as “the largest annual payment to music from any retailer in history”.

Spotify head of music Charlie Hellman called payouts "the largest annual payment to music from any retailer in history."

These red flags likely signal that the new band or artist in your recommendations is actually AI-generated music.

Spotify's new audiobook upgrades allow you to purchase physical books from the app and more, and it's now in competition with Amazon.