Spotify tests conversational genre filters for Discover Weekly playlist

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Spotify is currently testing an update to genre/mood filters with added phrasing.

This test effectively replaces the existing single-word genre filters, though it doesn’t appear to be widely available just yet.

Spotify has separately announced new “controls” for its Release Radar playlist.

Spotify’s user-focused playlists have witnessed a few changes over its 11-year-plus span. Last year, the streaming giant released new genre/mood filters for some of these playlists. A year since these filters rolled out to the masses, Spotify is now testing a minor but significant revamp.

As bingbongforever shares on Reddit, Spotify is testing more elaborate phrasing for genre filters. Rather than listing specific genres like Hyperpop, Dance, Indie, Electronica, R&B, and so on, the user is seeing longer phrases like “Make it more dance,” “Go deeper into indie,” and “Lean into hyperpop.”