Tag: Product announcement

Spotify’s DJ Now Takes Requests, Enhancing Real-Time Music Discovery

May 13, 2025

People all over the world love DJ. At the gym, at home, whenever and wherever you want a deeper experience with great music, DJ is the answer. In fact, DJ listener engagement has nearly doubled over the past year—it’s like having a personal musical friend who just gets you.

We also know that listeners have asked for more ways to interact with DJ and enjoy more control over their listening sessions. That’s why we’re excited to share that DJ is now taking music requests, giving Premium users in more than 60 markets an entirely new way to curate the vibe of their listening sessions in real time. Serving up suggestions using AI and insights from our global editorial experts, DJ helps you uncover new tracks, rediscover old favorites, and connect deeply with the music you love.

By simply using your voice, you can now ask DJ to update your personalized listening session based on the music you want to hear at that moment, whether you’re looking for something to set the mood for date night or need some high-energy tracks to get you hyped for a party.

DJ can handle a combination of genre, mood, artist, or activity-related requests. For example, you could try, “Surprise me with some indie tracks I’ve never heard before,” or “Give me some electronic beats for a midday run.” You could even request something like, “Play me some cry-in-the-car songs.”

Listeners have come to know and love the personality and voice of our AI English-speaking DJ, modeled after Spotify’s Xavier “X” Jernigan. Now you can actually talk to DJ X and ask for music to match any mood or moment. It’s a two-way street, taking personalization to a whole new level.

Start requesting music with DJ

DJ requests will be available in English for Premium listeners in more than 60 markets where DJ is currently available. Here’s how to make a request:

    • Head to the search tab on Spotify and search “DJ.”
    • Press play and DJ will serve up a curated mix of music and commentary tailored to you.
    • Whenever you want to change up the vibe, press and hold the DJ button in the right-hand corner. You’ll hear a beep when DJ is ready.
    • Use your voice to ask for the kind of music you want to hear at that moment. 
    • Just like that, DJ will update your session based on your request, listening history, music preferences, and more.
    • Want to mix things up? Hold the DJ button to switch up the vibe or make a new request.
    • If you want to change the vibe but don’t have a specific request, you can skip to the next section with a quick tap of the DJ button.

We should note that while requests with DJ are designed to be fun, the feature is still in beta and won’t produce results for non-music-related requests, like audiobooks or podcasts. 

We’re excited to give our listeners even more control and to continue evolving the DJ experience. So get creative, make some requests, and let DJ take you on a personalized musical journey.

The Three Key Takeaways for Advertisers From Our Spotify Advance Event

April 2, 2025

The next stage of Spotify Advertising has arrived. Today, during our Spotify Advance event in New York City, we unveiled a host of updates that make it easier for advertisers to buy, create, measure, and get clear results on Spotify’s ad platform. These efforts reflect a big leap forward in automated buying and creative innovation for Spotify and the broader digital audio industry, most notably, the new Spotify Ad Exchange. 

We know that one of the reasons advertisers turn to us is because we’re constantly innovating at the intersection of culture, tech, and creativity. 

So we now have new ways to help advertisers jump into Spotify’s creative playground with ease, including our new Spotify Gen AI Ads.

1. We’re modernizing our ad platform to give advertisers the flexibility to buy Spotify in the way that works best for them: the new Spotify Ad Exchange and our self-serve Spotify Ads Manager.

  • Spotify Ad Exchange (SAX) is our new programmatic offering. For the first time, advertisers can now access Spotify’s engaged, logged-in users via real-time auction with full addressability and measurement capabilities in whatever way works best for them. Beginning today, in addition to The Trade Desk, the Spotify Ad Exchange is now available via Google’s Display & Video 360 and Magnite, with Yahoo DSP, Adform, and many more to come soon. These partners now have access to our suite of audio, video, and display formats across music, with podcasts coming soon. SAX is now available to advertisers across the U.S., Canada, Europe, Australia, New Zealand, India, Singapore, Brazil, and Mexico.
  • Spotify Ads Manager: We’re continuing to innovate our self-serve platform with more advanced targeting capabilities, new 1P and 3P measurement solutions, and new outcome-based objectives to help advertisers of all sizes create, optimize, and measure their Spotify campaigns, including Spotify Pixel, Custom Audiences, key third-party partnerships, and a new App Installs objective.

2. We’re making it easier than ever for advertisers to create with Spotify.

  • Spotify Gen AI Ads: We’re bringing our decades-long AI expertise and innovative approach to our advertising partners to enable them to create scripts and voiceovers at no additional cost, making it easier than ever to create high-quality, scalable audio ads. Gen AI Ads are available to advertisers in the U.S. and Canada in Spotify Ads Manager.

  • Spotify Creative Lab: Our dedicated team of creative minds work collaboratively with brands and agencies to inspire and scale creativity and to build unique and effective campaigns made just for the Spotify platform. Our Creative Lab team has helped brands create first-of-its-kind Spotify experiences, like Bestie Mode with Coca-Cola and Oreo; American Express and Resy’s Music Taste campaign; and “100 Years of Chevrolet” in Brazil.
  • Spotify AUX: Our in-house consultancy brings together our unrivaled know-how in music, podcasts, culture, experiential, and content production to bridge the worlds of brands, artists, creators, and fandom. Our mission is to provide innovative solutions that elevate brands through the power of music and culture. Today, we’re welcoming two partners to the AUX family: Visa and Kona Big Wave. We’re also continuing our multiyear partnership with Coca-Cola.

3. We’re helping advertisers reach their goals on Spotify with new measurement tools built just for Spotify and new 3P partnerships: We’ve rebuilt our first-party measurement stack and expanded tools with key third-party partnerships, enabling advertisers to evaluate performance across the funnel.

  • New Lower-Funnel Objectives: Starting today, our new App Installs Objective enables advertisers to show ads to people likely to click and download their app, while our new Website Traffic Objective enables advertisers to optimize their campaign toward people most likely to view their website.

  • Measurement Solutions: We’ve updated Spotify Brand Lift, our 1P measurement tool that helps advertisers understand how their Spotify campaigns impact their brand metrics. We’re also bringing Spotify Brand Lift and Spotify Pixel to Ads Manager. Lastly, we’re investing in key 3P partnerships to offer greater measurement capabilities and ensure that Spotify can be a trusted partner in this ever-evolving landscape.

Check out more coverage from Spotify Advance and visit Spotify Advertising for more about our advertising program and tools.

Give Your Playlist Covers a Tyler, The Creator Touch With Our Exclusive Stickers

February 19, 2025

For more than a decade, Tyler, The Creator has blazed his own trail, exploring unique aesthetics across music, fashion, and art. Now he’s bringing his signature visuals to Spotify with our first-ever artist sticker collaboration for our “Create Cover Art” feature.

Available in 65 markets around the world, this feature lets you design and customize your own playlist covers with unique images, colors, text effects, and graphic elements. Starting today, you can infuse your playlist covers with Tyler’s creative energy using our exclusive sticker collection. The 10 designs pull inspiration from albums like CHROMAKOPIA, IGOR, and Flower Boy, capturing the artist’s bold style.

With more than 50 million monthly listeners, Tyler’s impact on Spotify is undeniable. More than 162 million user-generated playlists feature songs from the acclaimed rapper.

Gettin’ sticky with your playlist covers

  • Head to the Spotify mobile app on iOS or Android (make sure it’s up-to-date) and select a playlist that you personally created (or create a new one) to get started. Then tap the three-dot menu and choose “Create cover art.”
  • From there, you can access Tyler’s sticker collection, along with other creative elements like backgrounds and text.
  • Once complete, save and share your playlist with friends.

Discover the artist’s greatest hits in our This Is Tyler, The Creator playlist.