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Spotify Gets More Personal With Playlist Notes

August 17, 2026

various Spotify playlist covers with an example of a playlist note from a music editor

A great playlist does more than line up songs: it sets a mood, reflects a point of view, tells a story.

We keep giving playlist makers more ways to tell that story, from custom cover art and playlist descriptions to tools for customizing transitions between tracks. Today, we’re introducing Playlist Notes, a new way to add your thoughts and context right inside the playlists you make.

Our globe-spanning team of editors will use this new feature—which grew out of a concept called User Notes—to share the thinking behind their picks on some of Spotify’s biggest playlists, while listeners can add their own notes to playlists they create or collaborate on.

Go behind the picks with Spotify’s editors

With Playlist Notes, editors share why a track matters, what makes it culturally relevant, or why it belongs in that particular playlist. You can also get to know the people behind the playlists through Editor Profiles. Each profile features an editor’s top tracks and albums, along with the playlists they contribute to.

Playlist Notes from editors and Editor Profiles are currently rolling out to Free and Premium users ages 16 and older in the U.S., Canada, the U.K., Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand. To start, you’ll find notes in Today’s Top Hits, RapCaviar, Hot Country, All New Pop, mint, and Fresh Finds Hip-Hop.

Tap Notes at the top of participating playlists to start exploring. To visit an Editor Profile, tap an editor’s name alongside a note or at the top of the playlist.

You’ll also see notes in Now Playing, even when you’re listening to a song outside the playlist where the note originated.

Spotify's Today Top Hits playlist with an example of a playlist note from one of the editors

Bring more of yourself to your playlists

Of course, our editors aren’t the only ones with stories to tell. On mobile, you can add your own notes to the tracks, podcast episodes, and audiobooks you’ve added to your playlists. Capture a memory, share a recommendation, or explain why a pick made the cut.

Anyone who can view your playlist can also see your notes, with your name linking to your profile. Playlist Notes, like everything shared on Spotify, must follow our Platform Rules and Terms of Use.

How to add a note to one of your playlists on Spotify: Tap the three dots next to a track, select "add note," write your note and tap "save," then your note will appear below the track

How to add a note

Playlist Notes on user-curated playlists are currently rolling out on iOS and Android in more than 100 markets globally. Availability may differ from editors’ Playlist Notes.

    1. Open a playlist you own or collaborate on. 
    2. Tap the three dots (…) next to a track, podcast episode, or audiobook you’ve added to the playlist.
    3. Select Add note.
    4. Enter your note, then tap Save.

From the way songs flow together to the stories behind each pick, your playlists just got more personal. Update your app to get the latest features as they roll out.

The Marias, Hannah Jadagu, glaive, and Cuco Have Made Lorem Their Musical Home—And So Have Their Fans

July 12, 2023

Spotify’s indie editors created Lorem five years ago to be a metaphorical “placeholder” for the artists who would go on to influence the future of music. Since then, the alt-pop playlist has written its way into the headphones of its young listeners, becoming Spotify’s home for Gen Z bedroom and indie-pop fans around the U.S. and beyond. The playlist now has one of the highest save rates on Spotify. 

Listeners flock to Lorem for its raw, unpolished collection of burgeoning stars who write music not to fit into a particular genre but to capture even a fleeting feeling. The vibe of the playlist changes constantly, but not chaotically. It reflects the culture, the places, and the headspaces that both artists and their fans come from.

“Lorem is meant for the artists who didn’t quite fit into mainstream pop but who we knew would end up shaping what we know now to be popular,” said Lizzy Szabo, Senior Editor for Indie Music at Spotify. 

“Back when we started the list, artists like BENEE, Conan Gray, Clairo, girl in red, and Dominic Fike were grouped in the bedroom pop category but all ended up making their way to Today’s Top Hits,” she shared. “So, before it was common practice, we’d add tracks that were starting to have viral moments—those you’d hear on TV shows, or random catalog tracks we knew the audience would love to rediscover or hear for the first time—alongside artists we’d find via social media, our submissions portal, or recommendations from blogs and artists.” 

Though the list’s sound has shifted over the years, it still follows artists along their journeys, throughout their progress, hits, and explorations. “We will continue to curate them alongside even more developing artists, and playful throwbacks,” said Lizzy.

Take some of the artists currently featured on Lorem, including glaive, Cuco, and Hannah Jadagu. When asked to describe their music, the only thing each of the Lorem-playlisted artists had in common was the flexibility of their categorization.