How to reset your Spotify algorithm // there's no button
Can you reset the Spotify algorithm? Not with a button. What private sessions, exclusions, Hide and Snooze change, and when a new account is worth it.
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Product updates, release tracking workflows, and notes on music discovery.
How Spotify radio works // and why it plays the same songs
How Spotify radio works: a seed, about 50 tracks, then Autoplay. Why it keeps playing the same songs, how it differs from a Mix, and how to keep a find.
Read post →What following an artist on Spotify does // and doesn't
What following an artist on Spotify does: Your Library, recommendations, Release Radar and the Following feed. What artists see, and what it won't do.
Read post →How to find the record label of a song // read the ℗ line
How to find the record label of a song on Spotify, Apple Music and YouTube, what the C and P lines mean, and which name is the label worth following.
Read post →How to avoid AI music on Spotify // a badge, not a switch
Spotify has no setting that blocks AI music. How to avoid it anyway: what the AI Persona badge covers, the settings that help and the stores that ban it.
Read post →How to find new music on Spotify // and what's missing
How to find new music on Spotify: which features actually surface new artists, what the new Release Radar pills do, and what you still can't follow.
Read post →How to search by label on Spotify // what still works
How to search by label on Spotify in 2026: the label: syntax that works, multi-word label names, the 100-album limit, and where the search breaks.
Read post →ID tracks from DJ sets // how to know when they're released
Most ID tracks from DJ sets get solved by a release, not detective work. Who to follow for each kind of ID, real examples, and what alerts can't catch.
Read post →How to find out who produced a song // 9 sources checked
How to find out who produced a song on Spotify, Apple Music, TIDAL and YouTube Music, then Discogs, Genius and WhoSampled. Three tracks, checked Oct 2026.
Read post →Best music release trackers // nine tools compared
A music release tracker tells you when artists and labels you follow drop something. Here's what nine of them actually do, and what they cost.
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