Spotify’s new feature lets you explore the story behind the song you’re listening to

Spotify is rolling retired a caller “About the Song” diagnostic that lets users research the stories down the euphony they’re listening to, the institution announced connected Friday. The diagnostic displays abbreviated communicative cards that users tin swipe done and complaint with a thumbs up oregon down.

These abbreviated swipeable stories are summarized from third-party sources to item absorbing details and behind-the-scenes moments, the institution says.

With this caller feature, Spotify is giving its users entree to a diagnostic that isn’t disposable connected rival platforms similar Apple Music.

About the Song is rolling retired successful beta connected mobile successful English for premium users successful the U.S., U.K., Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, and Australia. 

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Users tin entree the caller diagnostic done the “Now Playing” surface by scrolling down to find the “About the Song” paper connected supported tracks, aft which they tin swipe done to research the communicative down the track.

“Music fans cognize the feeling: A opus stops you successful your tracks, and you instantly privation to cognize more,” Spotify wrote successful a blog post. “What inspired it, and what’s the meaning down it? We judge that knowing the trade and discourse down a opus tin deepen your transportation to the euphony you love.”

It’s been a engaged week for Spotify, arsenic About the Song isn’t the lone diagnostic it’s announced successful caller days.

Yesterday, the streaming work shared that users successful the U.S. and the U.K. volition soon beryllium capable to acquisition carnal copies of their favourite audiobooks straight done the app. Spotify besides announced 2 caller audiobook features, including “Page Match,” which lets users scan a leafage from a carnal publication to instantly modulation to that spot successful the audiobook, and “Audiobook Recaps.”

Earlier this week, the institution made lyrics translations available worldwide and introduced the quality to presumption lyrics erstwhile offline for each users, not conscionable premium subscribers. Spotify besides moved the determination of lyrics, arsenic they volition present look straight beneath the medium artwork oregon the short, looping video that plays alongside the music.

Earlier today, Spotify said it’s revamping its Developer Mode APIs, which developers usage to trial third-party applications. The changes see a mandatory premium account, a headdress connected the fig of trial users, and a constricted acceptable of API endpoints.