CreatingSpotifyplaylists can be a fun way to pass the time, but if you need something ready for a last-second road trip and none of your existing playlists cut it, you don’t need to panic make one. Spotify introduced an AI playlist maker that comes up with a list of songs based on the prompt you give it. While the AI has no way of knowing who your favorite artists are, it can give you great suggestions if you give it a concise prompt. AI has already been able toact as a DJon Spotify, but now it can create playlists for you with just a few lines of text.
With Halloween fast approaching, I thought it would be an interesting experiment to see what Spotify AI could cook up if I asked it to come up with music for aHalloweenparty. The thing with Halloween music is most people are familiar with the heavy hitters like Monster Mash and Thriller, meaning it came as no surprise to see both of those songs on the playlist. However, my Halloween knowledge doesn’t run much deeper than that, so Spotify AI helped me out in a big way.
Spotify is a popular audio streaming platform that offers music, audiobooks, and podcasts. It can be used on mobile and on desktop, allowing you to listen to music in a ton of different places. You can even download music to your smartwatch.
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The vibes have never been spookier
My exact prompt read “Give me a Halloween party playlist,” and the AI came up with 30 songs that should last well through the night. Most of what you’d expect to be here showed up, but I didn’t need it to search for deep cuts, I just needed something that would play as background music and make things lively. The process of making a playlist only takes a few seconds, so if you run out of music, it’s really easy to send in another prompt to get another set of songs.
Before you finalize the playlist, Spotify gives you the chance to go through the selection to see what you think. From there, you can remove songs you don’t feel fit the vibe, and you can also change the prompt if you think it could come up with something better. In my experience, it only took one try to get what I was looking for, but your mileage may vary. If you’re looking for something super specific, you might have to tweak the prompt a few times before you’re pleased with the result.
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Following all these steps saves your playlist to your library, so whenever you need to access it again you’re able to find it there. You can also refine it further by selecting the “Refine playlist” option near the top of the screen to trim songs or add new ones. If you scroll down to the bottom of the playlist, there is a list of recommended songs you can add to make the playlist go even longer.
All things considered, I’m happy with how the AI-powered playlists work. Personally, I can’t name 30 Halloween songs off the top of my head, so having Spotify’s AI automatically find that many for me is a nice help. While you might not be a fan of everything picked, you have the option of giving it a human touch to further curate the playlist.
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