Spotify’s New 'About the Song' Tells You What You Already Know
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- •Spotify launched 'About the Song' beta on February 6, 2026, for Premium users eager to overthink music.
- •The feature displays machine-generated trivia cards sourced from third parties in the Now Playing view on mobile.
- •Currently limited to select tracks, Spotify aims to expand this AI liner note party in the near future.
On February 6, 2026, Spotify schlepped out 'About the Song,' a brave beta attempt to spoon-feed Premium users trivia cards about tracks playing on their phones—like TEDDY SWIMS’ aggressive hope that his tune 'resonates' (thanks, Captain Obvious). Limited to a handful of songs because Spotify’s AI hasn’t read all 82 million tracks yet, it pulls machine-learned text from 'third-party sources' and thoughtfully credits them, avoiding any mysterious snake oil. This feature lives on the Now Playing screen on whatever phone you’re pretending is smart for scrolling during dark meetings. Plans to expand mean one day we’ll all get the ‘Inner thoughts of songwriters’ delivered like bad Tinder bios.
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Spotify now bots up songs with trivia cards desperately trying to turn ‘oh this again’ into ‘oh wow’—Spoiler: it’s still the same song.
Nothing pairs better with your 2026 playlist than AI telling you what you already feel… or don’t.
Spotify’s new features are like a nosy ex texting you after years—annoying, unnecessary, yet somehow timed perfectly.
Source: Theverge | Published: 2/6/2026 | Author: Terrence O’Brien
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