{"id":1982878,"date":"2025-08-27T17:09:24","date_gmt":"2025-08-27T17:09:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=1982878"},"modified":"2025-08-27T17:09:24","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T17:09:24","slug":"move-over-mixtapes-spotify-users-can-now-slide-into-each-others-dms-to-share-songs-but-not-everyone-is-happy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/move-over-mixtapes-spotify-users-can-now-slide-into-each-others-dms-to-share-songs-but-not-everyone-is-happy\/","title":{"rendered":"Move over mixtapes, Spotify users can now slide into each other\u2019s DMs to share songs \u2014 but not everyone is happy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F2%2F2025%2F08%2F110151594.jpg?quality%3D90%26strip%3Dall\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>You used to make mixtapes for your crush; now you can slide into their Spotify DMs by sharing a song. <\/p>\n<p>The music streaming platform has introduced a new \u201cMessages\u201d feature that allows users to share music, podcasts and audiobooks with others without having to leave the app.<\/p>\n<p>The feature will start rolling out to both free and premium users aged 16 years and older in \u201cselect markets\u201d this week, according to a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/newsroom.spotify.com\/2025-08-26\/introducing-messages-a-new-way-to-share-what-you-love-on-spotify-with-friends-and-family\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">press release<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Spotify has introduced a new \u201cMessages\u201d feature that allows users to share music, podcasts and audiobooks with others without having to leave the app. <span class=\"credit\">Spotify<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Messages can be used by tapping the share icon when in the Now Playing view and selecting a friend to share the content with. <\/p>\n<p>People will be able to share and start messages with people they share a Spotify plan with or users they\u2019ve previously interacted with through Spotify via Jams, Blends or Collaborative Playlists.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Once you accept a message request, you can react with emojis, respond with text and share content back and forth. Messages can be accessed by going to your profile in the top left corner of your mobile app.<\/p>\n<p>Users can also reject a request, block users or opt out of Messages entirely.<\/p>\n<p>Spotify said that \u201cusers have told us they want a dedicated space within the app to share songs, podcasts, or audiobooks they\u2019re excited about with friends and family, and an easy way to keep track of recommendations\u201d \u2014 but it appears any users <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SpotifyNews\/status\/1960301057248055317\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">are unhappy about the news<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>People will be able to share and start messages with people they share a Spotify plan with or users they\u2019ve previously interacted with through Spotify. <span class=\"credit\">Spotify<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cWho actually wants this? I have zero desire to use Spotify for anything other than listening to music,\u201d one X user <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/sofiasunss\/status\/1960337782540566781\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI speak for everyone when I say we don\u2019t need this feature,\u201d another complained.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCan we please not have this?\u201d a third begged. \u201cWe don\u2019t need every app to be a chatting app.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019d rather send my friends a link to my playlist on every social media platform than having to DM my friends via Spotify,\u201d someone said.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Many users were upset to find out about the new feature. <span class=\"credit\">contrastwerkstatt \u2013 stock.adobe.com<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThis is the dumbest idea I\u2019ve ever heard,\u201d an additional hater tartly said.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source celebrity.land \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You used to make mixtapes for your crush; now you can slide into their Spotify DMs by sharing a song. The music streaming platform has introduced a new \u201cMessages\u201d feature that allows users to share music, podcasts and audiobooks with others without having to leave the app. The feature will start rolling out to both [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1982879,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25174],"tags":[21800,350173,22821,24751],"class_list":["post-1982878","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gossip","tag-music","tag-music-streaming","tag-spotify","tag-tech"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Move-over-mixtapes-Spotify-users-can-now-slide-into-each.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1982878","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1982878"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1982878\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1982879"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1982878"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1982878"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1982878"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}