{"id":2270357,"date":"2026-02-06T20:39:48","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T20:39:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2270357"},"modified":"2026-02-06T20:39:48","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T20:39:48","slug":"spotify-experiment-tells-the-backstory-of-what-youre-listening-to","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/spotify-experiment-tells-the-backstory-of-what-youre-listening-to\/","title":{"rendered":"Spotify experiment tells the backstory of what you\u2019re listening to"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<figure class=\"img-border featured-image\">\n<p>\t<br \/>\n\t<\/figure>\n<p>The new feature, currently in beta, is rolling out to select Premium users in six countries. Here are the details.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"more-1038346\"\/><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-about-this-song-beta-now-available-to-select-users\">About this Song beta now available to select users<\/h2>\n<p>Spotify <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/newsroom.spotify.com\/2026-02-06\/about-the-song-beta\/\">announced today<\/a> a beta feature called About the Song, which adds swappable cards to the Now Playing View containing information about the track you\u2019re currently listening to.<\/p>\n<p>The future is available in English to Premium subscribers in the U.S., U.K., Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, and Australia. It summarizes information from third-party sources, including publications such as Variety and TIME.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/guides\/spotify\/\">Spotify<\/a> on About the Song:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Music fans know the feeling: A song stops you in your tracks, and you immediately want to know more. What inspired it, and what\u2019s the meaning behind it? We believe that understanding the craft and context behind a song can deepen your connection to the music you love.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s why Spotify is introducing About the Song, a new feature currently in beta that brings stories and context directly into your listening experience.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>To check whether you already have access to the new feature, open the Now Playing View in the Spotify app, and just scroll down.<\/p>\n<p>Supported tracks will display the About the Song card, which also includes thumbs-up\/down feedback buttons to help Spotify optimize the summarization feature.<\/p>\n<p>To learn more about the new feature, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/newsroom.spotify.com\/2026-02-06\/about-the-song-beta\/\">follow this link<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-accessory-deals-on-amazon\">Accessory deals on Amazon<\/h4>\n<div class=\"google-preferred-source-badge\">\n\t\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/9to5mac.com\" aria-label=\"Add 9to5Mac as a preferred source on Google\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"google-preferred-source-badge-dark\" src=\"https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/wp-content\/themes\/ninetofive\/dist\/images\/google-preferred-source-badge-dark.png\" alt=\"Add 9to5Mac as a preferred source on Google\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"google-preferred-source-badge-light\" src=\"https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/wp-content\/themes\/ninetofive\/dist\/images\/google-preferred-source-badge-light.png\" alt=\"Add 9to5Mac as a preferred source on Google\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-disclaimer-container\">\n<p class=\"disclaimer-affiliate\"><em>FTC: We use income earning auto affiliate links.<\/em> <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/about\/#affiliate\">More.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/49DHuGz\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1024348\" src=\"https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/11\/nomad-banner2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"205\"\/><\/a><\/div><\/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 9to5mac.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The new feature, currently in beta, is rolling out to select Premium users in six countries. 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About this Song beta now available to select users Spotify announced today a beta feature called About the Song, which adds swappable cards to the Now Playing View containing information about the track you\u2019re currently [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2270358,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25179],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2270357","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Spotify-experiment-tells-the-backstory-of-what-youre-listening-to.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2270357","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=2270357"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2270357\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2270359,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2270357\/revisions\/2270359"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2270358"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2270357"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2270357"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2270357"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}