Music is incredibly subjective, and what I consider “bad” might be awesome for you. My husband, for example, loves listening to covers and random indie artists trying to play or sing a known tune. Me? I hate that. Give me the original, e basta. Even an official remix annoys me. We should be able to tailor preferences like these in music streaming services, but for some reason, Spotify, YouTube Music, Apple Music, and others just want us to trust the algorithm. Fine.
I’ve been using Spotify since 2008, and I’ve learned a trick or two, so I know what to do — and, more importantly, what not to do — to steer the algorithm to my liking. By applying these tricks religiously, I avoid a lot of poor recommendations from Spotify and random “bad” songs (to my liking) from playing when I have my guard down. Here’s my secret recipe to do this.
