Spotify has many hidden features that allow you to change how you listen to music. It also has a few niche features you may be unaware of. Here are a few weird Spotify features that you might want to try out.
1 Playlist In A Bottle
Time capsules are a great way to store and cherish memories, and Spotify’s version of this is a playlist that you can only open after a year of its creation.
Playlist In A Bottle is a musical time capsule you can access yearly through the Spotify mobile app. You can either visit a link or scan a QR code on your mobile device to claim and see your playlist. If you did not create a playlist for the previous year, you get a consolation pygmy hippo and the chance to make a playlist for the next year when submissions are open.
What I love about Playlist In A Bottle is that you can truly see how your music tastes have evolved in a year, and this goes hand in hand with the end-of-year Spotify Wrapped. It’s also a good way to revisit songs that you may have stopped listening to.
2 Song Psychic
There are many ways to discover new songs on Spotify, such as song stations and Discover mixes. A hidden, experiential way to do it is through the mystical feature, Song Psychic. This is Spotify’s way of fortune-telling and predicts your future through songs.
You are given the choice between nine topics, such as “love,” “style,” and “my future.” You can then type in a question related to the topic, or choose a question generated by Spotify. Choices given to you include questions like “Should I go out tonight?” and “What should I have for lunch?” Song Psychic, with its disclaimer that “the Spirits are unreliable, don’t take them seriously,” then answers your question with a song. You are given an option to listen to the song on Spotify or redo the entire experience.
Song Psychic can only be used on the mobile app, but it is a great immersive, psychedelic experience that Spotify offers.
3 Eat This Playlist
If you use the Spotify app on your iPhone, you might have noticed an interesting option when you click the three dots under a playlist titled “Eat This Playlist.” Similar to Google’s T-Rex game, this is a secret game you can play in the app.
When you click this option, you get to play Spotify’s version of “Snake,” integrated with the playlist, collecting songs from your playlist as you keep playing. It’s a good way to revisit songs from a playlist with many songs or simply do more than just listen to your playlists when you are bored.
4 The Star Wars Easter Egg
While there are not a lot of hidden features to access if you do not use the Spotify mobile app, there is still one fun feature that only desktop users can use. This is the Star Wars Easter Egg, which transforms a part of your Spotify app into something entertaining to watch and use.
To view this Easter Egg, open the desktop app and search for the Complete Star Wars Soundtrack. Play any song from the album, and watch your Spotify progress bar turn into a colorful lightsaber! Your transformed progress bar even glows when you hover over it, and clicking the hilt gives you a few different lightsaber options, too.
5 Are These Features Worth Your Time?
These Spotify features are all in good fun and can come in handy if you are someone who likes to try out hidden features in the apps you use. I find Playlist In A Bottle and Song Psychic to be the best ones to use since they help me revisit my favorite music and discover new songs, tying into Spotify’s best discovery features.
If you are a Star Wars enthusiast, the lightsaber progress bar Easter Egg is one of the coolest features that you can use for a fun, experiential music session as you go through the Star Wars soundtrack. The only downside to this feature is that it is not available on the Spotify mobile app, but the desktop app gives the feature a better look, given the length of the lightsaber.
While Eat This Playlist is severely restricted in terms of availability to all users, if you are a Spotify listener on the iOS app and have access to this feature, it is certainly a good way to dive deep into your playlist and rediscover lost songs.
