Anyone tried Spotify's AI DJ feature?

Question

Hi folks, Spotify has been rolling out an AI-powered DJ feature for a little while now. It&rsquo;s available to Premium users, but I don&rsquo;t have access to it here in France yet.I&rsquo;m curious: - Has anyone here actually used Spotify&rsquo;s AI DJ? - What&rsquo;s the experience like compared to regular playlists? - Does the AI voice/commentary add value or get irritating? - How good are the recommendations and adaptability to your taste? - Any standout strengths or obvious limitations you&rsquo;ve noticed?Would love honest feedback from those who&rsquo;ve tested it. Thanks!

darvid · Accepted Answer

I like it, I listen to it frequently. it often surfaces music that I forgot about that I had on repeat a while ago, kind of like a discover weekly but with a higher density of... certified bangers, and fewer skips.the voice and "personality" of DJ X is annoying but it's infrequent enough that I can live with it. my only gripe is that in longer sessions, he tends to play music I have no interest in, e.g. "what's hot right now" - my library is 10k+, I would have hoped he wouldn't run out of material and resort to current top 10 country or something.

skypanther · Answer

I went through the setup where you specify what genre of music you want. It promptly played two top-ten pop songs, which is definitely not what I selected. I've never used it again.

bob1029 · Answer

> Does the AI voice/commentary add value or get irritating?
I could only handle it for about 2 seconds before I turned it off. This feature is a joke.
More broadly, there is clearly some obsession in Spotify's leadership with pushing anything vocal into listeners ears. This "DJ" feature is just a zero-effort extension of this. I still can't figure out why they are so obsessed with this. Perhaps there is some kind of correlation between tracks with affordable royalties and shitty vocal samples. I encourage anyone who is confused by my little rant to locate something like an instrumental-only EDM playlist on Spotify right now. You'll probably make it 2-3 tracks in before you get lit up with precisely the opposite of what you had requested.

josefresco · Answer

When I heard "AI DJ" I got excited for beat matching/mixing. But this is really just a "Discover Mix" with an annoying AI voice to interrupt. Not sure why they felt it necessary to replicate the most annoying part of a radio DJ (talking).Sounds like I'm looking for two other products: Party Mode (2015) and Auto-Mixing Testing (2018)