Spotify Experiences Major Outage, Twitter Reacts

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BRAZIL - 2023/04/06: In this photo illustration, a woman's silhouette holds a smartphone with the Spotify logo in the background. (Photo Illustration by Rafael Henrique/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)
Spotify users are having a bad morning.

Spotify is one of the biggest streaming platforms in the entire world. Overall, it is responsible for hundreds of billions of music streams. The biggest artists in the world are all found on the platform, and they largely rely on Spotify for discovery. Although some feel like the revenue splits are too low, the streaming era persists. Of course, the company has various competitors, such as Apple Music and Tidal. However, it remains the biggest platform in the world, which speaks to the name recognition.

That said, a lot of Spotify users got a pretty bad wake-up call this morning. It was immediately made clear that the platform just was not working as intended. Users were unable to play songs, and it led to mass confusion and sadness. Consequently, Spotify had no choice but to act quickly and respond. With numerous reports of an outage, the company took to Twitter. "Something’s not quite right, and we’re looking into it. Thanks for your reports!" they wrote. Subsequently, they followed this up by saying "Everything’s looking much better now! Give @SpotifyCares a shout if you still need help."

Spotify Speaks Out

As it turns out, Spotify may have jumped the gun by saying that everything was back up and running again. In the comments underneath the above post, many made it clear that the platform still is not working. "I can't play any songs... it just skips through everything on a playlist or just straight up doesn't play as a single. It shows up as playing on Discord for some reason even though it isn't," one person wrote. "Still not working, says Spotify can't access the song currently (happens with every song)," another stated.

Overall, this is a huge problem. On our end, Spotify is still not working, which means the same is happening to a large percentage of their userbase. Hopefully, the platform is able to rectify this issue, sooner rather than later. Let us know if you are having issues with Spotify, in the comments down below. Additionally, stay tuned to HNHH for the latest news and updates from around the music world.

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Alexander Cole is the current editor-in-chief of HotNewHipHop. He started at HotNewHipHop back in 2018 where he began as a Sports and Sneakers writer. It was here where he began to hone his craft, putting his journalism degree from Concordia University in Montreal, Quebec, to good use. Since that time, he has documented some of the biggest stories in the hip-hop world. From the Kendrick Lamar and Drake beef to the disturbing allegations against Diddy, Alex has helped HotNewHipHop navigate large-scale stories as they happen. In 2021, he went to the Bahamas for the Big 3's Championship Game. It was here where he got to interview legendary figures like Ice Cube, Clyde Drexler, and Stephen Jackson. He has also interviewed other superstar athletes such as Antonio Brown, Damian Lillard, and Paul Pierce. This is in addition to conversations with social media provocateurs like Jake Paul, and younger respected artists like Kaycyy, Lil Tecca, and Jeleel!
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