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Did you know that Chappelle Rowan took inspiration for her hit song Pink Pony Club from The Pink Cadillac, the name of the hot pink strip club in her hometown in Missouri? Or that Fountains of Wayne’s song Stacy’s Mom was inspired by a friend’s crush on late co-founder Adam Schlesinger’s grandmother?
If you’re a fan of knowing interesting little tidbits about popular songs, you might find more trivia in About the Song, a new feature from streaming giant Spotify that’s a bit like the old Pop-Up Video show on VH1.
About the Song is available in the US, UK, New Zealand, and Australia, initially only to Spotify Premium members. It’s only available for certain songs, but will likely continue to release more music. Music facts are sourced from a variety of websites, summarized by AI, and appear below the lyrics when a particular song is played.
“Music fans know the feeling: a song stops you in your tracks, and you instantly want to know more. What inspired it, and what’s the meaning behind it? We believe that understanding the craft and context behind the song can deepen your connection to the music you love,” Spotify wrote. In a blog post.
Although this version of the feature is new, it’s not the first time Spotify has offered fun facts about the music being played. The streaming giant partnered with Genius a decade ago for Behind the Lyrics, which featured themed playlists containing facts and trivia about each song. Spotify kept this going for a few years before it was canceled due to several controversies, including Paramore’s Hayley Williams. The genius of bombing To use inaccurate and outdated information.
Spotify Soon the testing began Its Storyline feature, which included fun facts about songs in a limited capacity for some users, but was never released as a central feature.
“About the Song” is the latest in a long line of announcements from Spotify, including… Page matching feature Allows you to easily switch to an audiobook from a physical book, and An AI tool that creates playlists for you. Spotify also recently announced that it would do so Start selling physical books.
How to use about song
If you’re a Spotify Premium user, the feature should be available the next time you listen to music on the app.
- Start listening to any supported song.
- Scroll down past the lyrics preview box to the About Song box.
- Swipe left and right to see more facts about the song.
I tried this with a few tracks, and was pleased to learn that it doesn’t just work with the latest songs. A Spotify card for Metallica’s 1986 song Master of Puppets notes the song’s popularity increased after it appeared in a 2022 episode of Stranger Things. The second card discusses the band’s album art for Master of Puppets and how it was conceived.
To see how much support there really is for this feature, I looked to some tracks from off the beaten track, like NoFX’s The Decline and Thank God It’s Friday’s Ice Nine Kills. Spotify backed every track I personally checked.
There seems to be a limit to the depth of the fun facts, which makes sense since not every song has a complex story. For those songs, Spotify by default uses general information about the album containing the music or an AI summary of the lyrics and what they might mean.