There’s nothing better than stumbling upon an artist you’ve never heard of at a music festival; the sound of your favorite new band lures you from the long taco stand queue to the sweat of a nearby stage , promising an intense setlist.fm search later. On the other hand, the lineups of big music festivals can be overwhelming to choose from, and the anxiety of missing out on an artist you might actually like just because you’ve never heard of them is real.
If you don’t like leaving your music discovery to chance, or it’s your most festival-going friends, Spotify has teamed up with Glastonbury Festival to ensure an algorithm will specifically guide you to what’s possible at the upcoming UK event Favorite artists, whether attending in person or streaming on BBC iPlayer at home.
Announced on Monday, Spotify will integrate with the official Glastonbury app on iOS and Android, allowing fans to link their accounts for personalized lineup recommendations. Based on your Spotify listening habits, you’ll get a list of the top 10 artists performing at this year’s festival that you might like. This is basically what Instafest can already do with Spotify material, but specifically for Glasto’s product line.
Spotify will let you use AI to create personalized playlists
Glastonbury will return to Worthy Farm in Pilton from June 28-30 with SZA, Dua Lipa, PJ Harvey, Little Simz, Coldplay, Burna Boy, Cyndi Lauper, Janelle Monáe, Michael Kiwanuka, Shania Twain, SEVENTEEN, LCD Soundsystem , Jessie Ware, The National and more.
You can find the lineup recommendations in the Discover tab of the Glastonbury app. Within the app, festival-goers can add these artists to their schedule and access their artist pages (which include Spotify embeds of their most popular songs).
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Image Credit: Screenshot: Glastonbury Festival
Glastonbury Festival organizer Emily Eavis said in a statement: “We’re delighted to be launching our integration with Spotify to help festival-goers discover the artists playing this year.” “In the line-up There are so many amazing shows out there and we’re really excited that the app will now help guide people towards their favorite shows.”
The partnership also extends to the streaming platform itself; on Spotify, there is an official Glastonbury Festival hub, with artists in the lineup sorted into their specific stages, including the legendary Pyramid Stage. There’s also a bunch of Glasto-related audiobooks and podcasts in there, as well as the official Glastonbury Festival playlist.
Image Source: Screenshot: Spotify
Image Source: Screenshot: Spotify
Spotify said that streaming related to festival lineups is driven around major music events such as Glastonbury, Coachella, Lollapalooza, Tomorrowland, Rock in Rio and others, peaking when lineups are announced and during events. For example, a recent Spotify blog post wrote that last year “playlist streaming for Glastonbury Festival 2023 increased by 323% after the full lineup was announced, and by 393% during the festival and in the weeks after. %”. “In the two weeks leading up to the festival, searches for ‘Glastonbury’ increased by an average of 12% per day, with a 270% increase during the festival compared to the week before.”
So if you’re heading to Glasto in person this June, or you’re planning on watching from the comfort of your couch, you can check out personalized lineup recommendations to make sure your musical tastes are catered for – and there’s more to come on AI Spotify aspect functions. But it’s worth rolling the dice on an artist you like No Listen and listen. You never know what you might like outside of the algorithm.
