Spotify to bring a block feature for muting artists you don’t want to hear from

Spotify is testing a block characteristic inwards its iPhone too iPad app to mute private artists listeners don’t desire to hear from, too could unloose it to a greater extent than broadly soon, according to Thurrott which offset spotted the feature.

The Verge has tested the novel block functionality ahead of its unloose soon:

Spotify is getting cook to enable a block characteristic inwards its apps to mute artists y'all don’t desire to hear from. Spotify is currently testing the ‘Don’t Play This Artist’ characteristic inwards its latest iOS app, too The Verge has been able to examination the novel block functionality ahead of its unloose soon. The characteristic only lets y'all block an entire creative someone from playing, too thus that songs from the creative someone volition never play from a library, playlist, nautical chart listing or fifty-fifty radio stations on Spotify.

The Verge notes that the forthcoming block capability currently applies to songs past times an private artist, but it doesn’t piece of job amongst tracks that an creative someone is featured on. Thurrott kindly provided the screenshots seen below that present the characteristic inwards action.

The block characteristic appears to travel inwards reply to a a damning documentary that provided details of R. Kelly’s alleged decades-long sexual violence too abuse, prompting Spotify to withdraw the creative someone from its ain curated playlists too RCA Records to driblet him from its label.

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