Oh spotify

[inky_magpie]

Scene Setting: making breakfast at 2 pm as one does, after one has finally convinced oneself to eat anything

Inky: I should put on some music! (does so)

Spotify: plays random mix, with tracks from Buffy:The Musical thrown in

Inky: haha, haven't heard this in awhile (proceeds to eat and then putter on the internet for several hours)

Enter Fox (my boyfriend)

Spotify: Proceeds to play only Buffy: The Musical, on shuffle, including songs that were played previously

Fox: proceeds to be charming, sing along to the songs and pester the cat.

Inky: wtf Spotify?

Fox: I"m tired, I'm going to take a nap. (leaves the scene)

Spotify: Starts playing library of music on shuffle, with no Buffy: The Musical

Inky: Wtf Spotify?

Comments

[siliconshaman]

Spotify thinks Fox likes Buffy the Musical?

[inky_magpie]

Lol :) Spotify KNOWS Fox likes Buffy. It's one of the things about him that caught my attention at first.

[siliconshaman]

Hmm.. does beg the question though, how did spotify know he was in the room? Vocal recognition?

[inky_magpie]

Non-woo, "serious" answer: I don't know. It shouldn't have voice recognition as I have my laptop mic turned off in all the ways I know how. As far as my (limited) knowledge goes, there shouldn't have been anything effecting the Shuffle as I hadn't done anything to en/dis-courage such behavior. It could have been that it was the last full album I added to my library? Possibly just selection bias, but amusing anyway.

Woo-ish, less "serious" answer: music on Shuffle just... Does Shit tm like that some times? Like, I'm doing something and suddenly a thematically appropriate song comes on? And this happens with radio, various music players, whatever. I type something about food (on a device not connected to the internet) and suddenly there's an ad on the radio in the next room playing for crackers or something. I walk into a gas station, tired and cranky about something and suddenly The World's Most Irritating Song comes on while I'm waiting in line? I won't say that I have a personal soundtrack going, but it seems to happen.