Spotify for Artists Preview

Spotify for Artists Preview gives artists and their teams an opportunity to experience tools before they launch to listeners.

Previewing About The Song

About the Song shows short, third-party stories about a track, like how it was made, who worked on it, or what inspired it. These appear in the Now Playing view.

You’ll see About the Song in the Spotify mobile app if:

• You’re an Admin or Editor in Spotify for Artists.
• You have access to an artist profile with at least 1,000 monthly active listeners.
• Your Spotify account is registered in one of the supported countries or regions.
• You are using the Spotify mobile app to version 9.1.6 or higher. You may need to force quit and reopen the app to refresh it.

Where About the Song Spotify for Artists Preview is available

Note: About the Song is also now rolling out to Spotify Premium listeners in selected countries. Learn more.

Language availability

About the Song is available in:

• Spanish in Spanish-speaking countries or regions listed above
• English in supported countries or regions

What you see depends on your device language:

• Spanish: stories appear in Spanish
• English: stories appear in English
• Other languages: About the Song doesn’t appear

Sharing feedback on About the Song

To review your About the Song stories:

• Open your song in the Spotify app on mobile
• Scroll down in the Now Playing view to About the Song
• Use the 👍 / 👎 icons and complete the short feedback form

Note: Some artists invited to Spotify for Artists Preview may not see About the Song on every track. About the Song appears once a track reaches a minimum number of streams and there’s enough reliable third-party information available online.