Adele wants you to listen to her album in order, and Spotify agrees
When it comes to her art, Adele has a certain way she likes things to be done. The singer believes the tracks on an album should be listened to in their order of arrangement -- and now she's got streaming giant Spotify onside.
Following the release of her fourth album "30," the shuffle button is no longer the default option for album listening on Spotify -- but rather listeners will hear the tracks in their listed order.
"This was the only request I had in our ever changing industry!" Adele wrote on Twitter Sunday. "We don't create albums with so much care and thought into our track listing for no reason. Our art tells a story and our stories should be listened to as we intended. Thank you Spotify for listening."
It seems Spotify was more than happy to oblige, writing "anything for you" in reply to the singer's tweet.
"As Adele mentioned, we are excited to share that we have begun rolling out a new Premium feature that has been long requested by both users and artists to make play the default button on all albums," a Spotify spokesperson told CNN. "For those users still wishing to shuffle an album, they can go to the Now Playing View and select the shuffle toggle. As always, we will continue to iterate our products and features to create the best experiences for both artists and their fans."
The album "30," which released on November 19 and focuses on Adele's healing process following her divorce from ex-husband Simon Konecki, has garnered widespread acclaim from critics. The singer has described it as the one closest to her heart.
Premium listeners can still shuffle individual tracks if they wish, but several fans thanked Adele online for the update, saying they would never listen to an album on shuffle particularly the first time round.
A significant portion of users appear to be annoyed by the move, with several fans criticizing Adele for requesting the removal of the default shuffle.
Taylor Swift previously criticized Spotify for its free service, arguing artists were not paid enough royalties and pulling her entire catalog from the platform in 2014 -- although she reversed the move in 2017.
Adele's own relationship with Spotify hasn't always been so cozy, however. When she released her last album "25," she decided to shun streaming, saying it was "a bit disposable" and "music should be an event." The album was later added to streaming.
Last month, "Easy on Me," the lead single from "30," broke Spotify's record for most-streamed song in a single day, and broke the UK record for most streams in a single week.
阿黛尔要你按顺序听她的专辑，Spotify 同意
谈到她的艺术，阿黛尔有一种她喜欢做事情的方式。这位歌手认为专辑中的曲目应该按照排列顺序来听——现在她有了流媒体巨头 Spotify。
在她的第四张专辑“30”发行后，随机播放按钮不再是在 Spotify 上收听专辑的默认选项——而是听众将按照列出的顺序收听曲目。
“这是我在不断变化的行业中唯一的要求！”阿黛尔周日在推特上写道。 “我们不会无缘无故地在我们的曲目列表中精心制作专辑。我们的艺术讲述了一个故事，我们的故事应该按照我们的意图来听。感谢 Spotify 的聆听。”
Spotify 似乎非常乐意效劳，在回复这位歌手的推文时写下“任何东西给你”。
“正如阿黛尔所提到的，我们很高兴地分享我们已经开始推出一项新的高级功能，用户和艺术家长期以来一直要求将播放作为所有专辑的默认按钮，”Spotify 发言人告诉 CNN。 “对于那些仍然希望随机播放专辑的用户，他们可以转到正在播放视图并选择随机播放切换。一如既往，我们将继续迭代我们的产品和功能，为艺术家和他们的粉丝创造最佳体验。”
11 月 19 日发行的专辑“30”专注于阿黛尔在与前夫西蒙·科内奇离婚后的康复过程，获得了评论家的广泛赞誉。这位歌手将其描述为最接近她内心的人。
如果他们愿意，高级听众仍然可以随机播放单个曲目，但一些粉丝在网上感谢阿黛尔的更新，称他们永远不会听随机播放的专辑，尤其是第一次。
很大一部分用户似乎对此举感到恼火，一些粉丝批评阿黛尔要求删除默认的 shuffle。
泰勒斯威夫特此前曾批评 Spotify 的免费服务，认为艺术家们没有获得足够的版税，并在 2014 年从平台上撤下了她的整个目录——尽管她在 2017 年扭转了这一举动。
然而，阿黛尔自己与 Spotify 的关系并不总是那么融洽。当她发行她的最后一张专辑“25”时，她决定避开流媒体，称它“有点一次性”并且“音乐应该是一个事件”。这张专辑后来被添加到流媒体中。
上个月，《30》的主打单曲《Easy on Me》打破了 Spotify 单日播放次数最多的歌曲记录，并打破了英国单周播放次数最多的记录。
