

Maybe Spotify is hoping it will bring families closer together – or maybe it’s a more cynical attempt at charging people extra (the family plan is £5 more than a normal monthly one). Or, even worse, realising you have married a secret Killers fan. Think of all the divorces it could cause imagine noticing that your other half has a host of romantic slow jamz on there, none of which they seem to play during your own bedroom escapades. Nobody is breaking new ground here.Īt least we are all fully-grown adults: my thoughts go out to younger families whose playlist lurches from Baby Shark and Billie Eilish to mum’s Wine O’Clock With the Girls playlist. It’s pretty much an agreed fact that’s a classic. The only song everyone in my family seems to like is Otis Redding’s Sittin’ on the Dock of the Bay. Apparently, both my brother and I have listened to Busted’s Crashed the Wedding, but rather than it being a bonding experience, it’s actually a deeply embarrassing fact I’d rather not discuss with him.


It also exposes that, during an extremely stressful period, I only listened to Nelly’s back catalogue for an entire week.Īnother feature tells you when someone else in your family has played a track you have listened to. Photograph: Erika Goldring/FilmMagicĪnd while I can claim that a lot of the music that I stream is for work, there is no easy way I can explain away the sheer amount of Panic! At the Disco on there.
