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Spotify wants you to update the metadata of its music
August 15, 2025
With the advent ofmusic streaming services, the way people consume music has changed dramatically. Where we used to pop on a record by one artist to listen to from beginning to end, now we pull up automatically generated playlists based on an activity or mood.Spotifythinks the metadata used to create these playlists could use some updating and wants you to do the grunt work.
Starting today, desktop Spotify users can click on the three-dot menu icon next to any song, album, or artist, and select “suggest an edit.” Doing so will open up a website forSpotify’s newest featurecalledLine-In.
Once at the Line-In website, you’ll have the ability to suggest edits to the metadata of that particular song, album, or artist. To be clear, you are not able to change metadata using this feature, just make suggestions for changes. Spotify will then make decisions about officially updating the metadata based on user suggestions.
For example, the debut album by the band Weezer is officially calledWeezer. However, fans primarily refer to it asThe Blue Album, due to its distinctive album cover:
Using Line-In, fans could suggest that an alias forWeezershould beThe Blue Album. If enough people make the same suggestion, Spotify can then update the metadata so when someone searches for “The Blue Album,” Weezer’s debut will appear as a result.
However, don’t think that you’re able to get your friends to brigade Spotify and change Weezer’s sophomore albumPinkertonintoThe Greatest Album of all Time Forever and Ever. Spotify will check whether your submissions match up with other users’ and also keep track of your past performance. The company will also test you to verify you are knowledgeable enough about a particular genre. If you start to show odd results on any of these fronts, your suggested edits will go to the bottom of the list.
Line-In started as a beta program for a select set of Spotify users but now is officially open to all Spotify members today. Unfortunately, it only works in the desktop version, with a mobile app possibly in the works.
Spotify will becomea public companysometime this year and has been introducing new changes (as well asaltering some past policies) in the meantime.
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