If you stream Chinese or Korean songs on Apple Music, you’ll probably know my pain.
Around the time I moved from Android to an iPhone in 2021, I also switched from Spotify to Apple Music. It was cheaper then, offered lossless audio and slotted neatly into the Apple ecosystem. Yet I still miss how well Spotify curated a New Music Mix and served it up every Friday. I love discovering new artists and genres while keeping up to date on the latest releases from my favourite artists – a list that grows week by week.
At least for me, Apple Music’s New Music Mix is a pain to use. That’s my opinion, of course, but it’s deeply frustrating. Imagine waiting a week, opening your 25‑song mix and finding that more than 20% of the tracks turns out to be karaoke versions with no lead vocal. Why on earth would I want to hear a “new” song without a voice and without lyrics?
Duh.
Are Team Apple Music aware of this? Or is the engine that powers Apple Music really that arcane and limited? I have some evidence for this later when I tried to match songs using the app, external sites and ChatGPT Plus.