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How Spotify's Discover Weekly playlist knows exactly what you want to hear

Alex HeathSep 5, 2015, 21:43 IST

Tech Insider

My favorite Spotify playlist is called Discover Weekly.

It's updated every Monday with a new collection of songs it thinks I'll want to hear, and I'm consistently impressed with how it finds music I like that I've never heard before.

Since Spotify introduced Discover Weekly for its 75 million users in July, the playlist has received overwhelming praise. My colleague's Discover Weekly has him looking forward to Mondays, and a quick scan of Twitter finds reviews like "nailing it" and "the best thing ever."

Just how is Discover Weekly so good at finding awesome music? Tech Insider talked to the Spotify employee behind the playlist to find out.

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