Lastly, there’s a customized “Meme Combine” on Spotify.

In the present day (March 28), the streaming big launched “Area of interest Mixes,” its newest try to advocate extra music to customers. Each day Spotify will now serve you 5 to 10 playlists organized by wacky themes like “Offended Whistling” and “Egg Punk.” What does “Egg Punk” imply? I don’t know.

To entry these Area of interest Mixes, click on on “Search,” faucet “Made for you,” and scroll all the way down to “Your Area of interest Mixes.” My Area of interest Mixes embrace “Aggressive Heavy,” which encompasses a mixture of artists I’ve by no means listened to (Slayer, Slipknot, and Poppy), and “Darkish Moody,” which seems to be extra consistent with my typical listening habits.

Area of interest Mixes come after Spotify unveiled a new video-forward residence display screen that options snippets of songs, audiobooks, and podcasts and an AI DJ that additionally distributes algorithmically generated suggestions to customers. It is a part of Spotify’s effort to double-down on being the go-to vacation spot to find new content material.

You too can seek for customized Area of interest Mixes based mostly on the “exercise, vibe, or aesthetic that describes the second you are in” by including combine to a search time period. Some Area of interest Mixes that got here up from varied searches embrace “Goblincore Combine,” “Homicide Ballad,” and “Excessive Pirate.”

Nevertheless, the brand new mixes detract from a few of the enjoyable of the platform. I’d hate to see customers counting on Spotify’s Area of interest Mixes as an alternative of making their very own hyper-specific playlists. Beforehand, you may search a selected temper and be greeted by dozens user-generated playlists. Person-generated playlists are on the heart of contemporary music consumption and sharing. As a fellow consumer, they remind me that each foolish little feeling I’ve another person has had, too — they usually’ve already chosen the right Taylor Swift track for it.

Personally, I’d moderately my summary Spotify searches yield a playlist created by a 16-year-old lady than an algorithm.