Spotify announces 2023 time capsule playlist with access in 2025

Spotify just unlocked the 2023 musical time capsule! For those who saved a playlist last year, the wait is finally over.

The platform announces that the ‘Playlist for the Future’ is ready for redemption since Thursday (4), including for users of free accounts.

Platform offers the chance to rescue musical selections from the past and create a playlist for the future – Image: Spotify/Reproduction

Tutorial on how to unlock the playlist

To recover music saved in the Spotify time capsule, just follow these simple steps:

1. Open the link spotify.com/playlistinabottle on your cell phone;

2. Select “Redeem your playlist” to check the songs saved in the time capsule;

3. If you like it, save the selection to your library to listen to it more often.

However, this playlist will only be available until January 31, according to the platform. After this date, it will be permanently deleted.

Furthermore, Spotify opens up space for the creation of a playlist for 2025. To prepare your future list, follow these instructions:

1. Access the link spotify.com/playlistinabottle on your cell phone;

2. Log in to Spotify and agree to the tool’s terms;

3. Choose the container where you will store the list from the available options, such as a glass bottle, pan, trash can, old cell phone, snow globe or bird’s nest;

4. Answer questions with randomly chosen songs;

5. Leave a message for your future self;

6. Seal the time capsule and, if you want, share it on social media.

This playlist will likely only be released in January 2025, setting the stage for a musically surprising year.

Spotify, a music streaming service, podcast and video, launched on October 7, 2008, became the name of the most popular and used branch in the world.

It offers content protected from digital rights management restrictions of record labels and media companies.

Available in much of Europe, America, Australia, New Zealand and regions in Asia, Spotify provides access to more than 100 million works, with more than 527 million active users as of July 2023, including 210 million subscribers payers.

Spotify pays artists based on the number of listens, distributing around 70% of total revenue to rights holders.

But it has already faced criticism from artists and producers due to payment conditions. Despite this, he continues to be one of the main protagonists of the current music scene.