Spotify and apple music encountered problems on Friday as many people flocked to these platforms to listen to the rapper DrakeThree new albums – Habitat, Bridesmaids and Iceman.
According to DownDetector, as of this writing, more than 5,000 people have faced Spotify issues. More than 500 people have also logged issues with Apple Music.
People immediately linked the outage to the platform’s sudden surge. On DownDetector, someone wrote “FREEZE THE WORLD” in reference to the Grammy Award-winning ICEMAN album. Another quipped: “Iceman froze Spotify and Apple Music. Only a goat could do that.”
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The issue seems to be temporary, as someone noted that the issue works for them “right now.” The number of complaints has also dropped significantly to more than 2,500, according to DownDetector. The main complaints people have are about issues with the app.
As for Apple Music, their users don’t have many complaints and praise Drake’s album. One person wrote: “OMG this is the best album ever and both songs are 2 perfect 10/10s.” Another user compared Spotify’s problems to those of Apple Music, saying “A certain app is so bad I’m considering switching to Apple Music.”
On X, people also started commenting on the outage. One person responded to Spotify’s post and said “Drake may temporarily shut down the app!!! I’m so happy!!!”
Another user pointed out that YouTube Music also crashed wrote “Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube Music. All three collapsed at the same time. Beyoncé took down iTunes with one album in 2013. Drake took down three platforms with three albums. This is not a music decline. This is an infrastructure incident.” However, DownDetector did not notice complaints about YouTube Music.
In fact, one person noted that they were listening to ICEMAN on YouTube because both Spotify and Apple Music were temporarily unavailable. “Ever since Spotify and Apple Music went down, Iceman has been focusing on yt music,” they wrote.
Drake initially planned to release “ICEMAN,” but made the surprise announcement that he would be releasing two more albums. This was completely unexpected and shocked fans. As the song title surfaced on social media, fans flocked to their music streaming apps to see what Drake had to offer.
While Spotify is now back on for most users, if in individual cases it doesn’t open, you can try restarting the app, switching networks (Wi-Fi/data), logging out/in, or clearing cache.
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