Day 3 (Throwbacks and Changes)

Day three really seemed like the RA was recommending throwback songs throughout my time listening. Songs like:
  • LALALA (Sam Smith)
  • One Dance (Drake)
  • Murder on the Dance Floor (Sophie Ellex-Bexter)
This suggest that the RA is continuing to diversify the music being recommended to me. As this was a change from prior days in which I was being presented with Contemporary music that was new and popular.

Furthermore, new playlists have been added to the 'to get you started' subheading that feature artists that have been recommended to me more so than others. Artists such as Charli XCX and Tommy Richman playlists have been recommended to me which makes sense as I have noticed their songs being played more. 

Also, The Travis Scott playlist has disappeared completely from that subheading. Which suggest that the RA may think that I enjoy listening to pop and alt rock over rap music. This doesn't mean that the RA isn't recommending me rap songs anymore I heard quite a few today, but it seems that other preferred genres are being recommended to me over others.

I also was recommended by the app to look for new artists using their search tool. This seems to suggest that the app ties to push users into finding content their own way, rather than using the apps recommdation system.

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