To celebrate the release of season 2 of Stranger Things, the brains behind Spotify have launched a really fun and interesting feature. It’s called the Stranger Things mode on Spotify and has to be seen to be believed. But what exactly do these settings do and how do you activate them?
What is the Stranger Things setting on Spotify? The Stranger Things mode on Spotify enables a new setting which changes what the appearance of the soundtrack being played back looks like. You will enter Stranger Things mode which will be instantly recognisable by the lighting beams coming up from the playback scroller.
What does the Stranger Things mode on Spotify do?
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A: Spotify has this super cool option where, when you’re listening to the soundtrack through its service, you will go into Stranger Things mode, which makes your app (either on mobile or desktop) look like the Upside Down. Norwegian DJ Kygo and American pop-rock group OneRepublic fuse their unique styles for “Stranger Things” off Kygo’s second studio album Kids in Love.As usual, OneRepublic vocalist Ryan Tedder features heavily on the song, including in the vocal-chops which form the song’s drop.
Essentially it was designed to let you get a glimpse into what the Upside Down looks like whilst playing the Stranger Things soundtrack from a mobile device such as Android or iPhone.
Unfortunately, the Spotify Stranger Mode settings only work on the mobile app and will only activate if you are playing the official soundtrack. You can see it in action in the YouTube video below.
How to activate Stranger Things mode on Spotify
To see the Strange Things setting in action on your Spotify mobile app, simply browse to the official Stranger Things soundtrack. You can find it on this link.
You then need to go to your playback settings in Spotify and activate the Stranger Things mode using the green slider button.
Once that’s done, go back to your play window and you will start to see some very strange goings on. What it will then do is change your Spotify skin to the Upside Down with floating lights and a flashlight beam tracking across the playlist and album artwork.
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You are now in the home of the Demogorgon. If you get too scared, you can quickly de-activate it by browsing away from the soundtrack.
OK, so it’s nothing that amazing in truth, but it is a great Easter Egg placed into the mobile app by the developers in order to celebrate the release of the latest season of Stranger Things.
Does it work on the desktop version?
Unfortunately, I cannot seem to get the Spotify Stranger Things mode to work on my desktop version of the software; only on Android, iPhone and other mobile devices.
Does it work on other Spotify music?
Again, unfortunately not. It’s only an Easter Egg mode that will work on the official soundtrack that I linked to higher up the article.
Stranger Things mode not working?
If you are struggling to get Stranger Things mode working it will be down to two probable reasons; you’re either not listening to the official soundtrack or you are trying to get it to work on the desktop version of the software.
Are there any other Spotify Easter Eggs?
By the time you read this blog post, the Stranger Things mode on Spotify may have stopped working. It was purely a piece of fun and promotional work that probably won’t be around for ever… but are there any other Easter Eggs hidden in Spotify?
Well, yes, I actually managed to find one for Star Wars too.
When you play the Star Wars score on Spotify, the time playback bar gets replaced with a cool lightsaber graphic instead of the usual slider.
An official Spotify spokesperson also had this to say on their support forums:
“An idea has been added to have Spotify create more fun features like this in the future. You can vote on it if you would like to see overlays and designs for any playlists!”
Why don’t you see how many you can come up with to suggest to the Spotify team?
Final thoughts…
During the season of Halloween, who doesn’t like to be spooked out a little bit?
Whilst the Stranger Things Spotify mode and settings probably won’t have you hiding around the back of the couch, it’s a fun little thing that you can share with your friends this season.
Stranger Things Setting Spotify Apps
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Good news, music-loving Android users: Spotify just launched a brand-new version of its Android app complete with a faster interface, support for Android 4.0, high-res artist images, and more.
The refreshed app has been available in beta since April, but Spotify officially released it in the Google Play store this morning. Besides being 'so much faster,' the app features an all-new slide-out navigation menu and some new social features, letting users check out their friends' profile pages and playlists on the go.
'The preview we released a few weeks back got rave reviews — and we've sneaked in even more new features since then,' Spotify community manager Andres Sehrwrote in a blog post Tuesday. 'You'll love it!'
Features added since the beta release include a playback queue, folder support for better organization of playlists, Last.fm scrobbling, and a widget for controlling tracks from the home screen.
The new app also now features crossfade and gapless playback settings, two features the streaming music service launched in February for its desktop app. Gapless playback lets songs flow seamlessly from one to the next, while crossfade lets users select the exact number of seconds (from one to 12 seconds) that songs will fade into each other.
The new version also includes support for devices running the latest version of Google's mobile operating system, Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. Other features include related artist recommendations, and an 'extreme' sound setting for 320kbps listening.
Stranger Things Setting Spotify App Android
As with Spotify's other mobile apps, users will need a premium subscription to listen to music on the go. Meanwhile, Spotify last month launched its highly anticipated iPad app.
Meanwhile, Oslo-based social music service Soundrop, which makes a Spotify app that lets users listen to music together, announced on Tuesday that it completed a $3 million round of funding from Northzone, one of Spotify's own leading investors. Soundrop, which lets users join genre-based listening rooms, is one of the most popular offerings on Spotify's app platform.
For more, see PCMag's full review of Spotify and Spotify for iPad (slideshow below).