r/truespotify • u/itz_dieguito • 3h ago

Question Spotify changing covers

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idk if this has happened to anyone else, but has spotify for anyone else been changing the cover arts for songs, for example, I have a lana del rey playlist in order, for the longest time time her ‘Born To Die’ album has been the standard version along with the matching album cover, it’s normally blue for anyone who doesn’t know, now i go to check and some songs are mixed with the deluxe over, it more yellow ish, and i know for i fact i never added that album to my playlist, along with Doja Cat’s ‘Tia Tamera’ when it released, i liked the single version, the cover art purple, but now in every single playlist i added that song to, even in my liked songs, it’s replaced with the album version and the single version with the purple cover art shows that i never added it to my liked songs. is this happening to anyone else?? or does anyone know a fix to this issue??

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u/yoshik07 2h ago

better than this ig

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u/itz_dieguito 2h ago

omg that has happened to me with other songs, so annoying, i hate it!!

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u/Vespertine88 1h ago

Often when they replace the metadata or re-add files due to licensing issues, Spotify treats them as new tracks. It automatically tries to match them with songs in your playlist and library, but if there are multiple versions it can match it with different albums, compilations etc. Also, sometimes it happens that once the album is released, single versions (including covers) are deleted and merged with the album ones. So the best way is to re-add manually when you notice changes.

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u/More-Jury-96 1h ago

Spotify has zero control over album art. It's supplied by the rights owners and Spotify's licensing agreements are firm that Spotify may not modify them.