Spotify

Note: You can use Spotify for free. However, streams from premium accounts are weighted higher on the charts and give the artist more revenue than streams on free accounts. There is a free trial for new users of Spotify Premium, which you can redeem on the Spotify website or app. College students can also get Spotify Premium for a reduced price by verifying their student status, which can also be done on Spotify's website.

1. Create a Spotify account here.

2. Access or download Spotify on your device.

   • Laptops/Computers: Use the Spotify Web Player or Spotify Desktop App.

   • Android: Download from Google Play.

   • iOS: Download from the App Store.

1. Make sure your player's volume is not muted.

   • On a computer ONLY, you can mute your computer itself (or the tab on Spotify for Web), but not the Spotify for Web or Spotify for Desktop player.

   • On a mobile device, you can plug in or connect headphones without wearing them. Do not mute your device.

2. Make sure you don't have a VPN, adblocker, or Incognito Mode on.

3. Make sure you are only using your Spotify account on one device at a time.

Note: To do this on a mobile device, you MUST have a premium account. If you only have a free account, you may only do this on the web player.

1. Manually search for the song you are streaming using Spotify's search function.

2. Tap the three dots next to the song/album.

3. Tap "Add to Playlist."

4. Tap "Create playlist" to create a new playlist with the title track.

5. Add 2-3 different songs after the target song.

   • It is important to add songs from other artists into the playlist. This will help avoid bot detection. The different artist can be a different LOONA artist (ex. if you are streaming for ARTMS's title track, you can add songs by Loossemble, Yves, or Chuu)

   • Adding songs by non-LOONA artists can also train the algorithm to push the song to other listeners.

6. Repeat the above process until your playlist is 2-3 hours long.

7. Repeat the entire process again to create another playlist.

Sample Playlist:

1. Title Track

2. B-side

3. B-side

4. Another artist's song

5. Title Track

6. Another artist's song

7. B-side

8. B-side

9. Another artist's song

10. Title Track

11. B-side

12. B-side

13. Another artist's song

14. Title Track

15. B-side

16. Another artist's song

17. B-side

1. Press play on the playlist to play in order.

   • Do not loop songs on the playlist or the playlist itself. 

   • Make sure autoplay is disabled.

   • Occasionally pause or skip the filler songs. Do not do this too often! Only do this after the first 30 seconds of the song has passed.

   • Occasionally share the songs on social media.

2. When the playlist is finished, switch to another playlist.

3. Repeat the process until you are done streaming.

Filtered vs. Unfiltered Streams

• Filtered streams are counted as the total amount of streams, minus 'bot-like' streams.

  • This is the count used to determine where to place the song on Spotify's charts, such as the Weekly Top Songs and the Daily Top Songs charts. 

• Unfiltered streams are a total of all streams, without removing 'bot-like' streams. 

  • This is the count you see on the Spotify desktop app and helps determine whether we met our main streaming goals.

Having more filtered streams is incredibly important as this is what helps us chart. Therefore, it is very important when streaming to avoid bot-like behavior.

• Active streaming occurs when a user actively chooses to listen to a song. This number can only be seen by the artists themselves. You can stream actively by:

  • Searching for and playing a song from the artist's profile or album page

  • Playing a song that is in your library

  • Listening to the song from a playlist you made yourself

• Passive streaming occurs when a user is being provided a song through programmed means. You can stream passively by:

  • Listening to the song on Spotify curated playlists

  • Listening to the song when it is recommended to you on personalized Spotify radio stations

  • Listening to the song when it is autoplayed by the algorithm

Having more active streams can help boost a song in the algorithm so that it will be autoplayed for other users, as well as to help boost the chance of the song being added to Spotify curated playlists, therefore also boosting passive streams.

Am I able to used a hacked Spotify app to have my streams count as premium streams?

• Streams by users of the hacked Spotify app have been counted as free streams in the past. However, Spotify is able to detect and disable the accounts of users who use the hacked Spotify app, and it is unknown whether streams by that user are also deleted. For the safest approach, we recommend using the official Spotify app when streaming during the comeback.

Will my offline streams count?

• Yes, offline streams count. They will be added to the stream total the next time you come back online.

Do streams from an account on a family plan count as premium streams if I'm not the one paying for it?

• Yes, streams from accounts connected to a family plan count as premium streams, even if you are not the one paying for it. As long as you have access to the premium user benefits on the official Spotify app, your streams are counting as streams from a premium user.