Spotify introduces Time Capsule feature that works out your music taste as a teenager
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Your support makes all the difference.Spotify has introduced a feature that curates a playlist of your favourite throwback hits.
Time Capsule is available for anyone over 16 with a Spotify account in most countries. So if you think 2017 has been a bad year for music you can comfort yourself with some Lauryn Hill, Blink 182 or a bit of OutKast.
The Independent office has been having a lot of fun delving into songs we'd almost forgotten.
Feedback on the playlist's accuracy has ranged from "creepily spot on" to "not bad", "a reminder that I was super lame" to "HOW DOES IT KNOW SO MUCH?".
Spotify's description reads: "We made you a personalised playlist with songs to take you back in time to your teenage years.
"Bring on the memories with 2 hours of iconic throwback tracks - all picked just for you."
Here are a few examples of our Time Capsule playlists:
One colleague said he was impressed that one particular song seemed to have been plucked from a current playlist of 50 tracks and added to the Time Capsule; Spotify is using an algorithm to determine which songs you will have heard way back when.
Another said that around 15-25 per cent of the songs featured on his Time Capsule playlist didn't appear on any he had curated himself - so Spotify had correctly worked out based on information from his profile.
Take it for a spin and let us know what you think - I'm off to listen to "Hey Ya!" for the 100th time. If you're not feeling the nostalgia then subscribe to our new music playlist instead:
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