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"We don’t create albums with so much care and thought into our track listing for no reason. Our art tells a story and our stories should be listened to as we intended. Thank you Spotify for listening," Adele tweeted late Saturday.
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00:00Adele has one wish when it comes to 30. Listen to the songs in the order the Easy on Me star
00:11presents them. A wish granted by Spotify when it agreed to remove its default shuffle feature from
00:16her fourth studio album. On November 20th, Adele tweeted, this was the only request I had in our
00:22ever-changing industry. We don't create albums with so much care and thought into our track
00:26listing for no reason. Our art tells a story and our story should be listened to as we intend it.
00:31Thank you Spotify for listening. Music streaming giant replied, anything for you. In a statement
00:36to Billboard, a spokesperson for Spotify further explained, as Adele mentioned, we are excited to
00:41share that we have begun rolling out a new premium feature that has been long requested by both users
00:46and artists to make play the default button on all albums. Noting that those still wanting to shuffle
00:52an album can go to the now-playing view and select the shuffle toggle. 30 is the long-awaited
00:56follow-up to 2015's 25. So far, the project's lead single, Easy on Me, has spent four weeks at
01:02number one on the Billboard Hot 100, as well as Billboard's Global Charts. For more on this
01:07story, head to THR.com. This is The Hollywood Reporter News.
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