Spotify Explores Blockchain with Token-Based Music Playlists

Music streaming platform Spotify is piloting a new service called “token-enabled playlists,” which will allow non-fungible token (NFT) holders to connect their wallets and listen to curated music.

Currently, the service is only available to token holders within the Fluf, Moonbirds, Kingship, and Overlord communities, with the curated playlists actively updated during the three-month testing period.

The playlists can only be accessed by community members via a unique link. The pilot is currently limited to Android users in the U.S., U.K., Germany, Australia, and New Zealand.

Spotify appears to have confirmed the details in a tweet reply. Universal Music Group’s NFT band KINGSHIP has created a token-gated playlist for NFT holders, featuring Queen, Missy Elliott, Snoop Dogg, and Led Zeppelin.

Lead developer for NFT liquidity protocol NFTX, Apoorv Lathey, has tweeted a screenshot from the pilot, showing step-by-step how to access KINGSHIP’s curated playlist on Spotify.