Spotify finally lets you create playlist art – and it’s already my favorite new feature since Daylists
Spotify remains one of the best music streaming services out there thanks to personalized features like Day Lists – and it doesn’t stop there. A new beta feature has just been introduced that lets you create custom playlist art so your creations look as good as they sound. In other words, it’s Spotify meets Canva.
The new Create Cover Art feature, available in English in 65 regions, is a new in-app integration that gives you the power to express your talent for graphic design and playlist management.
Create Cover Art combines the basic elements of a typical graphic design app and lets you design a custom playlist cover using a range of stickers, background colors, text, and your own images to add a touch of your own personal flair . Whether you’re creating a playlist from scratch or want to freshen up an older playlist, Create Cover Art is available for both types.
As part of Spotify’s launch of new features, the service is partnering with a variety of artists known for creating their own playlists on Spotify, such as Arlo Parks, Jamie xx and Clairo. Additionally, Spotify has also worked with visual creatives and musicians, including Imogene, the mastermind behind the now iconic “brat green” cover for Charli xcx’s latest record. Brat.
Creating playlists in Spotify has become quite a phenomenon among Spotify users and music fans alike, with over 8 billion playlists curated for a variety of genres, milestones and most importantly, moods – which has been one of the most fascinating aspects of the Spotify statistics for 2023.
In the past year, a number of music streaming services have embraced similar customization features, most notably YouTube Music, which has a AI playlist image generator last year. But this is the first playlist art feature I’ve seen that lets you create a brand new thumbnail, and I’m excited to see what it will add to my (obviously) already incredible playlists.
How to use Create a Playlist Art
As mentioned, Spotify’s Create Cover Art feature is available for both new and old playlists in your library. To create playlist artwork for an existing playlist, tap the three-dot icon And search ‘Create cover art’ in the menu options.
You can then add a background, text and stickers, as well as your own images. Once you finish putting together your new playlist cover, your playlist will be updated to reflect the new image that you can share with other social media platforms.