New logo: Explanations 💜

The new logo is so bad I had to buy an Icon pack from Play store that still had the old one in - unfortunately I still have to see this catastrophe of an icon on Android Auto as the icon pack can’t change that.

Frankly it’s embarrassing to let anyone else see it - might have to switch music services if Deezer don’t realise that this is their Bud Lite moment….

Long-time user of a Deezer Family account. Always took time and effort to explain to Spotify-users why Deezer was be a great alternative. No need to do so anymore. I will switch to Spotify. There is a max to the level of uglyness I can bear several times a day. Sad that presumably sane people have decided that this was the way to go.    

With the old app I always put random songs on and it played all the songs I have on my account. Not only the favorites, but everything. I can’t find that feature anymore in the new app. Can someone help?

Yes, the whole “Express themselves” thing is extremely odd, especially considering Deezers current “social” elements are limited (which I have no problem with). If it was a core part of the app experience, I might buy it, but as is…? No, it’s just patronizing.

I just want to listen to music with a clean, inoffensive interface that works 100% of the time and doesn’t try to have too much “personality”. Given the extremely wide taste of “personality” peoples music choice itself already exhibits, it is impossible to decide on a strong brand/app identity which doesn’t clash with users tastes.

With that said, given it has only been ~1 day, I would not expect any sort of response from Deezer. In fact, I wouldn’t expect a response at all. At best I see them quietly rolling out a “normal” font (likely) and toning down the love heart logo (not as likely). I don’t see anything else changing.

(Alas, I also won’t be extending my subscription).

If it was only the logo I could live with it. But the whole interface is botched and does not look professional. I am not a freaking 14 yo Fortnite player.

Companies like Deezer only consider user feedbacks when people stop giving $$$. I am sure they don’t care about the current discussions about their new disaster. 

I will switch from Deezer if this design and the dumb purple hue don't change.

It’s so ugly I started playing with the underlying .css. This is where the dreadful purple, magenta stuff is located. They called the theme “Chakra” internally. I’m reaching the point where I’m wondering whether I should not write a Chrome extension to overwrite their stuff, I would not be surprised if some people with more time than me are already working on this...

It’s so ugly I started playing with the underlying .css. This is where the dreadful purple, magenta stuff is located. They called the theme “Chakra” internally.

 

 

My chakra broke the first time I saw this purple.

I registered mainly to come and complain about this look. I’ve been paying for Deezer for years, but would have never registered if the product had this look back in the day. It looks derivative, as if an executive had said “we need something more like TikTok” and the design delivered.

The heart logo is the worst part.