New logo: Explanations 💜

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.

Work in progress… https://annuel2.framapad.org/p/stylus-deezer-old-school-a49z?lang=fr

I mean its pretty obvious even from the poll on this forum, apparently an astronomic 86% of the community thinks this is the worst design they have ever seen… so no matter how much you want to view it as such, your users arent “divided”, really... if we are being honest, your community seems to just straight up hate it. And that should really make you think, if sticking to the changes despite this feedback is the way to go, just because you’ve invested time and money in making the new look, and because backtracking always feels and looks bad… in some situations, its perhaps better to cut your losses and trash the new project.

The logo, font and colour palette... though honestly to me they look like something somebody threw together in half an hour (personal opinion though, im not a designer), that isnt even the thing that I dislike the most. The worst thing is that those changes, combined with the changes to your UI, somehow make your app feel much less clear and intuitive, and more cluttered and stuffy… even though perhaps the intentions were the complete opposite. 

I have quite a few friends who use deezer… everyone out of 10+ people strongly dislike the new look to a varying degree... some are seriously considering switching to a different app, despite it being a hassle for them. And for the first time in many, many years, i am thinking about it myself. This is ofcourse a small size sample, and as with everything I wrote, is an opinion. But opening the forums with the intent to write this post, and seeing all the topics made about it already... I feel its pretty representative. 

Its obvious that the intent of the changes are to attract a younger audience, nothing wrong with that. But the specific way and changes that you chose, I wonder if you wont in the long run be loosing much more than you are gaining. If its not completely impossible from a technical point of view, even making the old UI available as a feature, would seem like a great solution.

I almost never bother to write posts like this, or even make an account on communities for apps i use. But ive been with Deezer for almost 10 years now… and I felt that the changes are abysmal enough, that i have to write something. I do love the app, I love the way it introduces me to new music, and I I love the features that have made me choose Deezer over other similar apps through the years. So i really hope this isnt going to be the long term bad decision for the app that it feels like it is at the moment. 

Whatever your long term vision is for the app, dont forget that its your users who decide if thats what they want to pay for. Hopefully you dont learn that lesson the hard way. 

All the best, 

long time user

@ybruy The new identity will be present in all future updates and it is not possible to switch to the old logo.
Thanks :) 

OMG I think I'm too much into Puple 😂

On the bright side, nobody else likes it either! 

If you value your users, you roll back this uninvited surprise act asap. Bad user experience, offensive look, wrong associations. Listen to your users or perish, it’s that simple.

We're glad you decided to do without paying and long-time users, so goodbye ...

You can never have too much purple….😀

Remove the auto scrolling from everywhere in the app, it's annoying that I can't put the list of songs in the position I want.