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One Hit Wonder
February 6, 2022

Is there some way to play music without selecting my favourite artists?

  • February 6, 2022
  • 43 replies
  • 1428 views

Y’see the awkward thing is, I kind of wanted to just listen to some music, not feed some stupid algorithm. This is a very offputting welcome experience, with no obvious way to skip it (on web, desktop app, or mobile).

 

 

I’ll be trying out the competition instead, in the hopes that they’ll allow me to try something as revolutionary as “sign up for an account and play a song”.

    43 replies

    Guitar Hero
    May 7, 2026

    Now it asks for selecting 10 artists. Can you NOT do that???

    May 29, 2026

    Hey everyone,

    I was strugling too with this non sense selection and trying to escape it to simply listen a song (what an orignal way to use a music app). I was on the train and the network was not great and luckely i have found how to avoid this step : you need a internet cut while you are on the selection, then the app says it is not working and i landed on the deezer home page. I guess its because its quite a dynamic UX so it doesnt manage lost connection at this step.  

    If it can help some people i'll be happy :)

    To Deezer, this is one the worst features i have ever seen on an app and if i did not find a skip my subscription will be already canceled. Just add a basic skip button, if you can make super mega incredible performent algorithm you can do that too no ?

    As i have read earlier on this forum some people from your company talk about "music consumption" and i truely believe this a wrong concept because music exist to be listen not to be consumpt, just think about it please and it may allows you to understand much more people who use you app.

    Bye

    awesomemac
    Superuser
    Superuser
    May 29, 2026

    I completely understand where you’re coming from. If you already know exactly which song you want to play, it’s frustrating when the app gets in the way and you can’t just start listening straight away. That really shouldn’t feel like a struggle.

    It may not make the experience any less annoying, but most other music‑streaming services, like Spotify and YouTube Music, also ask you to make a selection the first time you use certain features. So Deezer isn’t the only one doing this, although that doesn’t mean it couldn’t be improved.