To compensate for this, they offer users the ability to report explicit content that hasn’t been properly identified. Because the identification process is decentralized, Spotify can’t guarantee that all explicit content is identified and filtered for. The responsibility of identifying a song as explicit is that of the rights-holder, the artist, the manager or even the label rep responsible for distributing the song to DSP’s like Spotify, Apple, Pandora, YouTube or Deezer. The explicit content filter has been available for years, but users could not control other accounts, only their own.

When marked as “explicit,” the track appears grayed out and unable to be played. The filter is shown as an “EXPLICIT” tag or “E” on any release on the web player. Spotify’s upgraded plan enables parents to PG rate the content their children are exposed to by turning on or off the ‘explicit content’ filter for any of the plan’s six sub-accounts. Spotify’s upgraded Premium Family Plan addresses a major pain point for the primary Spotify account holder, parent or guardian: ensuring that children are not exposed to explicit lyrics.

Spotify plans family