Breaking News: Spotify Experiences Outage

Heads-up: Spotify, the popular music streaming service, appears to be experiencing widespread downtime this morning. Reports started pouring in around 6 a.m. PT, according to data from Downdetector, and the issues persist as of this publication. We encountered difficulties accessing the platform throughout much of the morning, and even when the app finally loaded, it failed to play music.

Spotify has confirmed the technical issues and reassured users that they are actively working to fix the problem promptly. Additionally, the company debunked rumors suggesting the outage was linked to a security breach, emphasizing that these claims are unfounded.

We’re aware of the outage and are actively resolving it. Reports of this being a security hack are false.

— Spotify Status (@SpotifyStatus) April 16, 2025

We’ll keep an eye on the situation and update this article as more information becomes available.