To expect Spotify to have a 'child friendly' button/stream

[Jjcrackers]

I have just signed up to Spotify Premium through Vodafone.

I had a bit of a shock this morning when DS (7) put on the charts only to hear two songs back to back with swearing. (One being the new Zayn Malik...don't get me started).

AIBU to expect them to either censor something as mainstream as the charts OR provide a 'kids friendly' option?

Or am I missing a trick and there is a setting that I can't find?

Sorry if this sounds all a bit Mary Whitehouse - I'm just annoyed that we won't be able to play this when the DC are around...

[ofshoes]

surely it's not Spotify's responsibility to supervise what anyone's kids are listening to? FFS, be a parent.

"Do people honestly listen to a song and think " that song was quite good but if that had said fuck a few times it would have been fantastic?"

Obviously you're not a Wu Tang fan.

[ABunchOfFuckingPidgeys]

I don't think anybody is asking for an either/or scenario so adding an option to turn explicit lyrics off when playing random pre set playlists like uk top 50 is an unreasonable solution.

It's not only parents of children it would be useful for, it would make it more workplace friendly for employers who allow music to be played.

Dd has her own playlists on my account, initially I popped songs on for her but as she's gotten older she chooses her own tracks. I started by not putting swearing tracks on but there's the occasional one on her list now, she's 11 and hears plenty of swearing from the adults around her and I've found that even without a single swear word in the song, there's an awful lot of lyrics that are sexual and/or violent anyway, that's been more of an issue for me than the actual swearing tbh. I feel like I can't avoid them so I'd rather know what she's listening too and discuss anything that needs discussing.

Dd likes to talk about lyrics and while she loves Megan trainer, Taylor swift etc, she loves talking about the messages they give and why those messages are wrong.

[ABunchOfFuckingPidgeys]

Is not an unreasonable solution

[kali110]

LemonySmithit same here! I grew up listening to my dads music, but knewi wasn't allowed to swear.

"Do people honestly listen to a song and think " that song was quite good but if that had said fuck a few times it would have been fantastic?"
Clearly not a rock or metal fan either
Think a lot of songs would be a lot shorter then.