Spotify crashes as Taylor Swift’s hotly-anticipated ‘Midnights’ album launches

Spotify skilled outages after Taylor Swift's new album, Midnights, was launched Friday morning.
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It wouldn’t be a Taylor Swift album launch with out a grand entrance.

The 11-time Grammy winner’s hotly-anticipated tenth studio album, “Midnights,” dropped Thursday evening, nevertheless it wasn’t with out its justifiable share of chaos.

Thousands and thousands of so-called “Swifties” stayed up till midnight to listen to the document, however followers had been left scrambling after streaming large Spotify crashed simply because the album was launched as customers reported web outage regardless of there being web accessible.

In line with Downdetector.com, Spotify noticed a large outage internationally at midnight ET — the precise time Swift’s album was launched.

Followers expressed their frustration on the glitch, with many being left dissatisfied they weren’t capable of instantly hear the singer’s 13 new tracks.

“Midnights” has 13 new songs from the singer, together with one which options Lana Del Rey.

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“Spotify crashed following the discharge of Taylor Swift’s new album #TSmidnighTS,” wrote one account alongside a screenshot of the app saying “one thing went mistaken.”

“YALL DONE BROKE SPOTIFY. #MidnightsTaylorSwift,” one other tweeted.

A 3rd wrote, “Spotify actually broke for like a minute!!! I used to be in panic mode,” earlier than a fourth posted the app’s error message, tweeting, “Actually @Spotify? On an evening like this? I'm fuming #TSmidnightTS.”

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Spotify customers reported outages on social media.

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Fortunately, the connectivity points had been short-lived.

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“Can I ask you a Query…? @taylorswift13 @taylornation13 how does it really feel realizing you crashed spotify?? (Midnights is a superior album already),” one other Swiftie added.

The obvious outage appeared to final solely a brief second, a lot to the delight of die-hard Swift followers.

Followers additionally received greater than what they bargained for within the early hours of Friday morning after Swift’s “Midnights (3am Version)” was unleashed on the platform.

The particular version of the album boasts seven additional tracks.

The singer this week revealed she’s made a collection of “music motion pictures” for it that may characteristic Laura Dern, Haim sisters, make-up artist Pat McGrath, and mannequin Dita Von Teese.

The primary a part of the visible album – a video for the document’s third monitor, ‘Anti-Hero’ – will premiere at 8 a.m. ET.