Haterade rained down on Spotify‘s 20th birthday party celebratory disco-ball icon. The streamer acknowledged the backlash and said the old 2D logo will return to users’ phones next week as previously planned under the temporary icon switch-out.
Without warning, Spotify last week debuted the glowing green mirrorball icon for its mobile app for Apple’s iOS. It was meant to be a fun celebration of its first 20 years, connected with the “Spotify 20: Your Party of the Year(s)” mobile-only in-app experience that provides look back at your music listening history.
But Spotify appears to not have expected the intense reaction from many of its users about the sudden appearance of the disco ball — with many slamming it as a visual abomination.
“The person who designed this logo should be fired,” one user on X posted with a screenshot of the Spotify disco ball. The official Spotify account responded on Sunday (May 17), saying: “We know glitter is not for everyone. Our temp glow up ends soon. Your regularly scheduled Spotify icon returns next week.”
Another irate user wrote: “This new update of Spotify what the hell is this ugly app??😭✋🏽,” to which the company replied, “Our birthday icon was a limited-time guest star 📷 Your regularly scheduled Spotify icon resumes soon.”
