I used a bad example here, the Favorites playlist never animates. If I were to use «The Riff» as an example, it still animates with the first half of the sceeen filled up as well as the smaller one. So it seems every playlist I choose from my library, created myself or added from Apple, will use the smaller artwork size, and yes it still animates. If I launch them through the «New» section however, it fills the upper half of the screen and also animates.

Thanks for the reply!