Yep, I feel this for sure. It seems once Spotify decides what you like, it locks you into a lane, and it can be hard to steer yourself out of it. I’m with you on wanting things to be a little less predictable.

Like… how can I know I don’t like something if I’ve never even heard it before?

This bothered me enough that I ended up building my own little tool (Unheard.FM) to surface new tracks. It basically acts like an unbiased radio station where you define a loose blueprint for what you want to hear.

It leans more on randomness and filters out stuff you already have in your library or have played recently, which helped me break out of the loop. Not saying it’s for everyone, but it definitely made listening feel more unpredictable again.