And you won’t believe it—it’s the same for everyone! If you open up your music app of choice, you can toggle over to the library tab and the playlist should be right up at the top labeled: Liked Songs. I firmly maintain that when acquired through a subscription account (unlimited shuffles are a must), this is the only playlist any person will ever need. If you only have Spotify Free … feel free to find another blog post. I’m afraid there’s nothing for you here. 
I genuinely think there is almost nothing better than re-discovering a song you had long forgotten and falling in love with it all over again. This playlist is the perfect snapshot of your tastes over the years, allowing you to reminisce on past moments and memories. Given you don’t make a new account every two years after forgetting your password, Liked Songs is really a time capsule of what you had on repeat way back when. Speaking from past experience though, maintaining an account for an extended period of time on a specific platform is key to maximizing the versatility of this playlist. So if you’re still using that Spotify account linked to your school email, maybe hold off on going all in with the Liked Songs … it’ll expire in about four months anyways.
While some say that the collage of various styles and artists contributes to musical whiplash, you have to remember what you’re paying for. At $9.99/month (or $15.99/month for 6 accounts under the family plan—check it out if you haven’t already!!), you best be using the skips you dished out the big bucks for. Something come up that you don’t totally dig? Don’t be afraid to skip to the next. I feel like there’s sometimes a stigma with skips but when you fully commit to the Liked Songs lifestyle, that goes completely out the window.
As for quantity, I say the more the merrier! My Liked Songs has a modest 344 tracks at the moment, but that’s only because I’ve been lazy with liking them as of late. I know others with 500+ or 1000+ songs and it only gets better from there. The more songs you have, the more options you have, so I wouldn’t shy away from being generous with that heart-shaped button. The only issue, then, with simplifying all your playlists into just the one, is remembering to like songs regularly. This is where even I struggle a bit, so I concede that it’s not a perfect system. Ultimately, it’s still a lot less work than making a bajillion playlists for every mood, genre, situation, etc. that you could find yourself in.
I know there’s some people that’ll never buy into this idea, namely the ones that put down “making playlists” as one of their hobbies. Those that read the last sentence of the earlier paragraph and thought: hey, that’s my idea of a perfect Sunday. I respect it, I really do, but I just don’t understand it. It’s so challenging to match moods across genres or artists and even harder to find that perfect cover or caption. So for those like me, this is, in my humble opinion, the easiest way to ensure you always like what you’re listening to. After all, you liked the song in the first place.
Still unconvinced? Just click shuffle!
Eshani, I totally relate to your blog. I don’t really use this feature on spotify but in apple music there is a similar feature of listening to all of your downloaded songs. I feel like it is really easy to get bored of your playlists, especially when you listen to music often. Listening to all of my downloaded songs helps me rediscover songs I have forgotten about. If the song I come across when I play them on shuffle doesn’t fit my mood, I just press skip! Listening to music on shuffle is also a good way to add songs to/create playlists with songs you usually wouldn’t think to add. I think creating stations out of the music you listen to will fix your problem of not liking music regularly.
Hi Eshani!
To me, the idea of compiling every song I’ve ever liked into one big playlist is scary. I get sick of songs pretty easily, and I think I’d end up skipping a lot of songs if I listened to them all together. I tend to use the liked songs feature as more of a temporary playlist for songs I enjoy. This makes it a lot easier if I’m in the car or something and want to save a song for later. When I have time, I go back and create a new playlist or add that song into a previous playlist I’ve made. I currently have 24 songs waiting to be organized. Although I wish I could let go and compile all my songs into one big one, I tend to play different playlists for different audiences when I’m in the car and like to have them organized for specific moods.