Why Spotify’s Disco Ball App Icon Made the Internet Lose It

Spotify's mirrorball logo swap sparks social media kerfuffle

Who hates a sparkly disco ball? Turns out a vociferous swath of Spotify users do. A short-term swap of its regular mobile app icon for a 3D mirrorball version to celebrate a company milestone has set off an online kerfuffle.

'What Is This Ugly App?' Spotify's Disco-Ball Icon Sparks Fury: 'It's Temporary' And Will 'Go Away Next Week'

Spotify users opened their phones expecting music and got a glittering green disco ball instead. The reaction was swift, oddly furious and impossible for the streaming giant to ignore. The temporary icon change, introduced as part of Spotify's 20th anniversary celebrations, has triggered a flood of complaints across social media, with users attacking everything from the colour palette to the logo's readability. Spotify, clearly aware the backlas…

Why Spotify’s Disco Ball App Icon Made the Internet Lose It

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Spotify accomplished its goal with its ugly disco ball icon

Spotify temporarily changed its app icon to a green disco ball, and people seem to hate it.Yana Iskayeva/Getty ImagesSpotify created a temporary new app icon for its 20th anniversary.Everyone seems to hate it because it's ugly!And yet … it's sure been an effective promotion.Everyone hates Spotify's new disco ball app icon. The sentiment is nearly universal, and I can see why.The bright green circle of Spotify's logo is now an emerald green disco…

Rejoice: Spotify is ditching its awful disco ball icon

There is, apparently, one way to bring about the world that ought to be: indiscriminate hating. That’s the lesson I’m taking from this week’s news that streaming platform Spotify will remove its God-awful disco ball logo and bring back the smooth, normal, non-eyeball-assaulting Spotify logo we’ve all been cool with since 2015. The terrible, horrible, no good, very bad logo was rolled out last week to celebrate the company’s 20th anniversary and …