The most basic level of Spotify is free, which is why it really is “music for everyone”. This version for Windows is exactly the type of flagship app you’d expect - it’s crisp-looking, fast, and easy-to-use and, although music quality depends largely on the quality of the device you’re reproducing it on (and not the app you’re using to play it), only the pickiest ears will have anything to say about the quality of the music you can listen to with Spotify. There is a version of Spotify available for almost every platform you could think of using and this is a large part of its likability. Spotify is one of the most popular music apps around, and it’s not at all difficult to see why. “We hope to create more opportunities for Korean artists across all genres to be discovered by listeners around the world.The top choice when it comes to streaming musicįor everyone except an unlucky few, Spotify is all the music you’ll need. “This launch presents a massive opportunity for us to not only further our mission of bringing new and quality content to more audiences, but also help local Korean artists tap into Spotify’s 320 million listeners worldwide. “We always want to be where the listeners and artists are, and Korea is rich in both,” said Alex Norström, Chief Freemium Business Officer of Spotify. “We always want to be where the listeners and artists are, and Korea is rich in both.” Spotify originally revealed back in December that it would be launching in South Korea in the first half of 2021, which followed a report published in The Korea Herald in March 2020 stating that the company had set up an office in Seoul at a WeWork building in the Daechi-dong area.Ĭiting sources, the report added that Peter Gradelius (Associate General Counsel / Head of Corporate Legal at Spotify) had been “registered as the Korean chief”. As a part of the launch, Spotify is introducing a range of new playlists made exclusively for South Korea including Korean Music Hot Now, FRESH! New Music Korea, Hot Hits Korea, Korean Music Rising, Today’s Drama OST Hot Now, K-Pop Daebak and others.

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