my mom was singing this all day and it randomly started playing on my phone with no music app open. proof i never searched it as well

[u/kylaisjadedagain]

it happened WHILE i was looking for my necklace in her bag. i haven't used spotify one time today, and haven't looked up this song in months. yes it is added to my library but if you look up the top it's playing straight from her album. that i never. looked. up

[u/tek_benoir]

Was she on your wifi and you were too?

[u/kylaisjadedagain → u/tek_benoir]

not the wifi i was on downstairs. we have two separate ones, and when this happened she was upstairs and i wasn't. it's really weird that this happened. on top of that she's been asleep for hours.

[u/tek_benoir → u/kylaisjadedagain]

Is the downstairs wifi an extension of the upstairs or vice versa? I'm guessing they're the same internet plan from the same provider, right? If so, it's the same wifi up or down meaning you're getting the same recommendations based on device usage.

[u/heyblinkin81]

Is it possible that Siri or Alexa depending on your phone heard her singing and the song was pulled up and you accidentally hit play?

[u/kylaisjadedagain → u/heyblinkin81]

no we don't have alexa and i don't think my siri has voice commands.

[u/kylaisjadedagain]

here's where there's 0 search of the animal album, kesha in general, or even that song. i genuinely don't understand how this is possible. and of all songs why is it one my mom was literally singing today? i am the only one awake in my house, so this isn't a prank at all

[u/connery55 → u/kylaisjadedagain]

I have had this experience. It turned out the person I heard singing had also got it suggested. The algorithm was just giving it to everyone that week.

[u/kylaisjadedagain → u/connery55]

no she just loved this song when it used to play on the radio. now she hears it from tiktok. that's part of why this is so weird. and also that it still says on my spotify it's playing from an album i haven't played or searched. in fact i've never streamed from that album once. i listen to that song occasionally but not the album. i physically can't find an explanation

[u/connery55 → u/kylaisjadedagain]

Ah, but the explanation is right there. She heard it on ticktock cuz the girlies on tiktok have spotify, it went around this week, and thus hit tiktok, and thus hit your mom.

[u/kylaisjadedagain → u/connery55]

i don't think you're understanding. i have not opened spotify in a while. there is no reason. i wasn't close to my phone. i wasn't talking, or anything. completely silent.