Attention music lovers: Spotify, the popular music streaming service, experienced a widespread outage this morning. Reports of the issue began surfacing around 6 a.m. PT, according to Downdetector, a sister site of IGN. Throughout the morning, users, including our team, faced difficulties accessing the service. Even when we managed to open the app, playing music proved to be a challenge.
Spotify has officially acknowledged the disruption and is actively working to resolve the issue. The company took to social media to update users, stating, "We are aware of the outage and working to resolve it as soon as possible." They also debunked rumors circulating about the outage being linked to a security hack, confirming that these reports are false.
We are aware of the outage and working to resolve it as soon as possible. The reports of this being a security hack are false.
— Spotify Status (@SpotifyStatus) April 16, 2025
IGN will keep a close watch on the situation and provide updates as they become available. Stay tuned for more information on when Spotify's service will be fully restored.
