I have 1,002 liked songs on Spotify. One thousand and two. And yet, every time I want to hear something new, I end up in the same loop: Bebeshito, Chacal, David Bisbal, repeat.
So I asked my AI assistant to analyze my music profile and put together a playlist with songs I don't have but would probably like.
The Analysis
The first thing it did was scan my saved songs. Without me asking for categories, it identified them on its own:
- Cuban reggaetón / reparto — Bebeshito, Charly & Johayron, El Chulo, Chocolate MC
- Spanish ballads — David Bisbal, Marta Soto, Vanesa Martín, ROSALÍA
- Brazilian sertanejo — Henrique & Juliano
- Colombian — Carlos Vives, Paola Jara
- Mexican regional — Carín León, Guardianes Del Amor
- Wildcards — Enya, house, Spanish-language podcasts
Basically, a Cuban living in Germany who hasn't let go of his roots but has a thoroughly confused algorithm.
The Playlist: DJ Asere
With that map, it built "DJ Asere" — a selection of songs that fit my taste but weren't in my library:
- Yomil y El Dany — Te Paso a Buscar (reparto I was missing)
- Chocolate — Palon Divino 2
- El Taiger & Srta. Dayana — Soltera
- Manuel Carrasco — Yo Quiero Vivir (new artist for me, Spanish ballad)
- Gusttavo Lima — Balada (sertanejo I didn't have)
- Michel Teló — Ai Se Eu Te Pego
These aren't generic recommendations from an algorithm that saw I listen to reggaetón and suggests Bad Bunny. These are songs picked by someone (something) that understands that if I like Chocolate MC and also David Bisbal, I'd probably enjoy Manuel Carrasco.
Why This Matters
Spotify has been trying to solve music recommendations for years. Discover Weekly is fine, but it's generic. It's an algorithm that tells you "people who listen to X also like Y."
What my AI did is different: it looked at my entire library, identified patterns I hadn't articulated myself, and searched for specific songs that fill gaps in my musical map.
It's not better or worse than Spotify. It's more personal.
The Technical Detail
For the curious: this doesn't use any Spotify API. My assistant (Asere, an AI agent that runs 24/7) opened Spotify Web Player in a browser, read my saved songs, ran the analysis, created the playlist, and started playing it. All via browser automation.
Yes, it's slower than an API. But it works without tokens, without OAuth, without rate limits. Sometimes the "ugly" solution is the one that works.
Want to know more about how I set up an AI assistant that knows me better than Spotify? That's a story for another post.