How bad is your Spotify? This new feature allows a robot judge your taste in music

The 'How bad is your Spotify' roasting bot is going viral, as people allow it to judge their taste in music.

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Spotify's new 'How bad is your Spotify' feature can tell you how bad your taste in music is - but be warned, it is brutal. 

Just when we thought 2020 couldn't get any worse, the Spotify roasting bot has come along to spread some festive cheer by passing judgement on Spotify users listening choices.

First we had Netflix Wrapped telling us what TV shows and films we've been obsessed with and now our music habits are taking a hammering, with what people are calling the 'mean Spotify wrapped'.

How basic is your Spotify? 

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That's right - you might think your embarrassing taste in music is kept between you and headphones or your bedroom walls, but think again...

The 'How bad is your Spotify' test is where a robot judges literally every single part of your Spotify listening history and then gives you their honest - if not brutal - opinion. Twitter users have been sharing their results...

So how can you have a go at the mean Spotify bot?

To have your Spotify play history judged - at your own free will - go to Judge My Spotify and log in to your Spotify account. Then you can wait for the robots to go through your music with a fine tooth comb until they rustle up a verdict. 

Whether you love it or hate it, you simply have to share them on Twitter or Instagram to give others something to laugh about - after all, a problem shared is a problem halved, right?

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Masterminded by the evil geniuses behind the digital publication The Pudding, will ruthlessly roast your Spotify playlist using 'sophisticated AI' trained by Mike Lacher and Matt Daniels.

Unsure whether to try it out? Honesty is the best policy so what are you waiting for?...

Selina Maycock
Selina Maycock

Selina is a Senior Entertainment Writer with more than 14 years of experience in newspapers and magazines. She currently looks after all things Entertainment for GoodtoKnow, Woman&Home and My Imperfect Life.

Before joining Future Publishing, Selina graduated from the University of Sheffield in 2006 with a degree in Journalism. She is fully NCTJ and NCE qualified and has 100wpm shorthand. Having spent the start of her career working on local newspapers and online, Selina spent six years as Acting News Editor and Entertainment Reporter at the Scunthorpe Telegraph where she dug into hard news stories, conducted interviews, covered court reporting, features, and entertainment, whilst going to gigs in her spare time.

Whilst at the paper she was awarded an O2 Media Judges' Special Award for helping a terminally ill cancer sufferer realise his dying wish and marry his childhood sweetheart through a successful newspaper campaign. Things like this are close to her heart when it comes to using journalism to make a positive difference in people's lives.

Selina later branched further into all things celebrity to became a Showbiz Writer at Heat magazine, covering red carpet events, showbiz parties, and various launches before going freelance for two years. One of her biggest celebrity achievements - aside from generating celebrity exclusives - was interviewing Take That (including Robbie Williams) and bumping into Simon Cowell so much at events she told him 'I'm calling you my showbiz dad!'

In 2017 she joined TI Media as a senior reporter on Woman, Woman's Own, Woman&Home, Woman's Weekly celebrity desk before branching online in 2020 when Future gave her the opportunity to focus on digital-first.

When she's not interviewing celebrities you can find her exploring new countryside walking routes, catching up with friends over good food, or making memories.