Breaking News: Spotify Experiences Outage

Attention all music lovers: Spotify, the popular music streaming service, experienced a widespread outage starting early this morning. According to Downdetector, a site that tracks online service disruptions, reports of the Spotify outage began surfacing around 6 a.m. PT on April 16, 2025, and continued to pour in throughout the morning. Our own attempts to use the service were met with frustration as we couldn't access Spotify for much of the morning. Even when we managed to open the app, it refused to play any music.

Spotify has officially acknowledged the issue and is actively working to resolve it as quickly as possible. The company has also debunked rumors circulating about the outage being the result of a security hack, stating clearly that these reports are false. Here's the official statement from Spotify's status account on X:

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

We at IGN will keep a close eye on the situation and provide you with updates as they become available. Stay tuned for more information on when you can expect Spotify to be back up and running smoothly.