Spotify’s new cover art maker is fun, and surprisingly not AI. | Image: Spotify
Spotify now has a new “Create cover art” option for playlists that lets you make custom collages to represent your playlists. The beta feature, which is available for both free and Spotify Premium members, is launching for English users in 65 markets. The company says it partnered with artists like Ugly Primo, who designed Bad Bunny’s Un Verano Sin Ti album cover, and Cey Adams, who has worked on albums and logos for The Notorious B.I.G and Beastie Boys.
I gave it a shot and produced the masterpiece below, using a picture I took of a possum that was lurking outside my kid’s bedroom one night. It’s a pleasantly robust image maker, with layering, various effects, and the ability to rotate or change the size of images. It’s still in beta,…