What a playlist is
A playlist is your own list of songs from AetherWave. You can add any public song, whether you made it or another member did. You give the playlist a name, put the songs in the order you like, and share it with one link.
Playlists are free. Making one, adding songs and sharing it costs no credits.
Make a playlist
- Open the grid menu, choose Music, then My Playlists. You can also use the Playlists section on your own profile.
- Choose New playlist.
- Give it a name (up to 80 characters).
- Choose who can see it, then choose Create playlist.
You can also make a playlist while you are adding a song: the Add to playlist sheet has a New playlist row.
Add a song
Look for Add to playlist wherever a song is shown:
- the song details window on an artist's profile (tap a song's art or title to open it)
- each row on the Music Charts
- each row on the Featured Playlist page
- each row of someone else's playlist
Choose the playlist you want and the song is added to the end. A song can be in a playlist once. A playlist can hold up to 200 songs.
Only public songs can be added. That includes your own songs: make a song public first if you want it in a playlist.
Who can see a playlist
| Setting | What it means |
|---|---|
| Private | Only you can see it. This is how a new playlist starts. |
| Anyone with the link | Anyone you send the link to can open it and listen. It is not shown on your profile. |
| Public | It is shown in the Playlists section of your profile, and anyone can open it. |
You can change this at any time: open the playlist, choose Edit, and pick a different setting.
Share it
Open the playlist and choose Share. That copies the playlist's link. Anyone who opens the link can press play. They do not need an account.
A private playlist cannot be shared. Change it to Anyone with the link or Public first.
Play it
Choose Play all to play the songs in order, or Shuffle to mix them up. You can also tap any song to start from there. Every play counts for the song's artist, exactly as if it were played from their profile.
Reorder, remove, rename, delete
Open one of your own playlists:
- Reorder: on a computer, drag a song up or down. On a phone, use the up and down arrows on each song.
- Remove a song: choose the X on that song. This only takes it out of the playlist. The song itself is not deleted.
- Rename, describe or change who can see it: choose Edit.
- Delete the playlist: choose Delete. The songs themselves are not deleted.
How many playlists you can have
| Plan | Playlists you can own |
|---|---|
| Free (no subscription) | 1 |
| Starter | 3 |
| Studio | 10 |
| Artist | 25 |
| Producer, Mogul, Ultimate | 50 |
Buying a credit pack does not change this number. Only a subscription does.
The number only limits making a new playlist. If your plan changes and you have more playlists than it includes, you keep every one of them. You can still play, edit, reorder, share and delete them. You just cannot make another until you are under your plan's number. Deleting a playlist frees a place.
When a song disappears from a playlist
A playlist points at the song. It does not keep a copy. If the artist makes the song private or deletes it, it stops showing in every playlist straight away. If they make it public again, it comes back in the same place. On your own playlist you will see a line telling you how many songs are not shown.
When your song is added to someone's playlist
If another member adds your song to a public playlist, you get one notification in the bell telling you who added it and which playlist it is in, with a link to open it. You are told once for each member who adds a given song, however many playlists they put it in. Notifications are kept for 60 days, so if the same member adds the song again after that you may be told again. Private and link-only playlists do not send a notification.
Not available yet
- Following or saving another member's playlist
- Playlists that several members edit together
- Uploading your own cover image. The cover is the art of the first song.