What if Spotify let me add songs faster?

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One night I found myself adding 30 songs to a playlist from my Liked Songs — manually. One. by. one.

Yes, Spotify suggests songs when you build a playlist — but those aren’t from your Liked list. They’re smart, sure. But sometimes I don’t want smart.

‍I want control; I want to start from the songs I already love — and just batch them up, fast.

So I designed a way to do that. :)

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I was thinking what if…

• I could long-press a song from my Liked list
• Select a bunch more
• And drop them all into a playlist — or even make a new one on the spot?

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This wasn’t a UX overhaul.

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It was a visual exploration focused on:

• Building inside a well-established design system (Spotify’s)
• Creating a clean multi-select flow
• Staying visually true to the app’s existing language
• Exploring one small but powerful interaction tweak

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To move fast, I used V0 to experiment with flow structure and component ideas, then brought everything into Figma to polish spacing, hierarchy, and interactions.

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This is my proposed multi-select playlist flow

What I focused on

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• Visual polish — spacing, hierarchy, clarity
• Interaction smoothness — transitions that feel real‍
• Design system discipline — stayed true to Spotify’s UI DNA‍
• Component reusability — variant-based and scalable

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This isn't the final answer – just one possible direction

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• I didn’t do user testing
• I didn’t validate the pattern

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It’s an idea worth testing — maybe through A/B experimentation or small-scale rollout. But for now, it’s a fast, clean, native-feeling solution.

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What I’d explore next

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• Could the "Create Playlist" moment be more social or expressive?
• Is long-press discoverable enough? Or should it be more visible?
• What about bulk-selecting 100+ songs?– Edge cases
• Could this feed into Spotify’s existing recommendations?

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No research — this was a purely visual and functional exploration.

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I did it, not to fix Spotify...but to show how

I can work inside an existing system, extend it thoughtfully, and design a tiny interaction that might make someone’s day better.

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What I learned

• Working inside constraints can actually be fun
• Even small flows deserve thoughtful transitions
• Visual consistency matters more than cleverness
• You don’t need to start from scratch to make something feel new