Thousands on Spotify report outage as Taylor Swift album drops


As many as 7,844 outages were reported by users across the global monitoring service Downdetector at 1.10am in New York after Spotify tweeted about Swift’s new album. — AFP

Thousands of users reported problems with accessing Spotify Technology SA, just minutes after popstar Taylor Swift’s latest album Midnights was released.

As many as 7,844 outages were reported by users across the global monitoring service Downdetector at 1.10am in New York after Spotify tweeted about the new album.

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