Spotify Reels
Spotify didn't have reels, so I made my own
Why?
I have this weird habit of scrolling through reels while I work or when I am walking.. In those cases I am just listening to the songs in those reels and not actually watching them. But as you can imagine, it's not the best experience.
So I thought why not build an app where I can basically scroll through songs like I do in reels.
And that's how this app came to life. Using a combination of nextjs, tailwindcss, last fm api and of course spotify api, I turned this stupid idea into a reality.
Flow
It starts with you choosing a genre.
and then basically you just scroll through the songs. It supports three types of gestures.
- Swipe left to get a random song.
- Swipe right to get more songs from the same artist.
- Swipe up to get more songs from the same genre. (with a 20-80 split between exploration and exploitation)
That's basically it. No rocket science, just a fun project to work on.