How to Play Music in Discord With Spotify
Discord features built-in support for Spotify and doesn’t require the installation of any additional software, bots, or hacks to activate this basic music-listening functionality.
Follow these steps to connect Discord and Spotify:
On your computer, open your preferred web browser, such as Firefox, Google Chrome, Brave, or Microsoft Edge, and go to the official Discord website. If you’re not still logged into Discord from a previous session, log in now. Click the User Settings icon from the lower-left corner of the screen. The User Settings icon is the one that looks like a gear. From the left menu, click Connections. Click the Spotify icon. The Spotify icon is the green circle with three black lines inside it. A small window will pop up. Log into your Spotify account via the Facebook button or by entering your Spotify username and password. After logging in, the small window should close, and Spotify will now appear as a connected service. Click X in the upper-right corner to return to the main Spotify screen. After the Discord Spotify connection has been made, the track you’re currently listening to on Spotify will automatically appear on your Discord profile. The option to invite other users to listen to what you’re listening to will also appear within the + button menu to the left of the chat’s text window. To use this new feature, simply click the + button, click Invite to Listen to Spotify, and then click Send Invite. You will need a Spotify Premium membership for this share functionality to work. Free and Premium Spotify users can accept your invitations and listen to your music though.
Why Connect Discord to Spotify?
Once connected, you can listen to other users’ music at the same time that they are, invite your friends to listen to what you’re listening to, and add even more functionality by letting users activate Spotify playlists within a server.
The option to invite other users to listen to what you’re listening to will also appear within the + button menu to the left of the chat’s text window.
How to Install a Spotify Discord Bot
A bot is like a mini-program that needs to be installed onto the main program. Once installed, this bot will add extra Spotify functionality to your Discord server that will let members activate certain functions by typing in text commands. Here’s how to connect the FredBoat music bot to Discord.
Log into Discord, then go to the Fredboat website and select Invite to Server. Click Select a Server. From the drop-down menu, click on the name of the Discord server you want to install the Spotify Discord bot on. Click Authorize. Check the I am human box. Select Login With Discord. Click the bot in Discord, then select Add to Server. Select the pop-up window to open a list of Fredboat bot commands you can use to play music. Alternatively, enter ;;commands all in the chat to see all Fredboat commands.
