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:

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.