--- title: Now You Can Judge Your Tinder Date Based On Musical Taste description: A new Spotify integration into your profile on the dating app will help users determine potential matches based on their song choices. canonical: https://time.com/4501770/spotify-tinder-date-music-taste/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-09-20T19:24:30.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:36:46.342Z og:title: Now You Can Judge Your Tinder Date By Their Music Taste og:description: Spotify is integrated into your Tinder profile, adding a sonic angle to swiping. og:url: https://time.com/4501770/spotify-tinder-date-music-taste/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt894ed7d8d0cd9d55/6988a6e1656a3f40dabcd2de/tinder.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2560 og:image:height: 1440 og:image:alt: Indian Dating Apps Tread Warily in Nation of Arranged Marriages og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Now You Can Judge Your Tinder Date By Their Music Taste twitter:description: Spotify is integrated into your Tinder profile, adding a sonic angle to swiping. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt894ed7d8d0cd9d55/6988a6e1656a3f40dabcd2de/tinder.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Now You Can Judge Your Tinder Date Based On Music Taste > Sponsored content. 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Sara Hylton—Bloomberg/Getty Images  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Sep 20, 2016 7:24 PM UTC Good news, [dating app users](http://time.com/4439084/tinder-online-dating-self-esteem/?iid=sr-link1): here’s one more filter to help narrow down your swipe-able options. Behemoth [matchmaking app Tinder](http://time.com/4269518/tinder-match-with-presidential-candidate-swipe-the-vote/?iid=sr-link2) has announced a partnership with Spotify, enabling users to sync the music streaming service to appear on their dating profile… and giving potential matches the ability to judge your music taste at will. There are two integrations: first, you can select an “anthem” that will be presented on your profile as your favorite song. And second, your top artists will now be publicly displayed for perusal by possible suitors. This is actually an excellent additional metric to apply to your swiping activities, as music choice is a nicely multidimensional change of pace from the superficiality of a select number of over-processed pics, and can [even predict compatibility.](http://techland.time.com/2011/04/13/tastebuds-fm-finds-your-musical-and-romantic-soulmate-for-you/?iid=sr-link2) But it also ups the ante on creating that perfect profile. “Welcome to a completely new sensory experience on Tinder,” the app [wrote on its blog.](http://blog.gotinder.com/tinder-is-swiping-up-the-volume-with-spotify/) Choose your anthem wisely. > [](https://twitter.com/jonoread/status/778273528395116544) > [](https://twitter.com/TheBabyGuyNYC/status/778291994103681024) > [](https://twitter.com/MisterLies/status/778242741302075392) > [](https://twitter.com/Spotify/status/778259437685501952) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4501770/spotify-tinder-date-music-taste/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4501770/spotify-tinder-date-music-taste/"},"headline":"Now You Can Judge Your Tinder Date Based On Music Taste","datePublished":"2016-09-20T19:24:30.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:36:46.342Z","description":"Choose your anthem wisely","url":"https://time.com/4501770/spotify-tinder-date-music-taste/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Innovation","Technology","Companies"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt894ed7d8d0cd9d55/6988a6e1656a3f40dabcd2de/tinder.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Raisa Bruner","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt894ed7d8d0cd9d55/6988a6e1656a3f40dabcd2de/tinder.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Indian Dating Apps Tread Warily in Nation of Arranged Marriages","caption":"The Tinder Inc. application icon is displayed on a smartphone in New Delhi, India, on July 29, 2016.","creditText":"Sara Hylton—Bloomberg/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4501770/spotify-tinder-date-music-taste/","name":"Now You Can Judge Your Tinder Date Based On Music Taste"}}]}] ```