Spotify Twists Spotify Logo Into Green Disco Ball for 20th Anniversary

Spotify logo just got a temporary makeover for the company’s 20th anniversary. The app icon now turns the familiar emblem into a green disco ball, while the original three soundwave lines stay in place. The change is part of 20 days of user data drops, and it is already splitting opinion.

Spotify’s Green Disco Ball

The new icon swaps Spotify’s usual look for a green disco ball while keeping the three soundwave lines from the original design. That gives the anniversary mark enough continuity to read instantly as Spotify, but the mirrored-ball treatment pushes it far from the app icon people open every day.

Spotify tied the icon to its 20th anniversary campaign and framed it as a temporary design. That matters for anyone who checks the app on muscle memory, because the icon now signals a celebratory event rather than a permanent brand reset.

Reddit Reacts Quickly

The reaction was immediate and divided. One Reddit user wrote, "It’s ugly but I like it. Everything is so perfectly sterile and over-considered lately. Give me weird vibes and feelings any day over cold data-driven design insights."

Another wrote, "Very much giving 'late 2000s Mountain Dew Gamer'," while a third said, "Just poorly done. The lighting doesn’t make any sense to me and ruins what could’ve been a decent temporary icon."

Those comments show the same fault line most visible brand changes hit first: some users will treat the icon as playful, while others will read it as a step too far from the familiar mark they rely on to find the app fast.

Spotify’s 20-Day Drop

The icon arrived alongside 20 days of user data drops for the anniversary. That makes the design less like a standalone tweak and more like one piece of a broader campaign built to keep attention on Spotify’s 20th year.

The practical question for users is whether the disco-ball treatment sticks. Spotify presented it as a temporary anniversary icon, so the design is being used as a timed marker rather than a replacement for the standard app identity.