Apple Music Shuffle, 'Shuffling' off to other artists when I think it should be Shuffling one artist.

What happened with Apple Music Shuffle?


While listening to Nirvana (and other artists too) Music suddenly 'Shuffled' to JS Bach (ie: stopped Shuffling the Artist I selected). Um, points for style, but not at all what I was thinking Shuffle would do.


Basically it seems that Shuffle in an Artist is broken. The Shuffle icon is red, and nothing I do will turn it off, and apparently nothing will stop Music from grabbing another Artist collection. I even turned Shuffle off in the Control menu, and it STILL grabbed a different Artist. It seems that when Shuffle is turned on or off, when an Album is done, it grabs a different artist completely, even though there are other albums in that Artist available, and just starts playing that different Artist.


I'm rather disappointed and unimpressed with the apparent lack of control over Shuffle now. Prior to what was apparently an update, the Shuffle icon in an Artist kept the Artist tracks in the Shuffle play consistently, and it seems to have stopped working.


What happened, and what do I do to get the 'old way' back?


Thanks...

Posted on Nov 20, 2025 4:42 AM

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Posted on Dec 10, 2025 12:24 AM

Apple Music recently changed Shuffle so that shuffling from an Artist page triggers Autoplay, causing music to flow into other artists. To restore the old “shuffle only this artist” behavior, turn off Autoplay (∞), start shuffle from a filtered Songs list or Smart Playlist, and avoid the Artist-page Shuffle button.

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Dec 10, 2025 12:24 AM in response to RealGonzoid

Apple Music recently changed Shuffle so that shuffling from an Artist page triggers Autoplay, causing music to flow into other artists. To restore the old “shuffle only this artist” behavior, turn off Autoplay (∞), start shuffle from a filtered Songs list or Smart Playlist, and avoid the Artist-page Shuffle button.

Dec 10, 2025 6:53 AM in response to azaksalmarzur28

Thanks. Why would Apple 'hide' that setting? It apparently is turned on by default too, so thanks for that Apple programmers. And it's not closely 'related music' too. When does classical orchestra music become related to today's grunge music? In the opinion of Autoplay.


IMO: Apple - MAKE THIS A MORE OBVIOUS SETTING, PLEASE... (Or better yet, kill Autoplay altogether)

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