Why Instagram’s Latest Update Is Giving MySpace Vibes
Instagram is taking you again to the early aughts.
The Meta-owned social media platform introduced a model new function Aug. 22 that enables customers to decide on songs to play on their Instagram profiles.
The function “lets you add music to your profile so you can curate your vibe,” Instagram mentioned in a press launch, “and lean into the early 2000s social media nostalgia.”
And followers had been fast to level out the similarities between Instagram’s music function and one which followers may use on MySpace again when that social platform was all the fashion.
“So in other words, “MySpace•stagram,” one user joked in the brand’s Instagram comments, with another writing, “this one is for the millennials i see.”
And one fan individual is hoping that MySpace’s iconic Top 8 Friend Tom Anderson is remembered for the contributions, saying, “MySpace is back baby!!! I hope Tom gets some royalties.”
Instagram additionally famous on their Creators account that the music choice will dwell in your profile, till you swap out the music, which you are able to do by going to the “Edit profile” part and tapping the “Add music to your profile.” But as with most platform updates, the function is slowly rolling out to all accounts.