Dating app Bumble now lets you swipe based on Spotify taste

Imagine this: You've just spent a month of your valuable time dating someone you think you really like. Then you discover that their favorite band is Chumbawamba.

Now Bumble, the dating app that puts women in charge by letting them make the first move, is trying to take away any possibility of that nightmare. 

The dating app has teamed up with Spotify to reveal a potential date's musical preferences before you swipe right. Because it's impossible to "match" with someone who doesn't share your exact same taste in music, right? Right.

The new feature will roll out over the next few weeks. If you connect your Spotify account to your Bumble profile, potential matches will see your most listened-to artists; if they've also activated the feature, you'll see the same. 

But if it's actually you who secretly loves to get down to some "Tubthumping" now and then, fear not: You can choose to hide certain embarrassing artists from your own Spotify history.

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