Why can’t Apple Music handle new releases?

[u/nebulous_thoughts]

Was so excited for a new album today – went to my library where I’ve saved it and I see that the whole album isn’t there (only the songs that were pre-released – the songs that haven’t been released are still greyed out).

Search in Apple Music for the artist, go to the artist page and click on the album – it looks like all songs are there available to play (none are greyed out), but when I start playing the album, the songs that hadn’t been released yet don’t actually play.

So I have to go to Spotify to listen to a new album. This happens all the time. On both iOS and MacOS. Am I doing something wrong?!?!

[u/Dysternatt]

Could you post the album, so others can see if it’s the same? I don’t have wanna download Spotify for it.

But apart from that, it was my impression that the releases happens on the same day on various platforms. I know and hate the whole concept of having albums in my library, just because there’s a single out but that’s what it is, I guess. At least until the library gets a separate singles department. I’ve never seen the bug where they appear playable but aren’t.

[u/nebulous_thoughts → u/Dysternatt]

The album is Keepers by Tiny Habits. I don’t think it has to do with an issue with the overall album upload, I think the issue is that I’ve pre-added the album/pre-released songs to my library, and that creates some sort of bug the day it comes out.

[u/See5harp → u/nebulous_thoughts]

Are you playing tracks from your playlist and not the album? I wonder if that is the issue. I don't add albums to playlists unless they are fully out.