{"id":9757,"date":"2016-03-18T15:00:11","date_gmt":"2016-03-18T15:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/?p=9757"},"modified":"2016-03-15T16:30:54","modified_gmt":"2016-03-15T16:30:54","slug":"sam-hunt-uses-spotify-to-give-fan-a-big-surprise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/sam-hunt-uses-spotify-to-give-fan-a-big-surprise\/","title":{"rendered":"Sam Hunt Uses Spotify To Give Fan A Big Surprise"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>Spotify and Sam Hunt\u00a0recently teamed up to give this fan a once-in-a-lifetime surprise treat.<\/h4>\n<p>Spotify have begun treating some megafans lately by tracking who they love and giving the early tickets access and merchandise. When they teamed up with Sam Hunt however they took it a step further to truly reward one of Hunt&#8217;s big fans for her devotion to the Country artist.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/SamHuntMusic\/status\/708310491102363648<\/p>\n<p>As if the lucky Annie Featherstone would say no she went along to his concert where her and her friend were treated to backstage access where they got to meet Hunt and talk to him. Here&#8217;s her tweet to prove that, yes, Spotify helped this fan meet their favourite artist.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Today <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MeganFev?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@MeganFev<\/a> and I got to meet <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SamHuntMusic?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SamHuntMusic<\/a> thanks so much <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SpotifyUK?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SpotifyUK<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/samhunt?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#samhunt<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/spotify?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#spotify<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/C2C2016?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#C2C2016<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gIBXEcOvn3\">pic.twitter.com\/gIBXEcOvn3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Annie Featherstone (@AnnieFev89) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AnnieFev89\/status\/708715287407927296?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 12, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Whilst this doesn&#8217;t mean that you can just go and stream your favourite artist non-stop on Spotify and they&#8217;ll let you meet them, this is a sign that Spotify are making some bold moves with user-interaction. If there&#8217;s one thing we&#8217;ve learnt about Spotify in the past year it&#8217;s that they love making their users happy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spotify and Sam Hunt\u00a0recently teamed up to give this fan a once-in-a-lifetime surprise treat. Spotify have begun treating some megafans lately by tracking who they love and giving the early tickets access and merchandise. When they teamed up with Sam Hunt however they took it a step further to truly reward one of Hunt&#8217;s big fans for her devotion to the Country artist. https:\/\/twitter.com\/SamHuntMusic\/status\/708310491102363648 As if the lucky Annie Featherstone would say no she went along to his concert where her and her friend were treated to backstage access where they got to meet Hunt and talk to him. 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