If your Instagram Stories have been flooding with Creed’s“Higher”as a song suggestion for everything from your dinner to your dog, you’re not losing it. Instagram confirmed to CNN that the 1999 rock hit was recommended to more users than intended, and engineers are working on a fix. The company says it’s a mistake, not some elaborate Meta plot to bring back late-90s rock radio.
The song suggestions are supposed to work off signals like your past activity and what’s actually in your photo. A picture of a caesar salad or your cat should not be triggering“Higher,”but here we are. Users have been cracking jokes about it for weeks, and honestly, the memes have been top tier.
One thing Instagram wants to be clear about: Soulja Boy’s“Turn My Swag On”also popping up everywhere is not a glitch. That one is just genuinely popular on the platform. So one is a bug and one is a bop. What’s the weirdest song suggestion your Instagram has ever given you? Drop it in the comments.
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