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Instagram users have been noticing an unexpected trend as Creed’s 1999 hit “Higher” keeps appearing in their recommended music for Instagram Stories.
The unusual recommendations sparked confusion and jokes online, with users questioning why the platform's algorithm seemed obsessed with the rock band.
Instagram has since confirmed that the song was being recommended more frequently than intended and says it is investigating the issue.

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00:00Is Instagram really trying to get users to listen to more Creed?
00:03Stay tuned for what an Instagram rep actually had to say.
00:06So you know how when you go to post an Instagram story,
00:08Instagram typically recommends a song that you should use.
00:10And a lot of Instagram users noted that no matter what they were posting,
00:14Instagram kept recommending the song Hire by Creed.
00:18So many people were taking to social media to complain about this,
00:20that CNN actually reached out to Instagram.
00:23And a spokesperson commented and said that they did look into it.
00:26And they found that for some reason, the song was actually being recommended to people
00:30more than it was intended to.
00:31So to answer my first question, yes, Instagram really is trying to get people to listen to more Creed.
00:35So now I want to know, did you experience this?
00:38What are your thoughts about this?
00:39Let it out in the comments.
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