Well of course my dear readers, it is a RANDOM PROJECT because how else do you cure boredom?

In 2021, Google announced it’s killing Play Music in favor of keeping Youtube Music, and boy was I mad. Not to mention the new Google Pixels were coming out, and Material Design is popping. So as all people do (I think) You design your own app in the delusional hope that Google is going to contact you after.

WHY??!! Because it’s confusing, it lacks a friendly User Experience, where are my device downloads, wait I need to click there? Wait I need to be online for this to work, hold up WHY IS THIS HOW I PLAY MUSIC, STOP WHY ARE YOU PLAYING THE VIDEO TOO!!! I just can’t, I am an avid Spotify User, not that I don’t have my fair share of complaints about that too.

Well, I’m glad you asked. It’s really simple, create an Android 12 Music App that is consistent with the new Material Design System Library. Of course, I’m only focusing on the Pixel phone, because that’s as much Material Design can get!

Of course this was a random project to fill my time for a bit, and use it as a learning experience, so I didn't dive too deep.

I asked a bunch of my musicophile friends, looked up reviews on youtube music to confirm my hatred, it was satisfying seeing all those negative reviews (ring… ring… This is Naram from 2025, Google has done some work on Youtube Music, it’s now a kinda great app… CLOSED) I don’t believe you 2025 Naram, anyways back to my findings. The Video and Music in one app was annoying, 5/7 people chose the music only platform. Design was too confusing, nothing made sense, it was just a train wreck.

I learned Material Design. You see Google had just released their new documentation for Material You, and I was in love, the shapes, the colors, everything about it was AMAZING, and it made me wonder, why haven't they created an app like this? So here I stand, on the edge of the design world, a fresh graduate with ideas that can shape… my phone mainly!

So it’s 2025, I still really like my design. I can see some flaws here and there, some modern ways of designing things, and of course new ideas that can make it even better, but it’s good to let lions sleep. I feel like I could have been a bit more creative in my approach, but the animations I had made and the overall vision I think still holds ground to this day. Good Job 2021 Me!

Wow you really made it this far, you might actually be interested in me? You should definitely CONTACT ME