Apple Music defaults to alphabetical

Hi Korvomonte,

Thank you for participating in the Apple Support Communities. We understand Apple Music will play music in alphabetical order even though you always change it to shuffle. If you're having trouble with the shuffle feature, this article has some information that may help: How to shuffle music on your iPhone - Apple Support.

"You can ask Siri to turn shuffle on or off. Or you can manually turn shuffle on or off in the Apple Music app.

Ask Siri to shuffle music

You can easily turn shuffle on or off by asking Siri. Just say something like:

• "Hey Siri, shuffle this album."
• "Hey Siri, play my roadtrip playlist shuffled."
• "Hey Siri, shuffle all of my songs."
• "Hey Siri, turn off shuffle."

Learn more ways you can use Siri to play and control music.

How to shuffle an album or playlist

1. Open the Apple Music app.
2. Open an album or playlist.
3. At the top of an album or playlist, tap the Shuffle button.

You can't turn off shuffle from here. Learn how to turn off shuffle.

How to shuffle all songs or albums in your library

1. Open the Apple Music app.
2. At the bottom of your screen, tap Library.
3. Tap Songs or Albums.
4. At the top of Songs or Albums, tap the Shuffle button.

You can't turn off shuffle from here. Learn how to turn off shuffle.

How to turn off shuffle

1. Tap the song that's playing at the bottom of your screen.
2. Tap the Playing Next button  in the lower-right corner.

3. Tap the Shuffle button  to turn Shuffle Off.

When the Shuffle button isn't highlighted, shuffle is turned off.

If you don't see the Shuffle button

• Update your iPhone to the latest version of iOS.
• You can't shuffle music in your Autoplay queue. If you're autoplaying music, the Shuffle button disappears. Learn more about Autoplay.
• Shuffle isn't available in the Apple Music Classical app.

Learn how to shuffle music on more devices

• Shuffle music on your Mac or PC."

Take care.