Fan programs

What it is

Two connected fan-engagement features:

• Event content drops: an artist opens a "drop" on one of their shows. Fans who were there upload their photos and videos from the night; once the artist approves them, they appear in the fan gallery on the public event page. Fans need an Aden account, so every upload is attributed and feeds their fan status progress.
• Fan program: every artist gets a points-based fan status. Fans earn points by completing criteria: connecting Spotify as a lifetime fan, following the artist on Spotify/Instagram/TikTok/YouTube, using a song in their story, joining the mailing list, and sharing event content. At the points threshold they unlock the status. A sensible default set ships out of the box; the artist can rename the status (default "Superfan", or e.g. "Inner Circle"), change the threshold, tune points, and add their own criteria.

Using it

As an artist (team)

1. Go to Fans → Fan program in your team's audience tabs. A rail on the left (the same shell as account settings) holds three sections, driven by a ?section= query param: Program, Drops (badged with the number of uploads waiting) and Top fans.
2. Program: the status name, the points that unlock it, and what fans see, as three rows. The switch beside the title pauses the program. Under it, Ways to earn lists every rule with its points, how often a fan can earn it, and how many fans already have. The default set is seeded on first save; add your own rules (with an optional link for fans), or reset to the defaults.
3. Drops: the shows collecting fan media on the left, the uploads waiting for you on the right. Opening a drop picks an event and sets whether fans can send photos, videos or both, how many uploads each fan gets, and whether uploads go live immediately (auto-approve) or wait for review. Approving publishes the upload to the public event gallery and grants the fan their event-upload points; rejecting keeps it out.
4. Top fans: every fan with points, and who has unlocked the status.

As a fan

1. Visit the artist's fan status page (/@artist/fan-status) to see the criteria and your progress. You need an Aden account to earn points.
2. Complete criteria: follow links, mark them done, and use Verify on the Spotify connection (it checks your lifetime-fan Spotify link for real).
3. On a show's public event page, use Share your photos and videos to upload what you captured. Once the artist approves, your content shows in the fan gallery, and you earn points.
4. Reach the threshold and you unlock the artist's fan status.