SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DISCOVERY OF MEDIA ITEMS THROUGH DESCRIPTORS

A computer system associated with a media-providing service obtains a set of text descriptors from a plurality of media items in a pool of media items personalized for a first user. The system selects, from the set of text descriptors, a first text descriptor using first criteria and a second text descriptor using second criteria. The system causes an application associated with the media-providing service, executing on a client device of the first user, to concurrently display a first option for playing back a first playlist of media items associated with the first text descriptor and a second option for playing back a second playlist of media items associated with the second text descriptor. In response to receiving selection by the first user of the first option, the system provides, to the application, media items from the first playlist of media items associated with the first text descriptor.