Hi @Bustyzmom! Thanks for posting and sorry for any confusion.
It looks like you started a Premium Access session. In the past, free listeners and Plus subscribers were only able to look for artists and tracks in order to create radio stations. Now, if you search for and select the name of an artist, track, or album, you'll be brought to a "backstage page" where you can either create a radio station OR press play. If you press play you indicate that you'd like to listen to that content right away (or "on-demand"). Since on-demand listening is a feature for Premium subscribers, you will either see an ad for Premium, or be prompted to watch a video ad to unlock Premium access.
Once your session has started, you'll experience and view Premium features for the duration of the session. Keep in mind that upgrading to Premium or accepting Premium access is completely optional; you can close the ad and we'll create a station for you to listen to instead (if one is available).
When the session ends, you'll automatically be transitioned back to your free account.
Hope this helps to explain.
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