System and method for use of cyclic play queues in a media content environment

An electronic device associated with a media streaming service, the electronic device comprising:

• one or more processors;
• and
• memory storing instructions for execution by the one or more processors, including instructions for:
• maintaining a play queue for a first user that is initially populated with a list of media content items to be played by a media device, the initially populated list of media content items including one or more media content items added by the first user and one or more media content items derived from an underlying context, wherein the underlying context initially corresponds to a first playlist;
• receiving a request from the first user to change the underlying context from the first playlist to a second playlist different from the first playlist;
• and
• in response to the request from the first user to change the underlying context from the first playlist to the second playlist, maintaining, in the play queue, the one or more media content items added by the first user while changing the underlying context from the first playlist to the second playlist.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions for execution by an electronic device associated with a media streaming service, the non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions for:

• maintaining a play queue for a first user that is initially populated with a list of media content items to be played by a media device, the initially populated list of media content items including one or more media content items added by the first user and one or more media content items derived from an underlying context, wherein the underlying context initially corresponds to a first playlist;
• receiving a request from the first user to change the underlying context from the first playlist to a second playlist different from the first playlist;
• and
• in response to the request from the first user to change the underlying context from the first playlist to the second playlist, maintaining, in the play queue, the one or more media content items added by the first user while changing the underlying context from the first playlist to the second playlist.