IPhone stops playing when I switch apps or lock screen

The subject says it all. Recently updated phone to iOS 8.1, noticed this problem today. Spotify will stop playing the track as soon as I leave the app (regardless of how I leave it), and refuses to play unless I'm in the application.
Looked through the forums... seems like some people had this problem a while ago, but nothing super recent. Thoughts beyond uninstalling/reinstalling? Really don't want to have to wait for all of my music to redownload to be stored locally if possible.
Thanks in advance for any assistance!

Hi there and welcome to the Spotify Community.
Today I experienced exactly the same.
Spotify was playing well, then I tried to play a video on Facebook. At that point Spotify automatically pauses, but when I resumed playing, I needed to keep the Spotify app opened, because when I open another app it stops playing.
For me to solve this problem was close the Spotify app and re-open it.
I had this problem only when there's another app wanting to play something, so I think the problem isn't at Spotify.
If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask

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