Taskbar icon in Windows 10 looks distorted

The taskbar icon in Windows 10 looks distorted around the edges. My screen resolution is 1920x1200. Any ideas?

I had this problem too. I just made my own spotify .ico and just changed the it to a clearer icon myself.

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