diff --git a/database/music_database.py b/database/music_database.py
index b8702752..f058a02c 100644
--- a/database/music_database.py
+++ b/database/music_database.py
@@ -10515,6 +10515,32 @@ class MusicDatabase:
             logger.error(f"Error checking similar artists freshness: {e}")
             return False  # Default to re-fetching on error
 
+    def get_similar_artist_popularities(self, names, profile_id: int = 1):
+        """Map lowercased artist name -> max stored popularity (0-100) from ``similar_artists`` for
+        the given profile. Lets the Discover routes apply the adventurousness popularity-penalty at
+        request time (the stored listening-recs don't carry popularity inline). Fail-soft -> {}."""
+        out = {}
+        clean = [str(n).strip().lower() for n in (names or []) if str(n or '').strip()]
+        if not clean:
+            return out
+        try:
+            with self._get_connection() as conn:
+                cursor = conn.cursor()
+                placeholders = ','.join('?' for _ in clean)
+                cursor.execute(
+                    f"""SELECT LOWER(similar_artist_name) AS n, MAX(popularity) AS pop
+                        FROM similar_artists
+                        WHERE profile_id = ? AND LOWER(similar_artist_name) IN ({placeholders})
+                        GROUP BY LOWER(similar_artist_name)""",
+                    [profile_id] + clean,
+                )
+                for row in cursor.fetchall():
+                    if row['pop'] is not None:
+                        out[row['n']] = row['pop']
+        except Exception as e:
+            logger.debug(f"get_similar_artist_popularities failed: {e}")
+        return out
+
     def get_top_similar_artists(
         self,
         limit: int = 50,
diff --git a/web_server.py b/web_server.py
index 96033fbf..f0b4bfdc 100644
--- a/web_server.py
+++ b/web_server.py
@@ -29604,6 +29604,24 @@ def get_discover_listening_recommendations():
         except (ValueError, TypeError):
             stored = []
 
+        # Adventurousness re-rank (aurral-style): enrich popularity at request time (the stored recs
+        # don't carry it inline, so this works on existing data), then push globally-popular picks
+        # down per the user's dial. level 0 -> unchanged. Fail-soft: any hiccup leaves the order.
+        try:
+            level = float(config_manager.get('discovery.adventurousness', 0.3) or 0)
+        except (TypeError, ValueError):
+            level = 0.0
+        if level > 0 and stored:
+            try:
+                pops = database.get_similar_artist_popularities([a.get('name') for a in stored])
+                for a in stored:
+                    if a.get('popularity') is None:
+                        a['popularity'] = pops.get((a.get('name') or '').strip().lower())
+                from core.discovery.listening_recommendations import apply_adventurousness
+                stored = apply_adventurousness(stored, level)
+            except Exception as _adv_err:
+                logger.debug(f"adventurousness re-rank skipped: {_adv_err}")
+
         result_artists = []
         for a in stored:
             name = a.get('name')