A method comprising: receiving a play request; determining whether the play request is ambiguous, wherein an ambiguous play request lacks an identification of a media content item to play; determining an account associated with the play request; identifying playback state information of the account, wherein the playback state information of the account is data regarding playback of media content items associated with the account; responsive to determining that the play request is ambiguous, determining whether to play a suspended media content item, wherein determining whether to play the suspended media content item includes: determining, using the playback state information, that playback of the suspended media content item has been suspended for a suspend time; determining to initiate playback of an alternate media content item based on determining that the suspend time does not satisfy a threshold, wherein the alternate media content item is a media content item other than the suspended media content item; and determining to initiate playback of the suspended media content item based on determining that the suspend time satisfies the threshold; responsive to determining to initiate playback of the alternate media content item, initiating playback of the alternate media content item; and responsive to determining to initiate playback of the suspended media content item, initiating playback of the suspended media content item. receiving a play request; determining whether the play request is ambiguous, wherein an ambiguous play request lacks an identification of a media content item to play; determining an account associated with the play request; identifying playback state information of the account, wherein the playback state information of the account is data regarding playback of media content items associated with the account; responsive to determining that the play request is ambiguous, determining whether to play a suspended media content item, wherein determining whether to play the suspended media content item includes: determining, using the playback state information, that playback of the suspended media content item has been suspended for a suspend time; determining to initiate playback of an alternate media content item based on determining that the suspend time does not satisfy a threshold, wherein the alternate media content item is a media content item other than the suspended media content item; and determining to initiate playback of the suspended media content item based on determining that the suspend time satisfies the threshold; determining, using the playback state information, that playback of the suspended media content item has been suspended for a suspend time; determining to initiate playback of an alternate media content item based on determining that the suspend time does not satisfy a threshold, wherein the alternate media content item is a media content item other than the suspended media content item; and determining to initiate playback of the suspended media content item based on determining that the suspend time satisfies the threshold; responsive to determining to initiate playback of the alternate media content item, initiating playback of the alternate media content item; and responsive to determining to initiate playback of the suspended media content item, initiating playback of the suspended media content item.