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. <EOS>