Did @YouTube 's recommendations got broken or smtn?
Nowadays next vid to autoplay's autoplay will send you back to where you started like a closed loop.
"Ending up in the weird part of YT" memories aside I can't use it to play music with it as a random playlist anymore.
Hmm, that's strange. Have you tried clearing your cache & cookies and restarting your phone/computer? If you've tried all possible steps, share more details in a feedback report using these steps: https://yt.be/help/feedback . That helps us identify and fix widespread issues.