Horribly integrated to iOS

Been dealing with this problem the entirety of using this app. It used to work better but since iOS11 things have gone downhill. Switching between apps or even going to the home screen causes the music to pause or just out right stop. It lags out and freezes intermittently. I didn’t think it could get any worse than it was, boy was I wrong. I get that google and Apple are competitors, but I’m not going to pay for several music streaming services when google play includes YouTube red. Debating just switching back to android solely over my issues with this app

EDIT: 11/15/17
I have recently started using the amazon music app, which has free music streaming for Prime members. I have not come across any of the same issues I have had with google play music. They also update their app pretty frequently, take note google. If you have amazon prime, I would recommend trying out their music app over this.

Funt Case about Google Play Music, v3.35.1010