Shortcuts trigger phrase conflicts with built-in Siri command

I have a shortcut called “Play A Favorite” to start music playback using custom commands (ie. a network call to a media player), when asking Siri to run this it tries to play through the Music app instead of triggering the shortcut.
What can I do to make Siri to trigger the shortcut instead of the built-in action?
Thanks!

I know this is probably obvious as an option, but you can use a different name / trigger phrase for your shortcut. Think of existing phrases as reserved for use by Apple. When Apple use them, they are baked in and you can’t really unbake things.

I’ve had Apple introduce a new phrase in the past that conflicted with an existing shortcut. So I had to rename and teach myself to use the new name instead. Definitely a first world problem.

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