How To Get Lyrics on Spotify

For online music streaming, Spotify is a great choice. It is available on most devices, and has over 75 million current users. You can stream music for free or get a premium subscription with added features. Spotify has recently added another great feature to its already amazing desktop app.

Did you know that you can also get the lyrics of your favorite songs right on the Spotify desktop app? Spotify has partnered with Musixmatch to power this new feature and so far, lyrics of more than 9 million songs are available and more are being added.

In this tutorial, we are going to show you how to access and use the newly added lyrics feature of Spotify.

Access Lyrics on Spotify

Before we get started, you should know that this feature is only available on the desktop client of Spotify. It is not available on mobile versions of the app, but may get integrated if the desktop feature is a success.

To access the Lyrics, you first need to play a song for which you would like to see the lyrics. You can just search for the song or play one from your playlist. Next to the music player, you will see a new button “Lyrics”. Just click on it and the lyrics of the current song will appear in the middle of the app.

You will see currently playing lines highlighted, and the next lines right below them. The new lines will be highlighted as soon as they are played, and with a quite accurate timing.

Interacting with Lyrics

Now that you can see the lyrics, it is time to customize some options for a better experience. On the bottom left side of the playing Lyrics, you will see an option of “Settings”, click on it. Here you can specify the size of the lines according to your comfort. You can also turn on/off the background if you think it is a bit distracting.

You will also see a button “EDIT LYRICS”, which will actually let you edit the lyrics. If you think that the lyrics are not correct or the play time and lyrics displayed are not synced properly, you can easily edit it. You will be provided with all the instructions to edit the lyrics, all you need to do is do it right. However, make sure you know what you are doing and can edit it accurately.

If you do find a problem and don’t want to edit it yourself, you also have the option to report it. Just click on “Report” right next to “EDIT LYRICS” option and you will see three problems to report. Wrong Lyrics, Wrong Timing and Wrong Photos,  just select what is wrong and it will be reported.

You can also interact with lyrics shown just like any other text, you can easily highlight any part and even copy it.

Karar Haider
Categories: Computers
Tags: Spotify