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As of version 8.8.20.544 and the version prior to that has caused the lyrics from my personal playlist in my device 'Samsung-SMJ250F' to disappear, at first I thought it was brcause the songs were old but way older songs still had lyrics
The playlist is a private playlist featuring all songs of 'DragonForce'
and after the update none of the songs had lyrics.
I love listening to Taylor Swift, but all the lyrics are gone, like many of the rest of you. I would love to have them back. I updated Spotify today, and the lyrics were gone. Then, they were back on the same song where they had been gone. When it went to the next song, they were gone again.
Thanks!
i listen to music 24/7, always listening to new music and wanting to learn the lyrics. so you can see why it is highly irritating when MOST songs say “couldn't load the lyrics for this song”. i’ve uninstalled the app, i’ve logged out, i’ve deleted downloads, i’ve cleared the cache, i’ve even made more storage available on my phone in case it wasn’t a spotify issue. news flash it is. i genuinely miss being able to see lyrics for every single song (except for the songs that never had lyrics to begin with which is understandable bc there’s loads of songs & less popular artists). i once cleared the cache and logged out and it worked for two songs and went right back to the couldn’t load **bleep**. and when it shows the “couldn’t load lyrics for this song” i KNOW the lyrics were there for that song before this started happening. also it’s not every single song, sometimes it’s selective but it is usually almost every single song and this never ever happened to me before the new updates had started. i don’t mean to sound rude but this has been going on for awhile and it’s just annoying. it would definitely be highly appreciated if spotify could fix this issue.
examples:
When this will be resolved??
Plan
Premium
Country
Romania
Device
Realme c53
Operating System
Windows 10
My Question or Issue
This problem is the same on pc and phone i tried reinstalling it didint work but one time an admin gave me another account and the lyrics worked ,i tried creating another account and it didint work help
Some songs have lyrics but 70% don't
hi there, ive just noticed that a few months ago almost every song had lyrics to them, but recently the lyrics just come up as unavailable, i was just wondering if you could bring them back. thank you 🙂
Hola buenas tardes, últimamente tengo el problema de que no me aparecen las letras de algunas canciones me aparece un mensaje que dice " no fue posible cargar la letra de esta canción" y de verdad es un problema para mí, ya que en otros dispositivos si carga.
PD: tengo la última actualización de Spotify.
Hello, the lyrics are normally still available.
Do you have an example of songs where the lyrics were there for you and are no longer there?
Does this affect all songs or only certain songs?
Do you have Spotify premium?
For me what’s happened on mobile lately is that for some songs the little tab at bottom of player that usually contains Lyrics now contains Artist Info, and there is no way to access the lyrics at all. You’d think View Lyrics would be a menu option after tapping 3-dot button in upper right corner of player window, but nope. Lyrics are entirely unavailable if that little tab at bottom of player window contains artist info instead of lyrics. Very annoying & very easy to fix, but will it ever be?
Hey guys! I am a musixmatch curator (aka a curator that gets paid to write the lyrics that get synched to spotify). Many lyrics are removed for various reasons… but the “not loading” error isn’t fully faulted on musixmatch. Some songs you are talking about, such as Eminem’s are removed, not for profanity, but usually for licenses, deals, etc. Or, the artist or their label hid them manually. As for the not loading issue, I suggest updating your app, or logging in/out again. You can also try restarting your phone or internet connection.
Hopefully that’ll help.
Regards,
Bryce
Hello delysid23,
This is actually not normal, you should have the lyrics.
This may be a specific modification to cars with the intention of not displaying them. Probably the case if you have the lyrics on a medium other than your car.
Afterwards it can also be your account, it seems to me that the lyrics are only available for users with Spotify premium, for some time.
Hello bryce19,
Unfortunately the problem here is not related, the example of music given, like Adele "Skyfall" are song where the lyrics are perfectly available both on Spotify and on Musixmatch.
This is therefore not a case of lyric restricted, but probably a limitation specific to cars, or software.
Hey NicolasDA, what device are you on? I am on my iPhone 15 pro, and see the lyrics for that song fine. Also, lyrics aren’t on cars.. not sure where you heard that. It is a distraction to drivers.
Plan
Free
Country
Philippines
Operating System
Windows 10
My Question or Issue
Why almost all the songs doesn't have a lyrics. The only songs that have a lyrics are some songs that is in my playlist
Plan
Free
Country
France
Device
(Samsung Galaxy S21 FE)
Operating System
(Android)
My Question or Issue
Why there's a lot of songs wich the lyrics are missing ?
this is honestly annoying and it's only been occurring recently for me. this occurs for both mobile and desktop
The same problem.
Songs had lyrics. The feature worked well.
Last few months are no lyrics available . (Ellie Goulding, Sugababes, Jessie J, OneDirection, Kylie Minoque,...)
I dont understand, why Spotify still have this big bug so long time in their system.
Lyrics are unavailable in mobile Android app, Windows desktop app and webBrowser.
Hello gn2B and sinotipe,
What you describe sounds like a common "catalogue issue" problem.
The causes that can lead to this type of problem are multiple, but in short it is the fact that the lyrics are no longer properly linked to the Spotify music.
This is the most common and easily solvable problem :
If there are no other specific issues, then the lyrics will be available for viewing on Spotify within 24 to 72 hours.
I know that doing this is certainly a little longer than filling out a form, but you will be sure that the problem will really be corrected.
Thank you for reading.
Thank you.
I wrote message in Musixmatch.
Here is the answer:
"Tim
I refreshed them all now but checking now I see the lyrics fine, so I think this may be a location based restriction coming from outside of Musixmatch"
Plan
Free
Country
Hong Kong, China
Device
Gigabyte G5 ME
Operating System
Windows 11
My Question or Issue
For up to a few months at this point, no lyrics are displayed for some of the songs I play.
https://community.spotify.com/t5/Desktop-Windows/Spotify-lyrics-not-showing/m-p/5656243
This post is most relevant to my issue, but there are only unhelpful answers.
From this post, I also see that others are having the same issue as me recently too.
I tried clearing the cache of my Spotify app, I even tried uninstalling and reinstalling the app. It did not work. Somehow, the lyrics don't even show on the website client.
As can be seen, it only displays the default message for when there are no lyrics for a song.
I have also seen some claiming it is because of Musixmatch unable to provide lyrics that Spotify can't display lyrics too. That is far from the fact, as seen below:
https://www.musixmatch.com/lyrics/Post-Malone-feat-21-Savage/rockstar
It is also to note that it is for a select few of my songs. Some of my songs are still able to play normally, despite the fact that both the songs able to display lyrics and the songs unable are both on Musixmatch.
Another observation is that the songs on Musixmatch but unable to display lyrics has a microphone icon, but merely displays the "lyrics not working" screen. Some less popular songs not on Musixmatch do not have that option at all.
Seeking assistance. Thanks in advance.
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