Lyrics

Synced lyrics that tint as they're sung, from your files or found online.

Opening the lyrics

On Now Playing, open More → Lyrics, or tap the visualizer. B goes back. While the lyrics are on screen, the player doesn't go to sleep by itself.

• Synced lyrics: the current line stays centered and fills with color as it's sung. Long instrumental parts show three dots that fill up until the voice returns.
• Unsynced lyrics: they scroll along with the song; ↑/↓, your finger or the wheel scroll them by hand.

Where lyrics come from

1. The version you picked by hand.
2. A .lrc file with the song's name, next to it or in a lyrics folder.
3. The file's tags: ID3 SYLT and USLT, LYRICS in FLAC and Ogg, ©lyr in M4A.
4. LRCLIB, a free online lyrics database (looked up by title, artist and duration).
5. Unsynced lyrics from a .txt or the tags.

Lyrics found online are saved, so each song is looked up once. Songs LRCLIB marks as instrumental show INSTRUMENTAL.

Choosing another version and the timing

• START → Choose lyrics lists every version: local files, the tags, every LRCLIB match (with album and duration) and No lyrics. Your choice is remembered for that song.
• ↑/↓ move synced lyrics 0.5 seconds sooner or later; Offset in the menu resets it. The offset is saved per song.

Lyrics on the radio

Stations that send their title as “Artist - Song” get lyrics too. Synced lyrics count from when the title changed; stations often send it a few seconds late, so nudge the timing with ↑/↓.

Staying offline

Settings → Lyrics from the web off: only your files and tags are used.