Music has become an important part of this global quarantine period, and Spotify’s recent rising metrics demonstrate this. After several months of testing, the most popular streaming service begins to massively implement a new function dedicated to engagement with the platform: the lyrics display in real time during song playback.
This new feature will reach these 26 countries in Southeast Asia and Latin America from Tuesday June 30: Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Chile, Mexico, Peru, Bolivia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, India, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, El Salvador, Uruguay, Vietnam, the Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Taiwan, Singapore, and Hong Kong.
According to Spotify, this new option will be activated at 9 in the morning in Peru (10 AM EST) and arrives in a joint work with the MusixMatch, one of the most important providers of letters on the Internet. Until a few months ago, “Behind the Lyrics” tests failed to reach all users, and the change of strategy became necessary.
Until a few years ago, users could access the lyrics of various songs through an agreement established between Spotify and MusixMatch, but that benefit was withdrawn in 2016.
As with the legal issues of music, the lyrics go through a complicated process of copyright for their correct distribution on digital platforms other than Spotify. LyricFindr was sued by Genius in 2019 for $ 50 million, accused of stealing letters from his services.
Then, Genius, current MusixMatch partner for Spotify data, trapped LyricFindr with a system of apostrophes in the verses of the songs stored in his system, a technique close to the “watermark” in images.
Starting this June 30, from your Android or iOS application, You can find an option to see the lyrics of the song you listen to in real time.
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