Lyrics Apple Music iOS 14 not showing

Ever since I updated my iPhone to iOS 14 I can’t see lyrics anymore on Apple Music. Just before the update I could see the lyrics on the same songs, but ever since the update it stopped. What’s the problem? Is there a solution for this?

Posted on Sep 30, 2020 1:50 PM

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Posted on Nov 27, 2020 4:40 AM

Hey guys,

im just as frustrated as you if not more but

One thing that I ask is PLEASE NO ONE MARK “Problem Solved”!!!! The problem IS NOT SOLVED. Right now there is a glitch in Apple Music that the only way you can see the lyrics is by “Turning Increase Contrast OFF” (which btw I always turn on and have since it was an option years ago.) I’ll put a pic in of the difference. People are writing PROBLEM SOLVED BUT ITS NOT SOLVED. You have to turn another useful function of your iPhone off so lyrics come up on the Apple Music App. Very weird and I’m VERY SURPRISED that APPLE HAS NOT FIXED THIS YET!!!! I woke up with a 14.2.1 update and I was thinking 🤔 “ok this has to fix it because people have been complaining about it since iOS14 came out”. STILL NO FIX!!!! So if everyone could keep writing to Apple they are gonna fix it because that’s why I get Apple Music, it has the lyrics!!!

The 1st picture is what you have to turn off for lyrics to work. And I put a 2nd pic under to show u what your screens look like without increase contrast on!!!! APPLE NEEDS TO FIX THIS BAD. Needs to be their #1 priority.

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Jun 13, 2021 3:11 PM in response to dmsdws

I had the same problem but only with certain albums. I tried everything in this thread, nothing worked. I ended up deleting all of the albums without lyrics and redownloading all of them and the lyrics are back. May not work for all, but if it does great. By the way, I have all of my music backed up in the cloud, this may not be a possibility for anyone who may have to purchase the albums again. Can’t really think of a reason why you would have to do that, but just FYI. Good luck.

Nov 13, 2020 10:29 PM in response to Micah D.

Yes. You can actually submit a feedback in Apple Music’s page. Link: https://www.apple.com/feedback/apple-music.html

would suggest everyone to take a minute to report this issue if it’s important for you. I even talked to customer support regarding this and they acknowledged the issue- but for some reason there is no promise that it’d get fixed. All they said was to wait- it’s not good service when I’m paying a premium for Apple Music unlike free services like iMessage. I feel they should have taken my complaint seriously and given a promise instead of asking me to wait until the music team updates. Pathetic

Nov 27, 2020 4:48 AM in response to Micah D.

Very True BUT DONT MARK IT WITH “Solved” because it isn’t solved. I love and have always turned on increase contrast because in the menu the background is dark grey and everything is so much easier to see. They never had a problem before so I hope they fix this!!!!

See how much better it looks with the increase contrast “ON” above?!?!


Heres another Picture of what it looks like Now when you have to “TURN OFF” INCREASE CONTRAST:

I think it’s a big problem and I hope they fix it lol.


Nov 28, 2020 10:26 AM in response to corbin167


If you can play explicit songs but only cant see the lyrics please try these steps.

-Close music app in backround

-Open apple books app

-If u dont have download from AppStore

-Search for Oliver Twist book by Charles Dickens

-Open book , you dont need to download, just tap sample button and swipe 10-15 pages

-Then open music app and play explicit song and tap lyrics button , then booom , it sounds silly but it’s like magic

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