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 5, 2020 9:47 PM

It 100% solved the problem for me. With Increase Contrast on I saw lyrics in dark mode but NOT in light mode. With Increase Contrast off, I see lyrics in both modes.


This is a bug on Apple's side, there is no "solution" to this problem other than Apple fixing the bug. For some people (such as myself), turning Increase resolution OFF fixes the issue. For others (such as you, apparently) it does not fix the issue. And for many others this isn't an issue at all, lyrics show up regardless of the setting for Increase Contrast or the setting for light/dark mode.


This is an Apple problem, not a settings problem


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Mar 21, 2021 9:33 AM in response to dmsdws

Hey! I was having this same problem but after some searching I managed to fix it. When you click on the song that you want the lyrics for (navigate to the menu where you would pause or skip the song), on the bottom of the screen there is 3 buttons, on the bottom left there is a button with a speech bubble and this symbol: “, inside the bubble. Click that button and the lyrics should show up. This fixed it for me, let me know if it works!

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.

Aug 16, 2021 11:43 AM in response to autiger1960

autiger1960 wrote:
This has nothing to do with Dark or Light Mode, nothing to do with Contrast! The lyrics button on the bottom left is Gray (deactivated) for every song.

Agree. But I'll clarify: I'm on iPadOS 13.7. I have been on this OS version for a long time, and earlier on the same OS version the lyrics of the song were available. Now the lyrics for some songs (but not all) are no longer available. Therefore, I don't think this is a problem of any particular OS version. The problem appeared on the same OS version that did not have this problem before.


liagnecarl
Just go to Screen Time and turn off Content and Privacy Restrictions. Your music lyrics should show afterwards

It has nothing to do with Screen Time at all. It's amazing what kind of absurd versions one can find in this thread.


P.S. I'm sick and tired of numerous bugs in iOS/iPadOS. When I was on Android, I could not even imagine that there could be such a nightmarish number of bugs in OS.

Sep 16, 2021 12:19 PM in response to dmsdws

I tried all the suggested and nothing worked. Then I took the plunge and just deleted the music and reinstalled it. All the lyrics then started working after that.


as I didn’t have any music downloaded and I subscribe to Apple Music, all was fine and everything synced up via iCloud.


it sounded scary, but it worked out fine and all the lyrics now flowing nicely.


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