Apple Music doesn't play explicit songs

I have the restrictions turned off completely, and yet Apple Music doesn't play songs with explicit content, doesn't let me add them to library etc. I have iOS12 installed recently.

iPhone 6, iOS 12

Posted on Sep 18, 2018 9:06 PM

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Posted on Oct 23, 2018 8:32 AM

Go to iTunes Store and try to buy any explicit song there. There will be a pop-up asking for your permission to play explicit songs. Hit "Allow" and cancel the purchase. Apple Music should play explicits now.

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Dec 4, 2018 7:43 AM in response to irinafromякутск

So I tried the iTunes work around and that didn't work for me. I even tried turning off all content restrictions and rebooting the phone. Still it didn't work. Then I just went to Settings -> Screen Time -> Content & Privacy Restrictions -> Content Restrictions -> Music, Content & News and switched the option to Clean then back to Explicit and I was able to play the explicit tracks.

Hope this helps anyone facing the same horrible bug.

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