How to Share Spotify Lyrics on an Instagram Story

Last Updated: July 25, 2022

With Spotify's latest update, the company brings the lyrics social sharing functionality globally for free and premium users. Spotify wants to help you to express yourself on social media and encourage your friends to sing along with you. Using this feature you can share lyrics of your favourite songs on Instagram, Twitter and other social media apps. In this wikiHow, we'll cover how to share Spotify's lyrics card to your Instagram stories.

Steps

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Open the Spotify app on your smartphone. You can usually find its icon in your app drawer or on the home screen. It's a green circle with three curved black lines inside. Make sure that your app is up to date to access this feature.^{[1]
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Find a track to share. Use the search icon to find a song or navigate to your library and choose one.

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Scroll down to the “Lyrics" section. You can see it under the music controls. Note that, the lyrics feature is not available for all the songs on Spotify.
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Tap on the share icon. It will be located at the bottom of the lyrics screen.^{[2]
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Select the lyrics you want to share. Simply tap on the lyrics to select it. You can share up to five lines on a story. When you're done, locate the “Share” button.^{[3]
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Tap on the Share button, at the bottom of your lyrics. This will lead you to a new screen.
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Customize the lyrics card (Optional). Tap on the lyrics preview to change its colour.
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Share to your Instagram Stories. Tap the “Instagram Stories” icon at the bottom of your screen. This will add the lyrics card to Instagram's story creator tool.
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Share your story with friends. You can move the lyrics card's position and change its size using your fingers. Now, tap on the Your Story button to share it with your friends. That's it!