How to see lyrics while playing music on Android

Short answer: use a music player that supports lyrics, like Audify. Open the now-playing screen, tap the lyrics icon and the words appear — free and unlimited. You can save lyrics for offline use, or paste your own if a song’s can’t be found.

See lyrics in 5 steps

1. 1. Open the now-playing screen. Start any song and tap the album art to open the full player view.
2. 2. Tap the lyrics icon. Choose the lyrics option; Audify shows the words for the current track at no cost.
3. 3. Let it fetch lyrics. If lyrics aren’t embedded in the file, the app looks them up online using the song’s title and artist.
4. 4. Save them for offline. Use Save lyrics so the words stay with the song and show even with no internet.
5. 5. Paste or edit your own. If a song’s lyrics are missing or wrong, paste the correct text yourself and save — handy for rare or local tracks.

Why lyrics sometimes don’t appear

Lyrics are matched using a song’s title and artist tags. If those are blank or wrong — common with files named things like track01.mp3 — the lookup can fail.

Fix it by tidying the metadata: Audify’s AI tag editor corrects titles and artists automatically, which usually makes the lyrics appear. Only the song’s title and artist are sent for lookup — never the audio file itself.

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