Spotify: all users will once again have access to song lyrics

When it comes to subscriptions to various online services, we've become accustomed to providers tightening their belts until we decide it's time to pay for a subscription and open up a world of possibilities. We usually decide to pay for a subscription because of increasingly frequent or longer advertisements, which is what happens to us on YouTube, or because of limited functionality that prevents us from using the application with the best possible user experience.

Streaming services, both audio and video, are no exception. Not only are they not an exception, but they are actually driving the described trend. Among them, when it comes to listening to music and podcasts, Spotify is among the most prominent.

You don't pay - you won't have the lyrics.

This provider decided in May this year to stop playing lyrics while listening to songs for users who do not pay for the Premium subscription. Immediately upon its launch, Spotify had to face a negative reaction on social networks. While some people raved about it, others were not particularly touched by it. They wrote that they would not pay for a Premium subscription, as there are many dedicated websites that display the lyrics of millions of songs.

So for some, displaying lyrics is a feature they don't even know exists, while for others it's indispensable and convenient. While it's not crucial for just listening to music, Spotify has somewhat limited users who use the app for free.

Spotify is going back to its old ways

Now Spotify is turning the tables by making the service of playing written lyrics between songs available again to those who are not willing to fork out the money for a Premium subscription. Since we are used to increasing restrictions with free apps, the news came as a pleasant surprise. The reintroduction of free lyrics has been met with joy from users.

Many are now wondering why the lyrics feature was removed in the first place: "Spotify is returning lyrics to its free users after removing them a few months ago. Why did they do that in the first place?"

“At Spotify, we are constantly testing our services. This means that the availability of our features may vary by tier, market, and device,” a company spokesperson said. “In the coming weeks, we will be making lyrics available again for Spotify Free users, so that more people can enjoy reading lyrics again.”

How much does the subscription cost us?

Spotify can be used without paying a subscription fee. In Windows, there are no restrictions on playing in any order, organizing the queue, skipping songs, or listening to a specific song. On Android phones, however, we are faced with these restrictions and the playback of ads.

Spotify is offering a 3-month free trial of the Premium version, as we are used to with some other streaming apps. If you decide after three months that you are ready to pay for Spotify, the Premium Solo package will cost you €6.49 per month. For this amount, you can listen to music without ads with one account, download songs and listen to them offline, play them in any order, organize your timeline, and more. This is a subscription that should provide a single user with a premium experience with everything Spotify has to offer.

There is a special Premium Student subscription for students, which is the cheapest of all, at €3.49 per month.

If you want to have 2 Premium accounts (for example, for a partner), you will need a Premium Duo subscription, which costs €8.99 per month.

For the whole family, there is a Premium Family subscription, which costs €10.99 per month and allows up to 6 Premium accounts.