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YouTube Music starts putting lyrics behind a paywall

YouTube Music starts putting lyrics behind a paywall

Free accounts are being prompted to “Unlock lyrics with Premium.”

Free accounts are being prompted to “Unlock lyrics with Premium.”

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Terrence O'Brien
is the Verge’s weekend editor. He has over 18 years of experience, including 10 years as managing editor at Engadget.

Free YouTube Music accounts are now seeing their access to lyrics limited, according to multiple reports. Google started testing lyrics as an exclusive feature for Premium users in September, but it appears that it’s now receiving a wider rollout. It seems that free users will be limited to viewing lyrics for five songs per month, though we’ve reached out to Google for confirmation.

Once that limit is reached, users will only be able to see the first couple of lines. Everything beyond that will be blurred out, and they’ll be prompted to “Unlock lyrics with Premium.” The banner warning users about their limited lyric views remaining appears prominently when you open the tab, complete with a countdown.

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