After ditching Apple Music for their terrible mobile experience on Android (yes, I just didn’t see the need to buy an iPhone solely for Apple Music) even though they were the cheapest streaming platform available at the time – N450/month for the student plan; I used the free plan on Deezer for a while but didn’t feel convinced enough to pay for the premium plan.
I eventually stumbled on Spotify and even though they didn’t support payments from Nigeria at the time, I managed to still get subscribed (using a VPN).
The only downside with Spotify was that I couldn’t get lyrics to the songs I loved so much. I mean, there was Genius, but Genius isn’t exactly a lyrics app and wasn’t available for all songs so that sucked.
Fast forward till a few weeks ago when the Spotify app was updated and BOOM! Lyrics!
I did some digging and found the story of their partnership quite intriguing and in the process acquired a newfound respect for Musixmatch as a company.
Enjoy the scraps 🙂
![The partnership started in 2011 when musixmatch launched in the app store](https://kubiatmorgan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/T-1024x126.png)
![](https://kubiatmorgan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/In-January-2015-Spotify-proposed-to-integrate-Musixmatch-into-their-1024x236.png)
![](https://kubiatmorgan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/From-Friday-May-27-Musixmatch-is-no-longer-1024x126.png)
![](https://kubiatmorgan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/We-want-to-focus-on-what-is-right-for-us-to-protect-all-of-you-our-users.-1024x482.png)
![](https://kubiatmorgan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Spotify-Has-Ditched-Musixmatch-for-Lyrics.-But-Why-1024x136.png)
![](https://kubiatmorgan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/After-the-cancellation-Musixmatch-released-a-statement-with-a-strange-zinger-at-the-end-1024x203.png)
![](https://kubiatmorgan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Spotify-confirms-its-testing-real--1024x230.png)
![](https://kubiatmorgan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/In-a-significant-expansion-Spotify-1024x297.png)
![](https://kubiatmorgan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/The-launch-i-being-made-possible-t-1024x107.png)
![](https://kubiatmorgan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Spotify-confirms-its-finally-1024x302.png)
![](https://kubiatmorgan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/The-company-declined-to-share-additional-details-about-its-plans-but-did-note-that-1024x283.png)
Sources for Spotify & Musixmatch Partnership Scraps:
- https://blog.musixmatch.com/i-know-its-over-a-parting-of-ways-and-it-s-done-but-didn-t-we-have-fun-8bb27193494d#.fzcobucji
- https://techcrunch.com/2021/02/09/spotify-confirms-its-finally-testing-a-lyrics-feature-in-the-u-s/
- https://techcrunch.com/2019/11/14/spotify-confirms-its-testing-real-time-lyrics-synced-to-music/
- https://techcrunch.com/2020/06/29/in-a-significant-expansion-spotify-to-launch-real-time-lyrics-in-26-markets/
- https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2016/06/02/spotify-ditched-musixmatch/