Since 2016, Genius has provided Spotify with backstory and commentary along with partial lyrics to power the Behind the Lyrics feature, but didn’t offer full lyrics. The streamer had worked with Musixmatch in the past, but cut ties with the provider in 2016 before teaming up with lyrics provider Genius for its “Behind the Lyrics” feature.

Spotify confirmed the above details to TechCrunch, noting the lyrics support will go live at 10 a.m. The following markets will gain access to the new feature starting tomorrow: Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Chile, Mexico, Peru, Bolivia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, India, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, El Salvador, Uruguay, Vietnam, Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Taiwan, Singapore and Hong Kong. Users will access the feature by tapping “Lyrics” at the bottom of the “Now Playing” screen. The feature will offer real-time lyrics in the language in which the songs are sung. However, we understand that Canadian users in this test will no longer have the lyrics feature when it officially launches tomorrow, Tuesday, June 30th, in the supported markets. At that time, users in Canada had reported gaining access to real-time lyrics, as well. The launch is being made possible by a new agreement with lyrics provider Musixmatch, which was also the source for the tests seen last year. This will be the first time lyrics have been offered in 22 of these 26 markets, as only Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia and Mexico had some form of lyrics support in the past via other providers. Tomorrow, the company will announce the launch of its new lyrics feature in 26 worldwide markets across Southeast Asia, India and Latin America.

Last November, Spotify confirmed it was testing real-time lyrics synced to music in select markets.

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