See lyrics in Apple Music on your Apple TV

If you subscribe to Apple Music, you can follow along as you listen with perfectly timed lyrics, translations and pronunciations that appear word-by-word.

How to see lyrics on your Apple TV

  1. Open the Apple Music app.

  2. Play a song from the Apple Music catalogue.

  3. To show or hide time-synced lyrics, select Lyricsthe Lyrics button at the bottom of the screen.

    Can't see the Lyrics button?

View lyric translation or pronunciation on your Apple TV

  1. Open lyrics in the Apple Music app.

  2. Select the Translation and Pronunciation button, then select:

    • Show Translation to show the translated lyrics.

    • Show Pronunciation to show phonetic pronunciation of the lyrics.

    • Hide Original to hide the lyrics in their original language.

You will see different options for pronunciation in Large Text settings. To choose how you want your lyrics to appear, go to Settings > Apps > Music. Select Larger Text, then select Lyrics if you want the original script to be larger, or Pronunciation if you want the pronunciation to be larger.

Translations use the Preferred Languages on your Apple TV. To change your Preferred Language, go to Settings > General > Apple TV Languages. Translations and pronunciations may not be available in all languages or regions.

If you can't see lyrics on your Apple TV

If you can’t see the Lyrics buttonthe Lyrics button, time-synced lyrics aren’t available for that song.

If time-synced lyrics aren’t available, you may be able to see the full lyrics.

  1. Play a song from the Apple Music catalogue.

  2. At the bottom of your screen, select More the More button.

  3. Select View Full Lyrics.

If lyrics are wrong or unavailable for a song

You can report missing or incorrect lyrics by going to www.apple.com/feedback/apple-music.html.

Apple Music availability may vary by country or region. Find out what’s available in your country or region.

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