There are songs or, rather, fragments of songs that you like to share with friends and other people who follow you on social networks. On Instagram this can be done in different ways, so we are going to tell you about all of them. So you know what options you have if you want share the music you like on Instagram.
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If you like music and you are Instagram users, you already know that in this social network there are various ways of share small snippets of music what else do you like. At least, in a simple way, because by skipping certain rules and resorting to other methods you could take advantage of IGTV videos or the publications themselves to do so. Although surely the copyright notice would skip and you could even end up with the account closed.
So what we are going to see is what are the current and official methods that you have to be able to share fragments of a song and mainly share lyrics within stories. Something that for some may seem uninteresting, but for others it is attractive because that way they can share their musical tastes or a verse that they find attractive with their followers.
How to share songs on Instagram Stories
The easiest way to share small snippets of songs via Instagram is to use Stories. Through the sticker or music stickers You can add a fragment of up to 15 seconds of one of the many songs that are offered natively and without any risk of copyright on the platform.
To do this you just have to go to your Instagram app and do the following:
- Open Instagram and hit create a new story the way you usually do
- Click on the Stickers icon
- Select the Music sticker
- Find the song you want to share
- Select the fragment you want to play, knowing that the maximum of 15 seconds will depend on whether it is an image or if you have recorded a video fragment, it must have the same duration. If it is less, you will have to share less time of the song
- Finally, choose the type of display: cover only or show the lyrics if you have them so that whoever sees the story can read it
- Done, share
It's that easy how you can share a small snippet of a song. It is the simple option and the one that everyone knows. Also, being able to share with the lyrics is interesting, although it has a small drawback and that is that if whoever sees the story wants to listen to it in its entirety, then they would have to open their music app, search for it, and press play.
That is why it may be interesting to know that from the two most popular apps or services for streaming music, songs and lyrics can also be shared. So let's see how to do it on Spotify and Apple Music.
Sharing song lyrics with Apple Music and Spotify
When it comes to sharing your favorite music with your friends through Instagram stories, there are two methods that may be very interesting if you are a Spotify or Apple Music user. Although here logically, in order to play the song later, the important thing will be that whoever sees your publication is also a subscriber to it. Since we cannot control or know this in advance, let's talk about both and decide which one you would be more interested in using.
Sharing songs with Spotify on Instagram Stories
If you are a Spotify user, both paid and using the access option through the free account, you will be able to share songs with other users. Of course, this function is nothing special and you would have to complete it with the Instagram music sticker.
- When you're listening to music on Spotify, tap the share icon
- Now select the Instagram icon
- An image will be created with the song
- Since it will have no sound, you can add the Music sticker available in Instagram Stories to select the same song and even show the lyrics if you want
- Done, share
In this way, when users see the story, they will be able to directly access Spotify to play the song. They will only need to have the application on their device and that's it. Much easier and faster than searching by title, album author.
Share lyrics to Instagram Stories with Apple Music
The second option is more recent, a feature that Apple Music added not long ago and that is somewhat richer in terms of final result compared to Spotify when it comes to sharing the lyrics of the song you like or are listening to.
To carry out this action of share song lyrics what do you hear, do this:
- Within the Apple Music application, look for the Lyrics icon at the bottom left of the interface
- Touch on it and you will see that the letter appears
- Now you just have to tap on the three-point icon that you will see in the upper right part
- In the new menu that is displayed you will only have to touch the icon to share lyrics
- Then you can select the fragment of the letter that you want to share, with a maximum of 150 characters
- Once you have it, you just have to touch the Instagram icon that you will see below and the application will generate the story
- When it is ready, you will see within the Instagram application, in the tool to publish stories, that there is a box with the lyrics and the title of the song as an illustration of the album to which it belongs
- Hit publish if you don't want to add anything else and that's it
Now when your followers see the story they will be able to play it and if they are Apple Music subscribers they will not only be able to play it but also play it in that specific fragment. Which is interesting. And yes, this Apple Music option is valid on both iOS and Android devices. It is true that if you have a phone with Google's operating system, you are more likely to use Spotify, but there are also those who for some reason opt for Apple's proposal despite not using an iPhone.