Genius and Spotify Together?
Now you know you’re in trouble!
It has always been one of our goals to put Genius at your fingertips whenever and wherever you experience music, and today we take a big step toward making this vision a reality.
I’m proud to announce that we’re partnering with Spotify to bring Genius to all Spotify users. Check it:
For this integration we stripped Genius down to its essence with a new product we call the Fact Track. It’s like a soundtrack… but with more facts! Also, it sounds like “FAQ Track,” which makes sense because it answers all your FAQs about a song.
Fact Tracks play along with the music, which limits the amount of information we can show, but also allows us to give you the facts unfiltered and straight into your soul windows. No tapping, no clicking, just LEAN BACK:
LET ME WATCH! How?!
Starting today, Genius-powered tracks are live on two brand-new Genius x Spotify playlists, Behind the Lyrics: Hip-Hop and Behind the Lyrics: Hits. There are also three artist-driven playlists featuring our launch artists Pusha T, Tinashe, and Diplo! (Keep your eyes peeled for more playlists—a pop one is premiering VERY soon…)
So: if you have an iPhone (sorry, it’s iPhone-only for now!), go to Spotify immediately. Do it! Stop reading!
I’M STILL READING! Maybe I have an Android or something.
You’re in luck: you can also watch Fact Tracks on Genius.com on your laptop! Just:
- Choose a song that has a Fact Track. Here is a list.
- Make sure Spotify is open (download it here).
- Click the purple button below the song artwork in the right column (on mobile, it’s located at the bottom of the page). It looks like this:
- Enjoy! If you’re on mobile, the button will take you to the Spotify playlist and you’ll have to play a song manually.
Who created these Fact Tracks?
The Genius community of scholars! Or to be more precise: the knowledge in these Fact Tracks comes from Genius.com, but we did some extra work to time them to the music (it’s pretty tricky! But also kind of fun!). The goal is to crowd-source Fact Tracks, but we couldn’t do it for the initial launch.
So, to the Genius community: stay tuned, we’ll be rolling out updates about how everyone can create Fact Tracks soon. And also thank you—this collaboration could never happen without you, nor, in fact, could Genius itself exist!
We’ve only just begun…
— Tom Lehman, Genius co-founder and CEO
