New Spotify Playlists Tell the Stories 'Behind The Lyrics'

Always wondered what inspired the lyrics of a certain song? Spotify wants to bring the stories behind your favorite jams to calorie-free.

The music-streaming site has teamed up with crowdsourced music lyric annotation site Genius for "Backside the Lyrics," or playlists that feature "lyrical excerpts, fun facts, annotations, and stories" about certain songs, like Pop Upwardly Video (await it up, kids) for the streaming historic period.

Spotify The showtime compilation focuses on hip hop, offering insight into 50 popular songs from artists like Yo Gotti, 2 Chainz, Pusha T, Wiz Khalifa, Future, and more than.

The companies also plan to launch a pop playlist in the about futurity for those who favor artists like Justin Bieber and Adele over Drake and Big Sean.

"We're just getting started," Spotify wrote in a blog postal service. "Expect the Genius handling on much more music y'all love soon."

For now, if you're curious about the meaning of Yo Gotti's "Downward In the DM," but burn up Backside the Lyrics: Hip Hop on your iPhone via the Browse carte, play the vocal, and watch your screen. Y'all'll larn that "Memphis rapper Yo Gotti flirts with women on social media via Direct Bulletin (the DM)." Or, skip to "Crutches, Crosses, Caskets" and you'll find out that "Puff Daddy produced this looping beat" for artist Pusha T.

"Every discussion that I write means something to me," Pusha T said in a statement. "We've found a way to bring my fans a deeper listening experience and raise the bar for songwriters."

At this point, the characteristic simply works on iPhones 5 and higher up. For more on Behind the Lyrics, bank check out the video below.

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