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How to Add Music to an Instagram Post, Reel, or Story in 2022
Over 95 million posts are shared on Instagram every day. But not every post has what it takes to capture the users’ attention, garner engagement, and nudge them towards taking action. So, what can you do differently to ensure your post isn’t one of the 95 million to get lost in a sea of Instagram content? Add catchy music to make your posts stand out and attract users.
In this article, we’ll tell you how to add music to an Instagram post from within the app and with third-party apps. Stick with us till the end, and we’ll also show you where to source trendy music outside of Instagram to truly make your posts scroll-stopping.
Table of Contents
- How to add music to Instagram Stories
- How to add music to Instagram Reels
- How to add music to Instagram video feed posts
[#TOC1]How to add music to Instagram Stories[#TOC1]The easiest way to add music to your Instagram stories is to do it from within the app. Let’s learn how to add music to a picture or video on Instagram. Follow this simple step-by-step process:
- Go to your Instagram profile, and click on the + button in the top right corner. Choose Story from the list of options.
- Select the image or video you want to add music to from your camera roll. Click on the sticker icon on the top of your screen.
- Tap on the Music sticker.
- You’ll get a list of trending music based on the kind of content you consume. Choose your preferred track from the Instagram music library or search for a specific song using the search bar at the top.
Click on the play icon next to the song name if you want to hear the music before selecting it for your video.
- After selecting the track, you’ll see a prompt to adjust the part of the music you’d like to take up for your video. Use the slider to select the exact portion you want, and click on Done at the top right corner.
- You can also choose how you want the music sticker to appear on your stories—as the song name or as lyrics in different fonts.
And just like that, you’ve successfully added music to your Instagram story for your audience to enjoy!
[#TOC2]How to add music to Instagram Reels[#TOC2]Think about Instagram reels, and the first thing that will come to your mind is trends. And what are trends without the music that makes those trends viral in the first place? Besides, many creators who create original reels with talking-head videos use music in the background to cash in on trendy music, make the reel more catchy, and rake in more views.
Here’s how you can do it:
- Open your profile and click on the + icon at the top right. Choose Reel from the list of options. Add your video from the camera roll or record one using the camera feature.
- Once your video is ready, tap on Audio on the right side of your screen.
- Choose from the recommended music tracks—many of which are trending music that can help you get more views. You can also search for your preferred track in the Instagram music library using the search bar.
Use the play button beside each song to hear the track before using it in your reel.
- Once you select your music, use the slider to adjust the exact part of the music you want to use in your video and click on Done in the top right corner (just like for stories).
- Click on Next to watch your video with the music.
- Click on the music icon at the top if you want to add a voiceover to your video.
- Tap on Voiceover at the bottom.
- Begin recording your audio by clicking on the red button in the middle. Once you’re satisfied, click Done.
- You’ll see the Original Audio, Camera Audio, and Voiceover volume levels. Use the slider to adjust the volumes according to your liking and hit Done at the top right.
- Once you’re satisfied with the video, click on Next at the bottom right.
Choose your cover from the video frames, or add one from your camera roll.
Add an exciting caption and find relevant hashtags—and you’re ready to take your reel live!
While Instagram allows you to add music to your Instagram feed videos (within 60 seconds), there’s a difference between editing tools available on reels and stories vs. feed posts longer than 60 seconds. On stories and reels, you can add music through the in-app Instagram editor. But with feed posts, when you select the video you want to upload or record using the in-app camera, you won’t have an option to add music.
However, you can easily add sound effects, and non-Instagram music through an easy-to-use and feature-rich video editor like VEED.
Later in this article, we’ll also show you some platforms you can use to find third-party music for your feed videos.
Let’s look at how to add music to post on Instagram through VEED’s online editor:
- Sign up if you haven’t already, or log into VEED.
Click on Create new project.
- Upload your video, drag and drop or enter a YouTube URL for the video you want to add music to. You can even record a fresh video from within the app.
- Go to the Media tab on the left-hand side menu. Click on Upload to import the track from your device.
- The audio will get added to your video, and you’ll see the track right below the video in the timeline at the bottom. Click on the track, and you’ll get a list of audio options on the left side of your video. From here, you can adjust the volume, speed, and duration and replace audio.
- (Optional) Customize your video to make it more attention-grabbing. Add sound waves from the Elements tab, add subtitles, resize your video, add text, progress bars, etc. You can also resize your video for all Instagram post sizes with a click of a button using VEED’s canvas resize.
- Once you’re satisfied with the video, click on Export in the top right corner, choose your resolution and click on Export again to download and share your video on Instagram.
If you’re not adding or editing your music from Instagram’s in-app editor, you can use external, third-party editing tools. However, Instagram bans videos with unlicensed music. So, it’s best to use an in-app library or a reliable source to get music, so your time and effort creating amazing content don’t get wasted.
We’ve compiled a list of sources you can get music from while ensuring you’re not violating the platform’s rules and can still add the music you want to your videos.
With its library of over 6,000+ royalty-free songs, Soundstripe is a great tool for enjoying a range of music tracks spanning genres and moods.
The platform releases new tracks every week and allows advanced filters to search for the right music for your video.
It also allows direct integration with Adobe Premiere Pro and Twitch to make your editing process seamless across platforms.
What's better is that Soundstripe provides a range of 70,000+ stock video clips if you want to add exciting shots and transitions to your video—truly providing a wholesome experience that goes beyond choosing music for your videos.
Pricing: $12.50 per month; $149 per year
Audio JungleIf you’re looking for royalty-free music, sound effects, music kits and even source files for different purposes, AudioJungle is a great choice. It has a vast audio library with over 1700,000 tracks and sounds for different budgets and requirements.
Every week, you also get access to a featured section with hand-picked songs and tracks by the team which you can use as Instagram story music to engage your audience further.
Pricing: Every track has its own pricing; starts from $1
Artlist.ioAs one of the most versatile platforms, you can find audio for possibly every purpose you need on Artlist—weddings, commercials, presentations, games, applications, cinema, and many more. You can also find your preferred music through innovative search filters like instrument type, genre, mood, and video theme, making the process more targeted.
Every week, the platform features a selected list of the most popular tracks. This way, you can also keep a check on what's trending and pick a fairly popular music track for your videos.
Pricing: Free trial, then $16.60 per month; $199 per year
Soundtracks by LoudlyWhat if, along with getting access to high-quality royalty-free music, you could also create your own music through AI-powered technology? Well, Loudly helps you achieve just that.
With over 25M+ creators as regular Loudly users, the platform allows you to pick or customize music for your video content projects.
According to them, if you can't find a perfect fit for your video based on existing audio tracks—best to create a tailor-made sound specifically designed for the video.
It's an innovative tool backed by AI but with a powerful human touch that lets you create customized tracks in under five minutes.
Pricing: Free trial, then starts at $11 per month billed monthly or $9.99 per month billed yearly
MixkitIf you're looking for a no-hassle, easy way to source free music, sound effects, and video templates for your videos, Mix kit is a great choice. It has a carefully curated library of audio tracks and effects from some of the best creators worldwide—with new tracks added every week.
You don't need to sign-up or give credits to use the music. Simply download the high-quality music track, and use it in your videos—it doesn't get simpler than this.
Pricing: Free
RecapIt’s not enough to create good content today.
If you want to grab your audience’s attention on a crowded social media platform like Instagram, you need something to hook your audience and retain them till the end, so they engage with your content—and adding music to your content is a great way to do it.
Be it Instagram stories, reels, or feed posts—music can give your visual content a facelift to one-up other similar content and compel viewers to become an avid consumer of your videos.
Follow the methods listed in this article for how to add music to an Instagram post and source stunning music to enhance your content’s overall look and feel.
Don’t reinvent the wheel. Use an intuitive video editor like VEED to create professional-looking Instagram videos in minutes and take your social media game to a new level.
How to Add Music to Instagram Feed Posts
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By Jasmine Roberts
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Updated on November 25, 2022
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2 minute read
Let the music play 🎶
Published November 25, 2022
Remember the good ol' days of MySpace?
Well, with Instagram's newest feature, you can now add music to your feed posts.
Yes, really.
oh i can add music to my instagram posts now? I’m about to be so annoying omg
— jaygon targaryen lll 🐉 (@_jayto_) November 22, 2022
We’re sharing all the details — including how to access and use the feature, below.
What Is Instagram’s Music in Feed Feature?According to Instagram, the Music in Feed feature will “provide creators with more tools to bring their content to life.”
Knowing that music is already frequently used to complement Stories and Reels, this new feature is a logical move for Instagram.
With it, creators and users alike can get creative and add a whole new layer of storytelling to their posts.
We're here for it.
PS: Want to stay up-to-date on the latest Instagram news? Subscribe to our free weekly newsletter and get everything you need to know — delivered straight to your inbox 🎉
How To Add Music To Instagram Feed PostsFirst, go to your profile and press the ”+” sign in the top right corner to add a post to your feed.
Next, choose your photo, add your caption, tags, hashtags, and location — similar to how you usually do it.
Then, to add music to your post, click on the "Add music" option:
You'll be prompted to search for songs or browse the "For You" section to select your audio.
Once you've made your choice, you can select the audio clip you'd like to use:
NOTE: You can choose clips between five to nine seconds in length.
Then click “Done” and “Share.” It’s that easy.
What do you think about including music in Instagram posts? Let us know over on Later's Instagram account!
And remember, a relevant music choice is always key — see what we did there?
Manage your Instagram feed like a pro with Later's tools and features. Easily plan, organize, and schedule content with Later's Instagram Scheduler — start today:
About the Author
Jasmine Roberts
Content Marketer
Jasmine is a Toronto-based Content Marketing Specialist.
She's a massive pop culture lover who can be found debating the nuances of Star Wars characters. Join her on the dark side of the force — @JazShanelle
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How to Add Music in Instagram Stories
By Monique Thomas
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To add music to Instagram Stories in Russia, the “Music” sticker finally appeared (and you can make Reels with music).
And you can add music to any Instagram posts (photos and videos) using video editing applications or special applications for creating beautiful Stories.
Content:
- How to add music to Instagram Stories for free using the Music sticker
- How to Add Music to Instagram Videos in Stories and Posts (Android and iPhone Apps)
- How and where to download free music for Instagram photos and videos without copyright
It's best if the music is copyright-free. Especially if you have a large account and a lot of followers. And if the account is personal and “for friends”, then there is also a way to overlay any song so that the post or Stories are not blocked for copyright infringement.
How to add music to Instagram Stories for free using a sticker
Add music to photos and videos in Instagram Stories is very easy with a sticker. Finally, in June 2021, he appeared in Russia.
But attaching music to Stories in applications, which are discussed later in the article, is also very simple.
Select the track you want.
- Open the Instagram Stories camera. Take a photo / video or upload from the gallery.
- Press the "Sticker" button
- Select the Music sticker. You can search for a specific song, or choose by genre/mood/popular. You can listen to the song and rewind to the desired passage before adding music to Instagram Story.
- You can change the excerpt of the song that will be on your Stories with music and choose the design (sticker with the name of the track, the text of the song that appears, etc.).
The "Music" sticker for photos and videos in Instagram Stories is now available in Russia. If you haven't got it yet, update Instagram.
Add music to photos, videos and Stories easily with video editing apps: Videoleap (iPhone) and InShot (iPhone and Android) .
How to add music to Instagram video in Stories and posts (photos and videos)
The easiest way to add music to a photo or video is to turn on the music on your phone or computer while recording.
But the sound quality will not be very good. And the video itself can be blocked on Instagram due to copyright.
And even if you bought the song officially (in iTunes, for example), and not just downloaded it for free, it will still be blocked. Because you are buying for personal listening. And the rights to use in public videos are much more expensive.
Videoleap application: how to insert music on photos and videos (iPhone)
In this application, you can add music to Instagram posts (photos, videos) and Stories for free. Or, directly in the application, record voice acting from above.
First upload the desired photo or video. Then four options to add music:
- Press the red plsik at the end of the video and download the desired audio file on your phone.
- If you have a Mac, then the song can be downloaded on your computer and then sent via Airdrop to your phone. If at the same time you have the desired video open in Videoleap, then you can immediately add it to this video via Airdrop.
- Press the "Audio" button. Then choose "Music" or "Sound Effects". The choice will be from a library of music and sound effects without copyright.
- Press the "Voice" button. After the red round button and start talking, the recording will start.
We recommend that you embed music on photos and videos in posts and Stories only without copyright. This is a guarantee that Instagram will not block for copyright infringement. But if you have a small personal account, closed and you are sure that no one will complain about you (suddenly someone out of resentment wants to block you) - there is a way to make sure that Instagram does not recognize a popular track.
In Videoleap, you need to click on the desired audio track (or on a video that has sound). Then the "Audio" button and after "Change. Tone". So Instagram algorithms will not recognize original music and will not block it for copyright infringement. But if suddenly someone complains, then a person will check.
InShot App: How to Add Music to Photos and Videos for Instagram Posts and Stories (Android and iPhone)
You can add music to Inshot for free on both Android and iPhone.
First upload the desired photo or video. Then three options to put music :
1. Press the "Music" button and then "Songs". Here you can choose to overlay music from a catalog of free music without copyright, extract from another video, add from iTunes (on iPhone), or insert a sound effect.
To select from the songs already downloaded and stored in "files" on your phone:
"Imported"
2. If you have a Mac, you can download the song on your computer and then send it to your phone via Airdrop. If at the same time you have the desired video open in InShot, then you can immediately insert it into this video via Airdrop.
3. Press the "Music" button and then "Record".
Allow the application to access the microphone and start recording background speech.
StoryBeat app: how to add music to Instagram Stories (Android and iPhone)
StoryBeat app is tailored specifically for Instagram Stories. And it not only allows you to add music to photos or videos for Instagram, but also has a catalog of cool video effects.
Click Add Music to Photo or Video. Download what you need.
A round button with a plus sign will appear at the bottom:
- You can add music from the free catalog - "Search Music". You can select the excerpt you want to attach. After that, you will have a sticker with the name of the song at the bottom of the screen. It can be deleted by clicking on the cross.
- Upload "a song from Apple Music" (iPhone) or "Add a song from your library" (Android).
- Add sound effect.
- Record a song - can be used to record a voice over a photo / video (iPhone).
Where can I download free music for Instagram?
If it is very important for you that your video is guaranteed not to be deleted, add copyright-free music to the video.
For example, this YouTube channel often posts such music. It can be downloaded, all music is free (links are in the description of the video). On our channel, we use songs from there.
The free music library is also available in the video editing and Stories apps.
Adding music to photos, videos in Instagram publications is more difficult than in Stories or, for example, in Tik Tok. You need to download music without copyright, overlay it in a separate application, and only then upload it to your Account. But still, you can make a post or Stories with music for free and not be afraid that you will be blocked if you post photos and videos with music to your account.
How to add music to an Instagram post
All Instagram users in Argentina can now add music to their photos in their feed . This is a new feature that is testing in the country to give the community more ways to express themselves.
Since March 28, this tool has been enabled, which allows you to select a song and select fragments up to 90 seconds long to add to photo posts in the feed.
Through this, users will be able to include music that can be relevant to the time of publication of the photo they are posting, as if it were the soundtrack of that post, so that, according to Instagram, this allows "exploring new ways to post to Feed and connect with the community" and "it's another way for artists to share their work and engage with their audience."
Music on Instagram Photos (Photo: Instagram)The tool available in Argentina is easy to use, you just need to follow a few simple steps.
1.- Select a photo to post it to the feed and click Add Music.
2.- Search for specific songs in the "Search" field, or browse songs in the "Trending" or "For You" sections.
3.- Select the song you want to add to the photo.
4.- You can select a fragment and up to 90 seconds of a song to include in the feed publication.
5.- Click Finish and then Share.
It should be emphasized again that is a trial version and will not be available for carousel posts.
A stock photo of the Instagram logo on a mobile phone screen (Photo: Reuters/Thomas White/)On the other hand, to listen to songs added by others , just click the "audio" icon on the photos with music. For to learn more about a song, you can click on the artist name or song in the top corner. If you want to share a photo of the same song, you can click on the audio and pre-select the track to post in the feed.
As you can see, the mechanism for inserting music tracks is similar to that of Stories and Reels, so it shouldn't be a problem to start using the tool.
Users who live in the region and do not yet have this feature must download the latest Instagram update from their official app store to start adding music to their feed posts.
Music in Feed Posts (Photo: Instagram) This tool is in addition to 's latest platform updates, which added controls for users to decide what they want to see in their feeds thanks to the addition of two different views on the home screen that give a total of three options: " Home, Favorites and After.
