How to play spotify music on instagram story
How to Add Music to an Instagram Story
Instagram Stories are easy to create, but they can require a lot of thought if you want to make them truly entertaining. Thankfully, Instagram offers a number of tools to help make your stories as fun as possible.
Maybe you have some great photos or videos and some cool filters and stickers to layer on top, but your story is still missing one important factor—music. Instagram offers a selection of tunes from its own library and your favorite music streaming services, like Spotify, SoundCloud, and Shazam. Here's everything you need to know about adding music to your Instagram stories.
Add Music in Instagram
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You can add music directly to your story using Instagram’s library. Open the app on your mobile device. From the main feed page, tap the plus (+) icon at the top of the app and then select Story on the bottom navigation bar. You can also long-press Your Story and tap Add to Your Story or just tap Your Story and then tap the Camera icon.
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At the camera screen, snap your photo or video. If you’d rather use an existing photo or video, swipe up to see your photo library and then select the image that you wish to add. Apply whatever filters or special effects you want. When you're ready to add a tune to your story, tap the Sticker icon and then tap the Music sticker.
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At the Music screen, browse through the different sections and genres to find a song. You can also use the search field at the top of the screen to look for particular music by song, artist, or album. Spot a tune you might like? Tap the Play button to hear a short clip.
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After you’ve selected a song, tap its name to add it to your story. You’ll have the opportunity to scroll through the song and decide which clip of the music (up to 15 seconds) will play over your story.
Move the slider bar until you find the section you want added.
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Some songs offer multiple images from which you can choose, so tap the music thumbnail to change the image. Some even offer lyrics that appear on the screen as the music plays. When you're happy with the image you've chosen, tap Done and the song is added to your story in the form of a sticker.
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You can choose where the sticker will be placed in your story by moving it around the screen with your finger. Change the size of the sticker by pinching or expanding two fingers. Use two fingers and twist to change the orientation of the sticker. Don’t like the look of your sticker? Double tap it to return to the previous screen, where you can change its appearance. Tap Done to return to your story.
If you’ve recorded a video, you can do even more with your sticker before you post the story.
Hold down on it and you’ll be able to pin the sticker to a specific person or object in the video. This means the sticker will move along with the object as it moves in the video.
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When you're done tweaking the music, tap the Your Story icon to publish your story with music. Alternatively, if you want only specific people to see it, tap the More icon at the bottom. From the menu, select Send to or Share to select which people should receive it.
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To view your story, tap the Your Story icon. Your story appears with the music automatically playing. Tapping the song label pauses the music and brings up a window at the bottom through which you can save the music or send it to another person on Instagram. Your followers can view your story and play the music in the same way.
Add Music From the Spotify App
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You can add external music to your Instagram story by grabbing it from certain apps, such as Spotify.
With a song playing in Spotify, tap the Share icon. Select the icon for Instagram Stories, and you're taken to your Instagram story, where your selected song appears with its cover art.
You can add text, stickers, and other effects to your story. Tap the Your Story icon to post the story with the song you selected.
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After your story has been posted, it will display a Play on Spotify link. Anyone viewing your story can then tap the link and tap Open Spotify to hear the song in the Spotify app.
Add Music From the SoundCloud App
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You can also share music from the SoundCloud app to your Instagram story.
Launch a song in the SoundCloud app, tap the Share icon, and select Instagram Stories to import the song and its associated image into Instagram.
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Back in Instagram, your story will present a Play on SoundCloud link. Anyone can tap it and select Open SoundCloud and listen to the song directly in the app.
Add Music From the Shazam App
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While Shazam is primarily used to analyze and identify songs to which you’re already listening, you can also use the app to play music and send it to Instagram. Open the app and allow it to recognize a song currently playing.
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With the song playing in Shazam, tap the Share icon and select Instagram. If you don’t see Instagram listed on an iPhone or iPad, tap the More icon and then select it from the list.
In Instagram, post the song and its artwork to your story by tapping the Your Story icon.
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After the story has been published, you can travel back to the Shazam app through Instagram. To do this, open the story in Instagram and tap the More on Shazam link to play the song in the app.
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How to Add Spotify Music to Your Instagram Story
- It's easy to add Spotify music to your Instagram story, though doing so requires access to both apps.
- In the Spotify mobile app, choose to share your music and then select Instagram Stories. This will open the social media app and allow you to make adjustments to your story before posting.
- Sharing on Instagram allows your followers to see what you are listening to, and provides a direct link back to the Spotify app for others to find the song.
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Even if your friends don't use Spotify, they can still see what you're listening to if you share your favorite songs on Instagram.
Spotify teamed up with the social media app in 2018, making for a seamless integration. Thanks to this update, you no longer have to screenshot the song you like to share it. Instead, you can post a stylized preview of the song, which also provides a direct link back to Spotify for others to easily find the song.
To do so, you'll first have to share the song on the Spotify app and select Instagram from the list of sharing options.
This will bring you to the social media app, where you can tweak your story before making it public to all of your followers or just to close friends.
Here's how to do it.
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How to add Spotify music to your Instagram story1. Open the Spotify app on your phone or tablet. Once you're listening to a song you'd like to share, tap the three dots found in the upper right hand corner of the screen.
Tap the three dots. Stephanie Lin/Business Insider2. Tap "Share."
Share the song.
Stephanie Lin/Business Insider 3. Select "Instagram Stories" from the list of sharing options.
Select "Instagram Stories." Stephanie Lin/Business Insider4. This will open the Instagram app and automatically populate the song icon and link in a new story post. You can make adjustments to your story — such as adding text or stickers — before posting. Once you finish editing your post, tap "Send to" at the bottom of the screen.
5. Tap "Share" next to "Your Story" to share the song.
Share your song on Instagram story. Stephanie Lin/Business Insider
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All ways to share your Spotify tracks on social media - Spotify for Artists
How fans and followers can discover your music on Instagram, Snapchat, Facebook and other platforms.
Our goal is to help performers connect with their listeners. We know that social networks play a very important role in this. That's why we've focused on creating tools that make it easy and convenient to connect Spotify with social networks, including Instagram, Facebook, and Snapchat. There are also a few more cool features that are prepared especially for the Spotify for Artists community. You can unveil a new track, celebrate an album release anniversary, or share a playlist you've put together yourself.
And all this in a few clicks! The influx of new listeners will not keep you waiting.
Of course, you can always share music via SMS, Messenger, Twitter, WhatsApp or email. To do this, go to the profile, track, playlist or album, click on the three dots, select "Share" and "Copy link".
However, a link is no longer the only way to share. There are more convenient and visually appealing options: Instagram and Facebook stories, Snapchat and more. We have collected 7 effective ways for you to instantly share music from Spotify.
Instagram Stories
How to Share in Instagram Stories
The days of screenshots are over. Spotify's integration with Instagram stories allows you to link them directly to content on our service. To do this, navigate to the desired track, album, playlist, or artist profile in the Spotify app, tap on the three dots, select Share, and then select Instagram Stories. A new Instagram story will be created with your content cover./cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/13320901/Sweetie_1_rev.gif)
You can add emojis, captions, and any other eye-catching elements and post your story. In its upper left corner, subscribers will see a button "Listen on Spotify". Such a link increases the response of fans and followers on both Instagram and Spotify, and gives them instant access to your music.
Facebook Stories
How to Share in Facebook Stories
Spotify's integration with Facebook Stories works the same way, with the difference that audio is added to the story. In Spotify, navigate to the desired track, click "Share", select "Facebook Story", design it and publish it. When viewing a story, users will hear a 15-second snippet of the track you shared. To listen to it in its entirety, you need to click "Listen on Spotify". If you manage to interest listeners, they will go to your profile to get to know your work better. Right now, audio snippets are only available for tracks, but you can also post direct links to albums, playlists, and Spotify profiles on your Facebook story.
Please note that the integration currently only works for Facebook profiles, not pages.
Snapchat
How to share on Snapchat
Sharing music on Snapchat is also easy and convenient. Navigate to the desired track, album or playlist, open the Share menu and select Snapchat. A new Snap with album art will appear automatically. Make any changes and submit it. While browsing, your friends and followers will be able to swipe up to open the track in Spotify.
Spotify Scannable Codes
How to share with Spotify Scannable Codes
Spotify codes allow you to share content instantly and work just like QR codes. To get the Spotify code (it looks like a sound wave located under the cover of the content), go to the desired profile, track, album or playlist in the app. Click on the three dots, tap the cover with the code, and save it to your device's memory. Now you can share the photo online or play with it creatively.
For example, the code for a new album can be printed on flyers, posters, stickers, or even t-shirts. To scan the code, fans will need to open the Spotify app, go to Search, click on the camera icon, and point the camera at the code.
Posting an Intro to Instagram Stories
How to Share an Intro to Instagram Stories
An Intro is a 3-8 second repeating clip that is attached to a track and opens up new opportunities for self-expression. This is a great way to draw attention to a new composition or remind you of an old one. Tracks with an intro are more shared (up to 200%) and have more plays and views overall. To post an intro to Instagram stories, open the track with it in the Spotify app and click Share. Instead of a static image, a looped video will appear in the story. As with other Instagram stories created on Spotify, there will be a "Listen on Spotify" link in the top left corner of the screen. This will allow users to share your splash screen too.
Unique links to editorial playlists
How to share personalized editorial playlists
Spotify personalized editorial playlists give artists more exposure and listeners more of their favorite content. They include tracks selected by our editors, but the order is selected individually for each listener. This means that different users will see different versions of the same playlist. But when a listener clicks on your unique link, then your track appears in the playlist in the first place. To get a unique link, open the Spotify for Artists app, click on the music tab, go to the page of the desired track and select the playlists tab. The Recent playlist adds section will show all the playlists this track has entered in the last 7 days. For personalized playlists with your track, the Copy unique link option will be available. This link can be shared on social networks. Anyone who clicks on it will see your track in the first place in the playlist for 24 hours.
Something to be proud of: placing a track on the New Fridays playlist
How to share a track placement on the New Fridays playlist
If your track is on the New Fridays playlist, this is worth sharing with your fans! After all, more than 3.5 million users have already subscribed to the collection, and this is not the limit. When a track hits a playlist, the artist is notified in Spotify for Artists with a link to a card that can be shared on social media such as Instagram, Facebook or Twitter. This could be a turning point in your career, share it! This feature is now available to artists whose tracks have been featured in the New Fridays playlist worldwide and in Canada.
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How to Share Spotify Music to Instagram Stories [Updated 2023]
People tend to share everything on Instagram with text, photos, videos, or clips.
Plus, you can share your Instagram stories and share them with people from all walks of life. Moreover, in most cases, music can tell any story. You can also create stories with Spotify music and make them more engaging. Instagram users can share Spotify songs to Instagram Stories. Let's see how to do it in this post.
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- How to Share Spotify from Spotify App to Instagram Story
- How to Add Spotify Music to Instagram Story on Instagram
- Can I share Spotify with Instagram Story on PC?
How to share Spotify from Spotify app to Instagram Story
When you stumble upon an exciting tune in Spotify app, you can directly share the song with your best friends. Spotify allows listeners to share great songs with any application, including Instagram. Making your story from a song from Spotify to Instagram is easy with a few steps.
STEP 1. Log in to your Spotify app account on iPhone/Android.
STEP 2. Go to Your Library to find the song you want to share as an Instagram story.
STEP 3. Tap the … icon next to the song and select Share . Now you will see the cover of the song and an excerpt from the video.
Note that you can click the Edit option to replace the video clip with a fixed color.
STEP 4. Click Stories and it will automatically open your Instagram app. At this stage, you can add texts and stickers, apply effects, or draw.
STEP 5. When done, tap Your Story at the bottom and you will share Spotify to Instagram successfully.
How to Add Spotify Music to Instagram Story on Instagram
Instagram users can add music to Instagram stories, but the tracks to select are provided by Instagram itself. There are all kinds of ringtones available for every mood.
Just choose the right music and share your thoughts on Instagram Story. Let's learn how to add music to Instagram Story.
STEP 1. Open the Instagram app from the screen and tap Your Story in the top right corner.
STEP 2. Select an image or video to add to Instagram.
STEP 3. Click the sticker icon to open the sticker center, and select MUSIC in it.
STEP 4. There will be specially selected songs for you, or you can go to Music search from above or browse songs in different genres. Press the Play button to preview the clip and select the song that suits your mood.
STEP 5. You will see text on the screen if available. At this point, you can make a preview style, cut a song, or add your avatar to the story at this point.
STEP 6.
When you're done, click Your story post it on Instagram.
Can I share Spotify with Instagram Story on PC?
Some people wonder if it is possible to share a song from Spotify to Instagram Story on Windows or Mac computers. I'm afraid this feature hasn't been implemented on desktop yet. If you frequently use Instagram or Spotify on your computer, you will be aware of these scenarios.
● If you log into your Instagram account on a computer, you will find that it only allows users to create a new post with photos or videos uploaded from their Instagram desktop. Thus, it is not possible to create your Instagram story on PC, let alone share Spotify music.
● If you log into your Spotify account on the desktop, you will also be frustrated that it cannot share one song to any app or website, but will copy the link of the song.
Why can't you share a song from Spotify to Instagram Story? Because Spotify and Instagram don't integrate with each other on desktop.
