Spotify album artwork missing when sharing a song, issue acknowledged; cover art on Local files reportedly not showing too

Because of its extensive library, Spotify is one of the most popular platforms for listening to songs or podcasts. Album or song artwork is an amazing option for an artist to display their work and aids in user recognition.

Spotify, like any other service, runs into problems and difficulties like ‘display or UI zoomed in‘ on Android TV & Google TV, genre filters broken, lyrics button missing, and so on.

According to reports, there appears to be a problem with the Local files, as users indicate that the artwork does not display or has disappeared (1,2,3,4).

When played online, users claim that the artwork for the songs in the app is visible. However, the album artwork does not appear on the ‘Now Playing’ tab for Local files.

Troubleshooting methods like uninstalling and reinstalling the app, and logging in and out of the account don’t seem to work either.

i don’t think spotify ever loaded local files cover art when i used to use spotify for local music
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Bruh why don’t they let you add artists, cover art or anything to Spotify local files tf is this
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A user has suggested a workaround that involves importing the files in an MP3 format instead of a MPEG:

A community moderator confirmed that there are third-party software that can add cover in the metadata of Local files:

We can confirm that covers can be added to the metadata of your local files. There are different programs that can add covers to metadata; nevertheless, we’re unable to recommend any third-party software ourselves.
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Some Spotify users report another issue where the artwork disappears when they try to share a song on various social media channels (1,2,3,4,5).

When affected users click on the option to share, a greyed-out backdrop appears instead of the album or song cover used by an artist.

Some users are unable to share their favorite music since the issue makes it unappealing for users to showcase songs on social media platforms.

Is anyone else’s @Spotify showing an error on the album cover of songs they’re trying to share on their Instagram stories?
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I was trying to post a song on instagram but this issue struck me. Basically some songs have it and some don’t I tested it with Post Malone Sunflower and it has this issue but some songs with very few listeners have the image so I don’t know what’s the criteria if there’s a one
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Fortunately, the Spotify album artwork missing when sharing a song issue is currently under investigation. However, no ETA for a fix was shared.

That said, we’ll keep an eye on the issues and update this article as and when something noteworthy comes up.

Note: We have a dedicated Spotify bugs, issues, and new features tracker, so be sure to follow it as well.

Featured image source: Spotify

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