Show lyrics

Library, updated October 25, 2026

Luma shows lyrics that are stored in your music files or sit next to them as a file. With timestamps, they follow the music line by line.

Open the lyrics

Open the full player. If the current song has lyrics, the Lyrics button appears at the bottom, between queue and output. Tap it to open the text.

Synced lyrics (with timestamps): the current line lights up and the text scrolls along. Tap a line to jump the song to that spot. If you scroll yourself, Luma waits a moment before following again.
Plain text (no timestamps): you scroll through the text freely.

At the bottom of the view are the timeline, which you drag to jump within the song, and the buttons for previous, play and next. Close it with the arrow at the top or by swiping down. On the iPad and the unfolded iPhone Duo, the lyrics fill the whole screen in larger type.

Where Luma gets the lyrics

Luma looks in this order:

A lyrics file from the importIf a Song.lrc, .elrc, .ttml or .txt sat next to Song.flac during a folder import, Luma took the text along. Since Luma 1.6 this also works when the names don't quite match, for example without the track number, in a different spelling, or when the file is named after the song's title. If a folder holds only one song and only one file with timestamps, they belong together.
The music file's lyrics tagFor example the standard USLT tag in MP3, the lyrics field in M4A or LYRICS in FLAC.

Luma doesn't download lyrics from the internet. That's in keeping with how the app works: no network, no servers.

Adding synced lyrics (LRC) yourself

Get an LRC fileAn .lrc file is plain text where every line starts with a timestamp, such as [01:23.40]And here's the chorus. Many tagging programs on the computer can create or download LRC files.
Name it like the song03 My Song.flac is safest with 03 My Song.lrc in the same folder. Since version 1.6, Luma recognizes small differences such as a missing track number.
Import the folderImport the whole folder with Choose Files or Folders. When you import individual files, Luma can't see the files next to them.

Already imported?

If the song is already in your library, a new import skips it as a duplicate. Delete the song in Luma, then import the folder again together with the .lrc file. If the music is on your Mac, simply send the song again with Luma Transfer and only the lyrics are added. Alternatively, embed the text as a tag on your computer before importing.

Luma Transfer

Since Luma 1.6 on the iPhone and version 1.1 of Luma Transfer or Luma for Mac, the Mac sends the lyrics files next to a song along with it. Songs already on the iPhone get their lyrics added. More under Lyrics and Luma Transfer.

Also supported: several timestamps per line ([00:12.00][01:15.00]Chorus), an [offset:…] tag to shift the timing, and “Enhanced LRC” with per-word timestamps (Luma uses the line time).

The Lyrics button is missing

The button only appears when Luma found lyrics for the current song. If it's missing, the file has no lyrics tag and no matching .lrc file was imported with it. Check on your computer whether the file contains lyrics, or add an .lrc file as described above.

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