Apple Music Lyrics API returns timed, structured song lyrics with syllable-level sync, LRC/eLRC/TTML formats, sections, and multi-vocalist metadata for karaoke and player UI.
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{
"type": "Syllable",
"metadata": {
"songwriters": [
"Martin Gore"
],
"language": "en",
"leadingSilence": 0,
"lyricOffset": null,
"audioRole": null,
"duration": 372901,
"agents": [
{
"id": "v1",
"type": "person"
}
],
"translations": [],
"transliterations": []
},
"content": [
{
"timestamp": 25760,
"endtime": 27767,
"duration": 2007,
"structure": "Verse",
"text": [
{
"text": "Words",
"timestamp": 25760,
"endtime": 26228,
"duration": 468,
"part": false
},
{
"text": "like",
"timestamp": 26228,
"endtime": 26640,
"duration": 412,
"part": false
},
{
"text": "violence",
"timestamp": 26640,
"endtime": 27767,
"duration": 1127,
"part": false
}
],
"background": false,
"backgroundText": [],
"oppositeTurn": false,
"agent": "v1",
"key": "L1",
"sectionBegin": 25760,
"sectionEnd": 42640
},
{
"timestamp": 27776,
"endtime": 29963,
"duration": 2187,
"structure": "Verse",
"text": [
{
"text": "Break",
"timestamp": 27776,
"endtime": 28400,
"duration": 624,
"part": false
},
{
"text": "the",
"timestamp": 28400,
"endtime": 28768,
"duration": 368,
"part": false
},
{
"text": "silence",
"timestamp": 28768,
"endtime": 29963,
"duration": 1195,
"part": false
}
],
"background": false,
"backgroundText": [],
"oppositeTurn": false,
"agent": "v1",
"key": "L2",
"sectionBegin": 25760,
"sectionEnd": 42640
},
{
"timestamp": 30357,
"endtime": 31938,
"duration": 1581,
"structure": "Verse",
"text": [
{
"text": "Come",
"timestamp": 30357,
"endtime": 30809,
"duration": 452,
"part": false
},
{
"text": "crashing",
"timestamp": 30809,
"endtime": 31275,
"duration": 466,
"part": false
},
{
"text": "in",
"timestamp": 31275,
"endtime": 31938,
"duration": 663,
"part": false
}
],
"background": false,
"backgroundText": [],
"oppositeTurn": false,
"agent": "v1",
"key": "L3",
"sectionBegin": 25760,
"sectionEnd": 42640
},
{
"timestamp": 31949,
"endtime": 34081,
"duration": 2132,
"structure": "Verse",
"text": [
{
"text": "Into",
"timestamp": 31949,
"endtime": 32580,
"duration": 631,
"part": false
},
{
"text": "my",
"timestamp": 32580,
"endtime": 32879,
"duration": 299,
"part": false
},
{
"text": "little",
"timestamp": 32879,
"endtime": 33336,
"duration": 457,
"part": false
},
{
"text": "world",
"timestamp": 33336,
"endtime": 34081,
"duration": 745,
"part": false
}
],
"background": false,
"backgroundText": [],
"oppositeTurn": false,
"agent": "v1",
"key": "L4",
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"sectionEnd": 42640
},
{
"timestamp": 34173,
"endtime": 36243,
"duration": 2070,
"structure": "Verse",
"text": [
{
"text": "Painful",
"timestamp": 34173,
"endtime": 34985,
"duration": 812,
"part": false
},
{
"text": "to",
"timestamp": 34985,
"endtime": 35438,
"duration": 453,
"part": false
},
{
"text": "me",
"timestamp": 35438,
"endtime": 36243,
"duration": 805,
"part": false
}
],
"background": false,
"backgroundText": [],
"oppositeTurn": false,
"agent": "v1",
"key": "L5",
"sectionBegin": 25760,
"sectionEnd": 42640
},
{
"timestamp": 36252,
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"duration": 2048,
"structure": "Verse",
"text": [
{
"text": "Pierce",
"timestamp": 36252,
"endtime": 36904,
"duration": 652,
"part": false
},
{
"text": "right",
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"part": false
},
{
"text": "through",
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"duration": 336,
"part": false
},
{
"text": "me",
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"duration": 757,
"part": false
}
],
"background": false,
"backgroundText": [],
"oppositeTurn": false,
"agent": "v1",
"key": "L6",
"sectionBegin": 25760,
"sectionEnd": 42640
},
{
"timestamp": 38310,
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"duration": 2100,
"structure": "Verse",
"text": [
{
"text": "Can't",
"timestamp": 38310,
"endtime": 38904,
"duration": 594,
"part": false
},
{
"text": "you",
"timestamp": 38904,
"endtime": 39218,
"duration": 314,
"part": false
},
{
"text": "understand?",
"timestamp": 39218,
"endtime": 40410,
"duration": 1192,
"part": false
}
],
"background": false,
"backgroundText": [],
"oppositeTurn": false,
"agent": "v1",
"key": "L7",
"sectionBegin": 25760,
"sectionEnd": 42640
},
{
"timestamp": 40543,
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"duration": 2097,
"structure": "Verse",
"text": [
{
"text": "Oh,",
"timestamp": 40543,
"endtime": 41109,
"duration": 566,
"part": false
},
{
"text": "my",
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"endtime": 41424,
"duration": 315,
"part": false
},
{
"text": "little",
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"part": false
},
{
"text": "girl",
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}
],
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}
],
"_note": "Response truncated for documentation purposes"
}
curl --location --request GET 'https://zylalabs.com/api/13593/apple+music+lyrics+api/30323/get+lyrics?id=1174246889' --header 'Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY'
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Required
Should be Bearer access_key. See "Your API Access Key" above when you are subscribed.
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The Apple Music Lyrics API delivers production-ready lyric payloads for apps that need more than plain text. For a given track it returns a structured JSON response combining song metadata, timed lyric content, and multiple export formats so you can power karaoke views, synced captions, or Apple Music–style lyric screens without rebuilding timing logic yourself.
Metadata includes songwriters, language, duration, leading silence, and optional agents that represent singers or roles (for example lead vs. featured vocals). The core content array breaks the track into timed lines with start and end timestamps, duration, song structure labels such as Intro, Verse, Chorus, or Bridge, and word- or syllable-level spans so each fragment can light up as the audio plays. Lines can also carry background vocal text, opposite-turn flags, agent IDs, and section boundaries for richer UI layouts.
The Apple Music Lyrics API returns structured JSON data that includes timed song lyrics, song metadata, and multiple export formats (LRC/eLRC/TTML). This data is designed for applications requiring synchronized lyrics for karaoke or lyric displays.
Key fields in the response include "metadata" (with songwriters, language, duration), "content" (timed lines with timestamps, structure labels), and "agents" (representing vocalists). Each line also contains text fragments with timing details.
The response data is organized into a "metadata" section and a "content" array. The metadata provides general information about the track, while the content array breaks down the lyrics into timed segments, each with start and end timestamps and structural labels.
The endpoint provides information such as songwriters, language, duration, leading silence, and detailed lyric content with timestamps, structure labels (e.g., Verse, Chorus), and vocal agent data, allowing for rich UI implementations.
The primary parameter for the endpoint is the track ID, which is the numeric identifier found at the end of the Apple Music song URL. This ID is essential for retrieving the corresponding lyrics and metadata.
Users can utilize the returned data to create synchronized lyric displays in applications, such as karaoke interfaces or lyric screens. The structured timing information allows for precise synchronization with audio playback.
Typical use cases include developing karaoke applications, creating lyric display features in music players, and enhancing user engagement with synchronized lyrics during music playback.
Data accuracy is maintained through sourcing from Apple Music's extensive music library, which undergoes quality checks to ensure that lyrics and metadata are correct and up-to-date, providing reliable content for developers.
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