Same issue here since I upgraded from Free to Premium. Lyrics no longer available on Android device. I've tried scrolling down, clicking the 3 dots, clicking the circled "i" for info, nothing shows lyrics for ANY song. Since upgrading to a free trial of Premium, I've regretted it every day and will probably go back to Free because nothing gets fixed. There are threads here from 18 months ago reporting the same problem with lyrics not being available for Premium, but there for Free and Plus. I also hate that Pandora keeps creating automated playlists that I can't stop or get rid of. Premium is garbage. Why break everything and take away features for the people who actually pay?
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@MusicFan0671 Nice to see you around the community.
Not all songs have lyrics:
Due to recent licensing changes, lyrics for some tracks may be temporarily unavailable.
We understand this may be frustrating and appreciate your patience as we work with our licensors on a solution. While we don't have a timeline for when these lyrics might return, your feedback has been shared with the appropriate parties.
Lyrics missing from all songs on Android:
To clarify, are you only experiencing this issue on your Android device? We took a look at your account on our end, and were unable to reproduce this on web.
If you aren't sure, can you try reproducing this on your end from a computer as well?
Thanks for working with me on this.
I tried the web browser and the lyrics are also missing from nearly every song. It looks like Pandora is being greedy and just keeping all the money they're making instead of continuing to maintain features that got them that money in the first place, such as licensing for lyrics and good versions of songs. 90% of the songs I see on Pandora have no lyrics now, and you replace standard versions of songs with cheaper licensed versions like live versions, censored versions, acoustic versions, remixes, etc... I guess I'll be taking my money to Spotify since Pandora just wants to keep charging more money for features they no longer provide.
A couple more reasons I'm taking my money elsewhere...
Since upgrading to a free trial of Premium, I'm being bombarded by a bunch of automated playlists like "Songs you thumbs upped in this channel". People have complained about this for years and nothing gets done about it. Also, when I was a free user, I never had to log out of one device before listening on a different device. Now, every time I want to switch devices, I have to jump through hoops and log out on one device first. Pandora was decent as a free user. Premium is garbage. Why did you ruin it for people that actually pay for it?
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Thanks for following up, @MusicFan0671.
Not all songs have lyrics:
I definitely understand your frustration and can assure you that your feedback around this experience has been passed along.
Hearing different versions of songs (ex: live, censored, etc):
We don't currently have the option to filter out certain versions of tracks, such as remixes or live recordings on Pandora stations.
I recommend upvoting this existing Idea if you'd like to see the option added to the service: Ideas: Exclude Live performances or remixed versions of songs
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In the meantime, if you Thumb Down a live or remixed version of a song, you will not hear that version again on the station you're listening to. This will not keep the studio version of that track from playing and doesn't necessarily mean that you will no longer hear other songs by that artist. You should use your Thumb ratings freely to tell Pandora what you want and don't want to hear.
Also, as a Premium user, you do have the option of picking and choosing what songs you want to hear on demand. Rather than listening to a station, I recommend creating a custom playlist where you can pick and choose the exact songs you want to hear in your current listening session. That way, you won't have to worry about hearing any unwanted versions of songs.
Auto-generated playlists:
Thanks so much for your feedback around these playlists.
While there isn't a way to disable these playlists from getting created, I recommend upvoting this existing Idea if you'd like to see the option for this added as well: Ideas: Disable auto-generated playlists and stations
Logging out when switching devices:
While your Pandora account can be logged into as many devices as you like, they can't be playing at the same time. Regardless of your subscription level, the revenue from one Pandora account only covers the cost of one stream from one device.
This being said, you shouldn't have to log out of your account on one device before streaming Pandora on another device.
As long as you press pause on one device before you listen to Pandora on another, you should be fine.
Can you explain your issue a bit further?
If you pause Pandora on your phone for example, and then try and stream Pandora on another device, what happens?
The more details you're able to provide, the better equipped I'll be to help.
I look forward to hearing back.
You obviously don't care about suggested Ideas if they've been posted and endorsed by many people for 5-6 years like the two you posted. Why waste my time upvoting or adding to those dicussions if you just ignore it? I'm done with Pandora Premium and moving to Spotify, just thought I'd let someone know that you have a decent free service that you ruin for those who pay to upgrade.