How to add lyrics to a Xiaomi Redmi 9 song

Modern Redmi smartphones have long since ceased to be just devices for calls, becoming powerful multimedia centers capable of playing music in high quality. However, standard settings are often limited to only displaying the title of the track and the artist, leaving users without the ability to see the words of the song directly on the lock screen or in the player. For those who like to sing along with their favorite hits or learn new songs, the lack of built-in functionality to display lyrics can be a serious inconvenience.

Xiaomi Redmi 9 owners often face the question of how to fix this situation without resorting to complex manipulation of root rights. Fortunately, the MIUI operating system (and its newer version HyperOS) allows you to flexibly configure the display of metadata if you properly prepare the music files themselves. The process of adding text does not require deep programming knowledge, but needs attention to the details of encoding and file formats.

In this article, we will take a look at all the available methods for integrating lyrics into your music library.We will look at both the standard MIUI shell tools and proven third-party solutions that are guaranteed to work on your device’s hardware platform.You will learn how to edit tags, choose the right players, and fix common character encoding problems.

Understanding the structure of music files and tags

Before we start to take action, we need to understand how digital devices understand where music ends and text begins. MP3 or FLAC, It contains hidden metadata known as ID3-It's in these service fields that we sew information about the album, the release race and, most importantly for us, the lyrics.

ID3v2 allows you to embed text directly into a file, making it portable: you can transfer a track to another phone or computer and the words will be saved. However, older versions of the standard or incorrect encoding can lead to a set of incomprehensible characters instead of Russian letters. For Redmi 9, it is critical that the text encoding in the tag conforms to UTF-8.

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Always check the encoding of tags before recording on the phone - this will save time to fix "crackers" in the future.

There is also an alternative method where text is stored in a separate file with the.lrc extension. This format contains not only words, but also time stamps that allow text to scroll in sync with music. Mi Music's regular player works great with both types of data, but prefers embedded tags for static display.

Preparation of song lyrics files for Redmi 9

The most reliable way to add text is to embed it inside an audio file before you download it to your smartphone, and you'll need a computer and a dedicated tag editor. One of the most popular and free programs is MP3Tag, which allows you to edit track information en masse, and you can download it from the developer's official website and install it on a Windows PC.

After installing the program, follow the following steps to prepare your files:

• 📂 Launch it. MP3Tag and drag into the program window the folder with the music compositions that you want to edit.
• 🎵 Select the desired track or group of tracks, click the right mouse button and select the "Tags" item or just use the panel on the left.
• ✍️ Find the Lyrics field and paste the copied lyrics in there. Make sure it's broken down into lines correctly.
• 💾 Click the Save button (floppy disk icon) to record changes to the file.

It is important to note that the process is similar for the FLAC format, but tags may be called differently, for example LYRICS. MP3Tag automatically determines the type of file and offers the appropriate fields to fill in. If you use a Mac, the Metadatics application, which also supports batch editing, will be a great analog.

Use of the built-in Mi Music player

Xiaomi Redmi 9 smartphones come pre-installed with Mi Music, which is part of the MIUI ecosystem. This player can automatically pull up texts from the Internet, but this feature often works unstable for Russian-language tracks or rare artists.

To check the text display in the built-in player, follow the following steps:

1. Open the Music app on the home screen or in the Tools folder.
2. Run any track you have previously inserted the text into.
3. Click on the album cover to turn the player on the full screen.
4. Swipe your finger up the cover area or click on the list/text icon at the bottom of the screen.

If the text doesn't appear automatically, try clicking on the "More" button (three dots) and selecting "Find the lyrics of the song" option, the player will try to find a match by the track title and artist in their database, and if successful, the text will appear and scroll to the beat of the music if a format with time codes is found.

Alternative players for advanced users

Staffing doesn’t always satisfy music fans, so many Redmi 9 users install third-party audio players, often with more powerful text rendering engines and better at different tag formats.

Musixmatch works like a plug-in on any other player, and it scans your library, finds texts in its vast database, and displays them on top of your lock screen or other applications, a solution that is perfect for those who don't want to waste time manually editing files.

Comparison of popular solutions for displaying lyrics:

When choosing third-party software, pay attention to the availability of advertising in free versions. Poweramp, for example, is a paid application, but offers a trial period and does not have built-in advertising, giving full access to all equalizer and visualization features.

Setting up the display on the lock screen

One of the most popular features is the ability to see the lyrics of a song without unlocking the phone. On Xiaomi Redmi 9 with the shell MIUI 12/13/14, this feature can be implemented through system settings or third-party applications.

To fully display the lyrics on the locked screen, the best way to use a bunch of Musixmatch player and system permissions is to ask you to grant permission to "Master on top of other applications" after installing the application, which is a critical step, without which the text will not appear.

⚠️ Note: By allowing the display over other windows, you allow the app to draw the interface over the system elements. Make sure you download the app from the official Google Play store or GetApps to avoid installing malware.

Also worth checking is the battery settings. MIUI aggressively saves power, so it can kill the background player process and the text on the lock screen will stop updating. Go to Settings → Battery and Performance → Selection of applications, find your player and set the No Limits mode.

Solving problems with coding and synchronization

A common problem with users is that instead of text, they display squares or characters, which is a classic sign of encoding conflict. MP3-files may have been encrypted in the Windows-1251, While modern Android systems are waiting for UTF-8. When editing tags, always forcefully choose UTF-8 in the settings of the editorial program.

If you have the text, but it's not synchronized with the music (it doesn't scroll itself), you need a file with the.lrc extension: song.mp3 and song.lrc. Structure. LRC-The file looks like this:

[00:12.50] First line of text


[00:15.20] Second line of text




[00:18.90] Third line

You can create such a file manually in Notepad, but it is easier to use online services or the Edit Sync function in the Musixmatch app, where you can customize the text to music in real time, pausing the track.

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The.lrc file must have the same name as the audio file, otherwise synchronization will not work.

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