Young followers of Olivia Rodrigo, Eminem and other music stars have been proven explicit lyrics on Spotify even when users have blocked explicit content. The streaming service often shows a tune's authentic lyrics, which can include racial slurs and swear words, on display when the clean 'radio pleasant' version is played. Spotify declined to comment. The BBC understands the corporate is conscious of the issue and working to fix it. Spotify introduced a system designed to deal with express content material in 2018 after dad and mom put stress on the company, and specific songs are marked with an 'E'. Anyone who desires to avoid hearing swearing can choose to dam specific content material in their settings, and clean variations will typically be supplied as a substitute. However, the lyrics in Spotify's database for many of these edited versions will be the identical because the originals, that means anyone looking at the lyrics will see the specific phrases. Currently greater than a third of the songs in Spotify's UK top 50 chart include explicit lyrics. Of these, half present the express lyrics on display when the clear edit is performed. The BBC discovered one hundred extra high-profile affected tracks, including some that feature in youngsters's movie soundtracks or on little one-pleasant playlists. Olivia Rodrigo - Bad Idea Right? Spotify appeared to take away lyrics for a small number of songs on Wednesday after being alerted to the issue by the BBC. The BBC has additionally discovered that on desktops or laptops, folks can still read the lyrics of specific versions of songs even when the tracks are blocked, simply by clicking on the monitor names from a search or artist profile web page. Spotify is the world's hottest music streaming service with more than 500 million customers. James Roach, who produces music below the identify Midlo and has written for parenting website Music Football Fatherhood, is the dad of two youngsters, certainly one of whom is just discovering music in his own proper. Kids do want to mimic these artists and sing the songs, but it is not always 100% clear what is being said sometimes. As a producer, Roach says people who add songs have the option to submit completely different lyrics for different variations of songs, however suspects some persons are "lazy" and use the identical lyrics for each the explicit and clear edits. Spotify and another music streamers source lyrics from a firm called Musixmatch, which describes itself as "the world's largest collection of song lyrics utilized by thousands and thousands of people to get instant time synced lyrics". Musixmatch allows fans to add, appropriate or translate lyrics in exchange for "kudos". The company did not reply to a request for comment. Unlike films and some Tv streaming services, music does not have an age ranking system to highlight potentially inappropriate content.