Young followers of Olivia Rodrigo, Eminem and other music stars have been shown explicit lyrics on Spotify even when users have blocked specific content material. The streaming service usually exhibits a song's unique lyrics, which might embody racial slurs and swear words, on display screen when the clean 'radio pleasant' version is performed. Spotify declined to comment. The BBC understands the company is conscious of the issue and dealing to fix it. Spotify introduced a system designed to deal with specific content in 2018 after parents put pressure on the company, and specific songs are marked with an 'E'. Anyone who wants to keep away from listening to swearing can select to dam express content in their settings, and clean versions will often be offered as a substitute. However, the lyrics in Spotify's database for a lot of of those edited versions may be the identical because the originals, that means anyone wanting at the lyrics will see the express words. Currently greater than a 3rd of the songs in Spotify's UK prime 50 chart comprise express lyrics. Of these, half show the explicit lyrics on display when the clean edit is played. The BBC discovered 100 extra high-profile affected tracks, together with some that function in children's film soundtracks or on little one-friendly playlists. Olivia Rodrigo - Bad Idea Right? Spotify appeared to remove lyrics for a small number of songs on Wednesday after being alerted to the problem by the BBC. The BBC has additionally found that on desktops or laptops, people can still learn the lyrics of express variations of songs even when the tracks are blocked, just by clicking on the observe names from a search or artist profile page. Spotify is the world's hottest music streaming service with more than 500 million customers. James Roach, who produces music underneath the title Midlo and has written for parenting web site Music Football Fatherhood, is the dad of two youngsters, one in all whom is just discovering music in his personal right. Kids do need to mimic these artists and sing the songs, however it is not always 100% clear what is being said generally. As a producer, Roach says individuals who add songs have the choice to submit different lyrics for various variations of songs, but suspects some people are "lazy" and use the identical lyrics for each the specific and clean edits. Spotify and another music streamers source lyrics from a firm referred to as Musixmatch, which describes itself as "the world's largest assortment of song lyrics utilized by tens of millions of individuals to get immediate time synced lyrics". Musixmatch permits fans to add, appropriate or translate lyrics in exchange for "kudos". The corporate didn't reply to a request for remark. Unlike movies and some Tv streaming companies, music does not have an age ranking system to highlight potentially inappropriate content.