YouTube Music has started placing song lyrics behind a paywall, requiring users to subscribe to YouTube Premium or YouTube Music Premium to view full lyrics. With the update, YouTube Music only allows five free lyric views. To continue viewing lyrics without limits, users must subscribe to YouTube Music Premium or YouTube Premium. In the Philippines, YouTube Music Premium is priced at around ₱169 per month, while YouTube Premium costs about ₱239 per month. Both plans remove ads and allow background playback and offline downloads, but YouTube Premium also covers the main YouTube app. Google has been testing this lyrics restriction for several months, and the wider rollout suggests it is now part of YouTube Music’s standard experience. Earlier this week, Google said it now has over 325 million paid subscriptions across its services, including YouTube Premium and Google One. In 2025, YouTube generated more than $60 billion from ads and subscriptions. Read more in our articles including "YouTube Music now requires Premium to view full lyrics" and "YouTube Premium Lite is making a comeback soon".
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May 4, 2026YouTube Music has started placing song lyrics behind a paywall, requiring users to subscribe to YouTube Premium or YouTube Music Premium to view full lyrics. With the update, YouTube Music only allows five free lyric views.
To continue viewing lyrics without limits, users must subscribe to YouTube Music Premium or YouTube Premium. In the Philippines, YouTube Music Premium is priced at around ₱169 per month, while YouTube Premium costs about ₱239 per month. Both plans remove ads and allow background playback and offline downloads, but YouTube Premium also covers the main YouTube app.
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