How to Include Music in Your Instagram Story

When Instagram introduced the Stories feature in 2016, it was intended to compete with Snapchat, which was rising in popularity at the time. Stories, like Snapchat, allow users to create a limited-time (24-hour) post for other users to read before it goes forever. When it first became available, Instagram users flocked to it, and it rapidly became one of the platform’s most popular features.

Instagram has since added numerous more features, including the ability to post tunes to your Instagram stories.

The best methods to use music in your Instagram Story

There are various ways to add music to your Instagram Story, each with their own set of music possibilities. You may play songs from Instagram as well as famous music providers like Spotify, Soundcloud, Apple Music, and Shazam.

Because each Instagram Story may run up to 15 seconds, it’s critical to choose a track – or piece of a track – that fits inside that time frame. Let’s look at your alternatives for finding a music that matches your Story.

IMPORT MUSIC FROM INSTAGRAM

The simplest method is to add music from Instagram itself. Here’s how to go about it:

Launch Instagram and tap the + icon at the top of the screen. This will take you to the “add to Story” area, where you may start creating your Instagram Story.

You may choose from Instagram’s music collection once you’ve created your Story (video, picture, GIF, etc.).

To add a track to your Story, go to the Sticker menu and select the Music sticker.

This will launch the Instagram music library, allowing you to explore through thousands of tracks. Keep in mind that owing to copyright constraints, not all songs are available in every country. Business accounts also have fewer music options.

Instagram’s algorithm, the accounts you follow, who you connect with, and your personal posting history all influence this.

If you wish to go beyond these songs, click the browse button at the top of the screen. This will allow you to search Instagram’s music library. If you’re looking for anything specific, you may also manually enter in the name of a song or artist.

When choosing music, you can choose a part of the song that lasts between 5 and 15 seconds. The duration will be selected using a slider within the app. Then, click the “Done” button to finish adding the selected music to your Instagram Story.

You may include more than just the music or artwork when you upload a track to Instagram. You may also include the lyrics. The lyrics will correspond to the area of the music you select to emphasize in your Story, and they may be added over either a photo or a video.

Start the Instagram app.

To open your Story, click the + symbol next to your profile picture in the top left corner of the page.

Include the photo or video you wish to highlight.

To add music from Instagram, use the “Music Sticker” option.

Look for the music you wish to use in your Story.

After you’ve chosen a song, touch on the album artwork that displays.

You may now add lyrics in a variety of different font styles. You may also change the size and location of the lyrics in the Story. Keep in mind that you cannot add lyrics to all of the songs in the Instagram music collection.

Conclusion

One of the finest ways to engage with others is to share music with your social media friends and followers. And, with Instagram Stories, you can broadcast your new favorite songs while finding new music from individuals you follow on Instagram. You may also search for music-related hashtags, which is another method to locate new songs to add to your playlist.