Instagram is one of the major hot social networks currently in 2021. In this guide, I would tell you how to add music to the IG story on your account. With so many features coming up regularly, few parts of the world, don’t get many of the features that Instagram has yet to offer.
What is IG Story?
In short, you can say that Facebook has copied the Key selling point of Snapchat ie. disappearing posts or images.
So what you can do with IG Story?
With Snapchat Stories, you can broadcast multiple snaps (videos and photos) taken throughout the day, complete with overlays of doodles and stickers and filters and masks.
This ‘reel of snaps’ will disappear after 24 hours, thus maintaining Snapchat’s ephemeral vibe. If you want to repopulate your story reel, just take more videos and photos and continue to broadcast them. So now let’s see what’s all this fuss about?
What is the Music feature in IG Story?
Through the Instagram Music feature, you will be able to choose from a huge variety of songs and these songs are primarily categorised as “Popular”, “Moods” and “Genre”.
You can also choose songs from the search bar on top. When you choose a song to add to your story, you will only be able to play 15 seconds of the song in it, however, you will have an option to choose which part of the song you want to add to the story. Now in the next section, let’s learn how to add music to an IG stories.
How to add music to IG story?
- Open the Instagram camera, click a picture or upload a picture
- Swipe up and tap on the music sticker
- Choose a song of your choice
- You can also choose the font, colour of the lyrics and which part of the song you want to put in your IG story.
- Tap on “Done” at the right corner once you are done
- Place the lyrics at the preferred spot on the image
The same thing can be done via the “Music” option available at the bottom when you open the Instagram camera, the only difference is, by using this, you can just put the music in the story and not the lyrics.
The music option at the bottom will also give you some filters like “Pulse“, ” Glow“, “Vintage” and more to customise your story.
Note: A separate “Music” sticker is also available for Indian users that will not only let you play music and put a picture in the Facebook and Instagram story but will also give you the option to put lyrics of the chosen song that will reflect on the story in synchronisation with the song.
FAQs on Instagram Music Story Feature
Why can’t I use Instagram music?
Updating the IG app should give you the ability to select the music sticker from the sticker tray in the Instagram camera. If you don’t see it after updating, there’s no need to panic. Sometimes, you need to sign out of the app and force-quit, then open up Instagram and sign back in.
When will the Music sticker be available worldwide?
We’re not sure yet. Instagram said they are “working hard to bring it to the global community”.
I completely understand that it must be such a huge (legal) task to make Music available worldwide. So let’s be patient (and try some of the tricks below).
So far, the Music sticker is available in these countries (and a few more as time goes on):
- US
- UK
- Australia
- New Zealand
- France
- Germany
- Sweden
- India
- Canada
But you could still be in one of these countries and not have it yet (or not have it anymore).
UPDATE: This feature has been rolled out to a maximum of countries now, and thus the question of how to add music to an IG story is pretty easy now.
How to get an Instagram music story?
If you have a Business account and really want the Music sticker: switch from a Business to a personal Instagram account
You will lose some of the other features like the “Email” and “Direction” buttons, “Swipe up”, Instagram insights, and “Shop” feature (if you have a shop).
If you don’t mind losing these features, then here is how to switch back:
- In your Instagram app, open your “Settings”
- Select “Account”
- Select “Switch to personal account”
You might have to wait a few days. Most people got the Music sticker back 3 days after switching.
And once you get it you can perform the section 1 steps to add music to your Instagram story.
Method 2 to get music to IG Story: Switch to a Creator Account
This trick worked for most people.
To switch to a Creator account:
- Go in your “Settings”
- Select “Account”
- Select “Switch to Creator account”
You might have to wait a few days. Most people got the Music sticker back 3 days after switching.
And the last trick that might work is :
Find someone’s Insta Story that is playing music right now
Here’s the trick:
- Find one person you are following who has the Instagram Music sticker (if one of your friends has it, ask him/her to upload an Instagram Story with Music)
- Watch their Instagram Story, and see the name of the song below their username (top left corner of your screen)
- Tap on the song
- A little pop-up window will appear at the bottom of your screen with the name of the song and the artist
- You will see an icon saying “Try Music in your Story”
- Click “Try Music in your Story”
Done.
Final Words!
I tried to compile a how-to guide as well as the FAQs which you people might have in this post. Do let me know in the comments section if you were able to add music to the IG story or not! I would be updating this article time-to-time once I get any information on the release of the IG Music feature in any of the new countries.
