Published 12:47 IST, June 10th 2019

Will Instagram be able to one-up TikTok with its latest lip-sync and on-screen lyrics feature?

Instagram is now taking on TikTok with some new additions to the Facebook-owned photo-sharing app. Instagram is rolling out lyrics to ephemeral stories

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Instagram is w taking on TikTok with some new additions to Facebook-owned photo-sharing app. Instagram is rolling out lyrics to ephemeral stories. As a result, you can w lip-sync to songs and music videos with lyrics on Instagram stories. TikTok's growing popularity and fan base in India and worldwide has been causing eugh headache for apps like Instagram and Snapchat and latest move by Instagram's seems to capitalise on trend set by TikTok in this segment.

w that Instagram is adding quite a few new music features to its app, it will be interesting to see how Instagram furr competes with TIkTok in an effort to gain maximum user attention.

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How does Instagram's new music lyrics feature work?

Well, Instagram music tab lets users an option to sing along with lyrics. Instagram also posted a new story with American singer Billie Eilish singing "My Strange Addiction." w we kw what lyrics function on Instagram stories will look like. With move, Facebook may be trying hard to connect with younger audiences like never before. Meanwhile, China's ByteDance-owed widely popular TikTok all allows users to lip-sync to songs and dance.

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Of late, TikTok has been a preferred platform among young influencers to reach out to millions of fans. Instagram initially started off as a platform to share still imry. Eventually, Instagram expanded into videos and w, y seem to be getting into music.

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Instagram Stories' lyrics feature has already rolled out to apps. Here's how to use it.

  • How to add lyrics to Instagram music stories?
  • Update your Instagram to latest version
  • Open your Instagram app
  • Tap on camera icon at top left corner
  • Scroll over Music tab on menu at bottom
  • Choose a song you want to display on your Instagram story
  • Select part of song you want to play
  • Tap Music icon and n tap Stickers icon
  • Pick music sticker and select your song once again
  • You can customise way lyrics show up
  • Send to your friends or publish as your Instagram story

Instagram is currently in process of rolling out lyrics feature for stories to more users. So if you haven't received feature yet, you should receive it soon.
 

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12:47 IST, June 10th 2019