Spotify lyrics were turned into a paid feature after a limited test last year – but the company has now reversed course and made them free for everyone again … Spotify historically allowed ...

Spotify’s user base is growing faster than ever, but its paid-subscriber growth isn’t keeping pace with free listeners. That may be why it’s exploring pushing lyrics behind the paywall.

Back in May, Spotify quietly started putting lyrics behind a paywall, limiting free users to lyrics for three songs per month. The move was a bid to push more users to pay for the service.