An In-Depth Guide On How To Add Music To Your Instagram Story

When Instagram added the stories featured in 2016, it wasn’t just to improve the platform. Big social media companies rarely add new features unless they work. 

So, the main reason why Instagram added the Stories feature was to compete with Snapchat. Just like Snapchat, the stories provided users with a way of posting limited-time posts that would forever disappear after 24 hours.

Since then, Instagram has added a whole slew of other features, including adding music to your Instagram stories.

By adding music to a story, you can make your post more engaging and appealing to your followers and even use it to gain new ones.

Unfortunately, not everyone knows the ways how to add music to your Instagram story. Thankfully, you have this guide that’ll show you how to do it.

All The Ways You Can Add Music To Your Instagram Story

There are quite a few answers to how to put music on Instagram story, and each will give you different music choices.

Instagram has a pretty vast music library by itself, but you can also add music from other apps such as Spotify, Soundcloud, Shazam, and Apple Music.

Keep in mind that Instagram stories can last only up to 15 seconds, so it’s crucial you find a portion of the track that best reflects or enhances your post.

So, let’s first see how you can add music to your story using the Instagram music feature.

Adding Music From Instagram

Adding music from Instagram is pretty easy and straightforward.

Here’s how to add music in Instagram stories:

1. Open the Instagram app and tap on the “+” icon at the bottom of the screen. This will open the Instagram post creation menu. Then you need to tap on the story option located at the bottom of the screen.
2. Next, add an image, a video, or a gif you want to share on your story.
3. Finally, to add a track to your Story, click on the sticker icon in the top right corner of the screen. This will open the sticker menu where you can find the music sticker. Tap on it to add it to your story.

Once you’ve tapped on the music sticker, the app will open the Instagram Music Library.

Here you can use the search function to find a song you’re looking for or just browse the most popular song on the platform.

Keep in mind that some songs aren’t available due to copyright issues and the country you’re from. The same is true for business accounts.

While in the Instagram Music Library, you can also find a “for you” section. This section will suggest to you songs based on the accounts you’re following and what music you post on your stories.

If you want to find new tunes, you can always tap on the browse button at the top of the Instagram Music Library menu and browse through this platform’s vast music catalog.

You can also use the search feature to find the song you want.

Once you’ve found the song you need, just tap on it, and it will be added to your story. You can then edit it by tapping on it and using the slider that will appear to find the right section of the song you want to play in your story.

By the way, for those who are wondering “how to save Instagram story with music”, you’re not to worry. Saving stories with music is just the same as saving a regular instagram story, so doing just that will allow you to save the music with the story.

Adding Music From Spotify

Although Instagram has a pretty big music library, it pales in comparison with Spotify. Chances are, if you can’t find the song you’re looking for on Instagram, you’ll probably find it on Spotify.

To be able to add music from Spotify to your Instagram story, you first need to have a Spotify Premium account. Thankfully, that will only set you back $9.99 per month.

Here’s how you can add a song from Spotify to your Instagram story:

1. Open the Spotify app
2. Search for the song you want to add to your Instagram story
3. Click on the three dots located at the top right corner of the screen. This will open a menu where you can like the song, add it to your playlist, and share it.
4. Scroll down a bit and choose the share option.
5. Now tap on the Instagram Stories option.

Spotify will automatically open the Instagram app on your device and add the track to your story.

Unfortunately, when using this method, Instagram will not play the song you shared. Instead, it will just create a link to the song on Spotify.

Whenever someone taps or clicks on the song, their Instagram app will automatically open Spotify, which will then play the song you shared.

If a user doesn’t have Spotify installed on their device, they will then be taken to the app store where they can download the app.

Adding Music From Soundcloud

One of the best places to pick up new music is Soundcloud. It’s the number one platform for up-and-coming artists. Moreover, Soundcloud helped many artists reach stardom.

The first person that comes to mind is Post Malone. He posted his first album to Soundcloud, where it got picked up by major rappers and pop singers. A few months later, his song “congratulations” was everywhere.

Here’s how to add music in Instagram story via Soundcloud:

1. Fire up the Soundcloud app on your device
2. Search for the song you want to share
3. Open it
4. Click on the share icon and choose the “Share to Instagram Stories” option in the menu that’ll pop up.

Just like with Spotify, Instagram won’t automatically play the song when a user opens your story. Instead, Instagram will add the song or album artwork to the story with a link to the song. When a user taps or clicks on it, SoundCloud will automatically open and play the song. 

If the user doesn’t have the Soundcloud app installed, they will instead be taken to the app store, where they can download the app.

Besides adding the song/album art, you can also add a sticker with the Spotify logo and the title of the song.

You can additionally customize the story by adding hashtags, GIFs, and text so other users on Instagram can discover it more easily.

Adding Music From Apple Music

Apple Music is another large music library you can use to share songs on Instagram stories.

Just like with other third-party apps, Instagram won’t automatically play the songs when users open the story. Instead, Instagram will automatically post the album cover and the title of the song.

However, Apple’s music library is much, much bigger than Instagram’s. It has more than 90 million songs from artists all over the world. This means you won’t have much trouble finding the right song you want to share.

Here’s how to add music in Instagram story by using Apple Music:

1. Launch the Apple Music app on your Apple Device.
2. Search for the song you want to share and play it.
3. Now click on the three dots in the upper right corner of the screen.
4. Choose the share option.
5. Scroll down through the share menu until you find the Instagram Stories option.

Once you’ve done that, Apple Music will import the album/song cover with a link to your Instagram story.

Adding Music From Shazam

Have you ever heard a song somewhere, and it got stuck in your head, but you didn’t know who was playing it or what was the name of it? Well, there’s an app for that. It’s called Shazam.

Although it exploded in popularity only in the past couple of years, Shazam has been around for almost 23 years. The app rose in prominence when Apple bought it back in 2017.

Shazam is now native on all iPhones and is even integrated into Apple’s AI assistant Siri.

This app is perfect for identifying songs you’ve never heard before. It’s particularly useful when you’re out and about and hear a cool song coming from a grocery store or a coffee shop.

To identify the song, all you have to do is open the app and let it hear a couple of seconds of the song. After just a couple of seconds, you’ll get the name of the author and the title of the song.

Once you’ve identified the song, here are the steps you need to follow to post it on your Instagram Story:

1. Tap on the three dots in the upper right corner of the screen.
2. Tap on the share option.
3. Scroll down through the sharing menu and choose the Instagram Stories option.
4. Shazam will automatically launch Instagram and import the song artwork with a link to Shazam.

Although Instagram won’t play the song automatically, this is a great way to show your followers the music you’ve discovered.

You can also further customize the story by adding text and hashtags. This will also boost the discoverability of your story and slightly boost its reach.

Conclusion

As you can see, sharing music on your Instagram story is pretty simple. In most cases, all you have to do is take advantage of the sharing feature on music apps.

One important note before we part ways. If you don’t have the Instagram Music sticker available, that’s probably because it’s not available in your country. You can try and go around this restriction by using a VPN, but the results may vary.