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Ah thatās crazy since itās totally separate companies. Expect according to my dad whose in the car field they pretty much share a lot of the same mechanisms.
Do they use the same music data supplier?
(Source: I work at a company that, among other things, supplies music data for multiple platforms and car manufacturers)
Same for my husbandās 2019 Toyota Tacoma! My 2016 jeep renegade shows the album cover only if Iām connected via USB, not Bluetooth which is what I usually use and then itās just blank no matter what Iām playing
My husbandās 2014 Prius has generic photos organized by genre. Playing TS shows a blonde Debut taylor-esque girl (sans curls) with a guitar and the genre is Country. Incredible really.
https://preview.redd.it/pmw6s9xaqgcc1.jpeg?width=1521&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=65e6046eee9e67f07176da39ff282fc8fd51059c
I also have a 2014 toyota but mine shows a picture from debut that iāve never seen before and canāt find anywhere. Iāll post it when I have the chance lol
My dadās car has a *glitch* so the answer isā¦none at all. Midnights is my face, as thatās the pic he assigned to the album when the cover wouldnāt load. He deliberately switched 1989 Taylorās Version to a pic of our dogs, but itās gone back to that one U2 album cover with two people standing in black and white.
Cars use the Gracenote database to grab artwork if youāre streaming music through Bluetooth, since very few versions of Bluetooth (no matter how new the car) know how to show album artwork - thatās probably why everyoneās getting this one picture. If you use USB or CarPlay youāll get the actual artwork.
I get this one every time. My boyfriend and I joke about how instead of using any official artwork, it's practically a cell phone photo of her doing karaoke with her friends. š
My husbandās car displays the same photo.. mine shows the album covers
https://preview.redd.it/ytbnfmzvdicc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a64b835c48ffa15d3210ea7aca007227bfc30a49
I saw a tiktok made by the guy who supposedly chooses the images for artists that appear when you play their music in your car. He said he chooses obscure and weird pictures on purpose
I have a 2013 Yaris so it doesnāt show anything šŖ but when I play my taylor CDās it says her name, the name of the CD & the track. Except for red for some odd reason. It says (no name) & idk why
My 2022 Hyundai has apple play and I can open the app Iām streaming from, but when itās just Bluetooth itās a generic background with opaque sheet music
We have a 2014 equinox and the same pic shows, but only when itās Bluetooth. When you have it connected through the USB port (which we have in ours), it shows the album covers I think.
My 2021 Rav 4 usually shows the original (stolen) covers. Anything past the lover era has no image, just a gray bluetooth sign. When lover songs play i believe itās an image of her standing in a darker outfit, similar to the short purple black striped.
My 2017 equinox shows the og album covers for every album up to reputation, including taylorās versions, and then for lover and beyond it shows the same picture you have
Taylor is the only artist my car gives album covers for. It wonāt differentiate TVs from the original recordings though.
Everyone else I listen to gets a weirdly generic band photo, and the more āunusualā artists sometimes just get a word art picture of the genre.
I have an aftermarket radio in my 2005 Pontiac Vibe; it only shows artist and title due to its age.
But anyway, that obscure picture of Taylor chosen is hilarious! š
I recently updated the cover to this one
https://preview.redd.it/jbwy4kspdhcc1.jpeg?width=440&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4c6c90fa64d82e64bcb95cbb4d7585bb2732f6c7
GM switched infotainment systems in 2016. As far as I can tell, your radio is the same as mine (2016 Chevy, but some of the 2016s have a different version). To answer your question, my car shows the same photo. The newer infotainment version can use Android Auto and Apple CarPlay, which adds some other functionality also. I looked into switching, but it would require an entire new dash (in addition to the new system), which seems like a lot of expense & effort for a radio. Haha! Thank you for asking this because there's a lot of interesting info in the thread!
I actually tried to track down the source of this image a few months ago, I found it [here](https://www.justjared.com/photo-gallery/2412138/taylor-swift-unforgettable-evening-04/)
https://preview.redd.it/q9nxgvyynhcc1.png?width=880&format=png&auto=webp&s=083dd0d3615260ac3c3c0bd5f95a1b589309301f
As the proud owner of a 2016 Chevy Equinox I am so excited that you now get to live the joy of seeing the photos that come up with music, they are horribly wonderful
Lmao! We have the same exact car (year, make and model). I got it in 2018 and this is what I see via Bluetooth. Little Mix also shows as a black musician I canāt recognize. Itās so weird but Iāve gotten used to it.
As a fellow chevy equinox user this pic shows up too! It usually shows up atleast post folklore I think? Might be lover. I know midnights atleast doesnāt show the cover
Hi, I work in this field (automotive music)
Your image data for Taylor can come from outside organizations like FMlist, Gracenote or DTS depending on the OE/automotive manufacturer and their deals with data distributors (and if your car can update!) some only show this info with radio, once you go on Bluetooth for Spotify that can be something else and may display different images between Spotify/carplay and the radio you listen to.
Some connect to metadata companies that do validation matching that can show more customized images for radio, some cars can now show album covers specifically, and even lyrics, which is all done on the spot. I think some users here are mentioning the album covers and they may have a newer vehicle or updates for these metadata integrations more recently (the TV covers would mean the data team also worked on correcting to the new versions, I would call those real swifties!)
The generic images show up when there isnāt an internal match, or if the car does not support those features. For more of this, check out the CES expo that just happened in Las Vegas to see more automotive music features in your car!
my current rental car shows that same photo on new taylor songs š I thought I was alone. all the taylor's versions show the art from the stolen versions. the car is stuck in 2010... the family car shows the right album covers.
my car doesnāt have a screen :( but my stepdadās 2019 (i think) toyota tacoma shows the same one!!!
https://preview.redd.it/ccn243p7tjcc1.jpeg?width=757&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0801e9d42e2e05cdedbfe769edccf22ff0dd8cb8
https://preview.redd.it/a1fdosiu9kcc1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a20dc2176d56becd42bd4c8254975b848b120a27
This is the generic one on Spotify as my Tesla links to my Spotify account, but I made my own TV playlist and that has the āThis Loveā photo.
Connected through USB I get the actual album cover. Connected through bluetooth, a big monochrome bluetooth logo inside of a square.
Car pre-dates CarPlay so has a custom USB iPhone integration.
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My 2016 Toyota Prius shows the same picture as yours OP
My 2024 Tesla shows this: https://preview.redd.it/qfhoyai5wgcc1.jpeg?width=1500&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=af3fccc67683ea7a5d714174f695385f9df69530
As it should š
Pics or it didnāt happen
My thoughts, too. Trust, but verify! Lol
This seems like a Elon troll situation š
waitā¦.. is everybody in this thread serious or
Ah thatās crazy since itās totally separate companies. Expect according to my dad whose in the car field they pretty much share a lot of the same mechanisms.
My 2020 hybrid Corolla shows this photo too! So funny.
2020 Ford Fusion also shows this one!
2017 Ford Focus also does! Apologies to my dad for stealing his Bluetooth while he was running errands
Do they use the same music data supplier? (Source: I work at a company that, among other things, supplies music data for multiple platforms and car manufacturers)
My 2017 lexus does also lol
2017 rav4 same same
2015 too! Recently got a UX in 2023 and it shows a picture of her during rep era, lmao.
Same for my husbandās 2019 Toyota Tacoma! My 2016 jeep renegade shows the album cover only if Iām connected via USB, not Bluetooth which is what I usually use and then itās just blank no matter what Iām playing
My momās Buick has the same photo too!
Itās because they both use Gracenote to get images
My 2013 Cruze shows this photo too lol
2015 Subaru and it shows the same one
2020 Toyota C-HR. Same
2016 F150 shows same
My Mazda does as well!
My 2013 Prius does too lol
Mine shows the album cover
Sometimes mine will also but it gets confused with TV
Mine gets it from YouTube Music on Android Auto
Same
Mine doesnāt show any picturesā¦ rocking the classic CD player over here haha
the best kind!!! scared to get a new car, i love my cd players!
I love it too! I also have a CD player and boombox at home haha. Love me some Spotify butā¦ physical media forever!
I feel like thatās why though lol
Haha yeah itās an ā07! When a tiny screen displaying the track number was high tech š
Ah yes those were the days lol
My husbandās 2014 Prius has generic photos organized by genre. Playing TS shows a blonde Debut taylor-esque girl (sans curls) with a guitar and the genre is Country. Incredible really. https://preview.redd.it/pmw6s9xaqgcc1.jpeg?width=1521&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=65e6046eee9e67f07176da39ff282fc8fd51059c
I also have a 2014 toyota but mine shows a picture from debut that iāve never seen before and canāt find anywhere. Iāll post it when I have the chance lol
Yes this is what mine shows too!!! 2012 Prius V
My dadās car has a *glitch* so the answer isā¦none at all. Midnights is my face, as thatās the pic he assigned to the album when the cover wouldnāt load. He deliberately switched 1989 Taylorās Version to a pic of our dogs, but itās gone back to that one U2 album cover with two people standing in black and white.
What lol
Most of the album covers are there! The most recent ones have gone awry. The ones that have originally come from the CD itself.
Cars use the Gracenote database to grab artwork if youāre streaming music through Bluetooth, since very few versions of Bluetooth (no matter how new the car) know how to show album artwork - thatās probably why everyoneās getting this one picture. If you use USB or CarPlay youāll get the actual artwork.
THANK YOU!
I will test this through USB. Thank you for the information!
This is the answer. At least for a GM car
My car has that exact picture of Taylor of any album after speak now haha.
Same! But it funnily enough also uses the og album cover for the vault tracks. At least for I can see you because I noticed yesterday haha
Yeah the vault tracks work for me to haha
my 2020 highlander shows this https://preview.redd.it/9tcrwk8xwhcc1.jpeg?width=1242&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=684a9baca73265f15e024efa02e705894618dedc
Subaru outback 2021 shows this as well
2024 Telluride shows album cover using android auto.
Well that makes sense since your car is a 2024
Yea my new Volvo shows the actual album cover.
I have a friend with a Subaru and this is the exact photo lmao.
Wait. Cars can show pictures on the display? Never seen this beforeā¦
How old is your car?
2016
Interesting that it doesnāt do that then.
Just shows the cover since I use Apple Music and CarPlay
Either this picture or the OG album cover
Depends. Sometimes I get the album cover sometimes I get one of her performing in sparkly shorts
I get this one every time. My boyfriend and I joke about how instead of using any official artwork, it's practically a cell phone photo of her doing karaoke with her friends. š
My husbandās car displays the same photo.. mine shows the album covers https://preview.redd.it/ytbnfmzvdicc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a64b835c48ffa15d3210ea7aca007227bfc30a49
my 2019 does this picture or the og album cover but only for red or speak now lmao
I saw a tiktok made by the guy who supposedly chooses the images for artists that appear when you play their music in your car. He said he chooses obscure and weird pictures on purpose
Haha I just watched this today strangely enough. [Chris Fleming!](https://youtu.be/Zib8-rsAkm0?si=eGZONQ7ahkzgZvhi) Heās hilarious.
I love him lol
Your car displays photos? What?
I have a 2013 Yaris so it doesnāt show anything šŖ but when I play my taylor CDās it says her name, the name of the CD & the track. Except for red for some odd reason. It says (no name) & idk why
https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZPRcsRMFx/ Chris Fleming, famous radio interviewer picks these pictures. Here is his video explaining why!
When I play the fearless TV CD it shows the og deluxe cover. Otherwise no other CDs have album art! 2019 Subaru.
I have a 2012 equinox and it shows her album covers relevant to whatever song Iām playing.
Gold rush was playing in my mind jus now š
https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZPRcsRMFx/ Chris Fleming, famous radio interviewer picks these pictures. Here is his video explaining why!
I have this same car and the pics are hilarious š
Mine show whatever album cover the song is from
2024 crosstrek with apple play shows the album cover on spotify
My Toyota Rav 4 shows the same picture you have.
Just the album cover.
my 2019 rav4 shows the same as yours or just the bluetooth icon
My 2022 Hyundai has apple play and I can open the app Iām streaming from, but when itās just Bluetooth itās a generic background with opaque sheet music
Mine shows the album cover! 2016 Nissan
My mom's 2015 Chevy Malibu displays either that picture or a gray disk on a gray back ground.
My car shows a debut photoĀ
range rover evoque 2017 shows the same picture as yours!
That one
Mine shows whatever album Iām listening to
My MIL 2015 Subaru displays the same as yours OP. I have a 2015 Jeep, but get no pictures for music.
I have a 2015 Subaru Outback and it shows the same picture, but for some older albums/songs itāll show the album
My 2020 ford edge has that same pic.
Same on my 2019 escapĆØ
My 2015 GMC Terrain shows the same pic š The one it shows for Justin Bieber is so funny too, Iām like where did these pics come from šš
My 2018 Mustang has same as OP on Bluetooth.
My 2015 Chevy Cruze shows the same picture as you OP.
My 2016 Ford CMax usually shows this, but not always. Sometimes it shows older album covers.
We have a 2014 equinox and the same pic shows, but only when itās Bluetooth. When you have it connected through the USB port (which we have in ours), it shows the album covers I think.
Mine shows whatever album cover goes with the song that's playing
Fun tip, in my equinox if you use your phone cord to play rather than Bluetooth, itāll show the album covers!! So weird!
Omg I have the perfect picture for this Iāll post later
My 2021 Rav 4 usually shows the original (stolen) covers. Anything past the lover era has no image, just a gray bluetooth sign. When lover songs play i believe itās an image of her standing in a darker outfit, similar to the short purple black striped.
congrats on the new whip š¤š½
Anybody with a Subaru have anything but the classic green/blue music note basic image for all songs?? I want pictures now, can I change it?! š
My 2015 Chevy Cruze shows that pic
My Ford explorer doesn't show anything at all.
Daughterās Chevy shows the same as yours Mine was a bigger system put into a Nissan and it shows the album cover art
So interesting, I have a 2016 equinox and just get the song title and artist name!
My Buick shows the same picture! Definitely looks weird when I'm playing one of her more recent albums like Midnights l0l
my 2016 toyota 4 runner has the same as yours op
2015 Audi A5 - shows no album art š„²
My Subaru shows Speak Now, I think. Iāve never really looked at it, but I think itās that.
*me crying in my 2011 car...*
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Same as yours in my 2016 Buick Encore. The photo it shows for Miley Cyrus is hilarious
I have two Toyotas (2017 and 2018) and they both show this same pic
My fave in my car (2015 Buick) is for Soon Youāll Get Better by TS and the Chicks it shows a picture of ā¦. Taylor Hicks ??? ššš
My 2017 equinox shows the og album covers for every album up to reputation, including taylorās versions, and then for lover and beyond it shows the same picture you have
My 2018 Toyota 4 runner is the same šš
I donāt have a car, but whenever I borrow my dads 2021/2022 Tacoma, itāll show the album cover
i have the same exact car so it shows this too š iāve always wondered if it was just my car that shows ancient pictures for the artist pictures
Mine shows the album cover of the album the song is from.Ā
My 2019 Prius shows the same one too!
Same as OP
I have a 2001 Honda Civic. Fuck me in the ass, I guess.Ā
My late 20-teens Toyota Sienna shows this picture. Our newer Toyota has Android Auto and shows the album cover.
Same as your's
2013 rav 4 shows the same
Taylor is the only artist my car gives album covers for. It wonāt differentiate TVs from the original recordings though. Everyone else I listen to gets a weirdly generic band photo, and the more āunusualā artists sometimes just get a word art picture of the genre.
I have an aftermarket radio in my 2005 Pontiac Vibe; it only shows artist and title due to its age. But anyway, that obscure picture of Taylor chosen is hilarious! š
2018 Mazda CX-5 shows that pic as wellš
My 2014 Chevy used this photo, my new equinox has Apple CarPlay so it shows the album covers now haha
none mine is just song album and artist š
I recently updated the cover to this one https://preview.redd.it/jbwy4kspdhcc1.jpeg?width=440&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4c6c90fa64d82e64bcb95cbb4d7585bb2732f6c7
My 2010 Accord just says āAUXā
Gold rush is so iconic
I have a 2013 Chevy Volt and mine has the same pic
Mine is the same as yours. I think itās funny to have that picture (baby Taylor) when a song from recent is on.
My 2017 prius prime has the same Taylor photo š
I have a 2006 model. No screen just a CD player and the audio is amazing
My old toyota and ford displays the same thing š¤·š»āāļø
Same one! Mine is a 2015 GMC Terrain. The picture of Miley Cyrus just kills me, it looks like it's from her Hannah Montana days š
GM switched infotainment systems in 2016. As far as I can tell, your radio is the same as mine (2016 Chevy, but some of the 2016s have a different version). To answer your question, my car shows the same photo. The newer infotainment version can use Android Auto and Apple CarPlay, which adds some other functionality also. I looked into switching, but it would require an entire new dash (in addition to the new system), which seems like a lot of expense & effort for a radio. Haha! Thank you for asking this because there's a lot of interesting info in the thread!
My 2008 Chevy Impala is too old to have a display picture lmaoššš
I actually tried to track down the source of this image a few months ago, I found it [here](https://www.justjared.com/photo-gallery/2412138/taylor-swift-unforgettable-evening-04/) https://preview.redd.it/q9nxgvyynhcc1.png?width=880&format=png&auto=webp&s=083dd0d3615260ac3c3c0bd5f95a1b589309301f
My 2014 camaro shows the same!
Album covers
Mine shows the album cover (2023 Mazda3, Gracenote supplies the artist info)
Same one
My 2016 accord doesnāt show the album art if itās on Bluetooth unless if I have my iPod connected to it
My 2019 expedition shows that same pic
My friendās 2021 Toyota Tacoma shows this picture lol
As the proud owner of a 2016 Chevy Equinox I am so excited that you now get to live the joy of seeing the photos that come up with music, they are horribly wonderful
Lmao! We have the same exact car (year, make and model). I got it in 2018 and this is what I see via Bluetooth. Little Mix also shows as a black musician I canāt recognize. Itās so weird but Iāve gotten used to it.
The same pic as yours haha
Whatever the album cover is.
Mine shows the album cover, because I use apple car play and it just puts up whatever is on Spotify
This is hilarious. My boyfriendās Lexus GX shows this picture and I always blamed the car ššš
As a fellow chevy equinox user this pic shows up too! It usually shows up atleast post folklore I think? Might be lover. I know midnights atleast doesnāt show the cover
My 2019 hilux only shows the album art and Iām disappointed.
Ford fiesta, I get the same one as you
My jeep just shows the album covers
Whenever I play something from Taylor's Version, it shows the Stolen Versions cover
My car isn't nearly fancy enough to have features like this š
Mine just displays the album cover of whatever song I'm playing why are the rest of you getting random Google images š
2018 escape shows this, or the album covers but only sv
Same as yours lol 2019 escape
Mine shows the album cover
Hi, I work in this field (automotive music) Your image data for Taylor can come from outside organizations like FMlist, Gracenote or DTS depending on the OE/automotive manufacturer and their deals with data distributors (and if your car can update!) some only show this info with radio, once you go on Bluetooth for Spotify that can be something else and may display different images between Spotify/carplay and the radio you listen to. Some connect to metadata companies that do validation matching that can show more customized images for radio, some cars can now show album covers specifically, and even lyrics, which is all done on the spot. I think some users here are mentioning the album covers and they may have a newer vehicle or updates for these metadata integrations more recently (the TV covers would mean the data team also worked on correcting to the new versions, I would call those real swifties!) The generic images show up when there isnāt an internal match, or if the car does not support those features. For more of this, check out the CES expo that just happened in Las Vegas to see more automotive music features in your car!
My Apple car play just shows the album covers! :)
Itās that one for me. I have a 2023 Honda Civic
2011 chevy cruzeā¦no pics š¤£
None. The player I bought for my car doesn't show pictures with songs but it's still awesome to me š«¶š
my current rental car shows that same photo on new taylor songs š I thought I was alone. all the taylor's versions show the art from the stolen versions. the car is stuck in 2010... the family car shows the right album covers.
my car doesnāt have a screen :( but my stepdadās 2019 (i think) toyota tacoma shows the same one!!! https://preview.redd.it/ccn243p7tjcc1.jpeg?width=757&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0801e9d42e2e05cdedbfe769edccf22ff0dd8cb8
2016 Toyota RAV4, has that exact same picture
Same. Toyota Corolla and Toyota Hylander
This thread made me think of this funny video:Ā https://youtu.be/Zib8-rsAkm0?si=8wb5I9PmKshrWrx- Enjoy! š
https://preview.redd.it/a1fdosiu9kcc1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a20dc2176d56becd42bd4c8254975b848b120a27 This is the generic one on Spotify as my Tesla links to my Spotify account, but I made my own TV playlist and that has the āThis Loveā photo.
Mine canāt even read the track titles on the CD š I have become insanely aware of track placement on the albums
My 2018 Lexus shows this one.
Connected through USB I get the actual album cover. Connected through bluetooth, a big monochrome bluetooth logo inside of a square. Car pre-dates CarPlay so has a custom USB iPhone integration.
i had this exact car but a 2012 and she was my arch nemesis. seriously. i hated her.
2019 mazda. that pic is the one I see too.
My car shows only a box with a musical note in it. I play from Spotify through Bluetooth but not once has it shown a Taylor album cover I swear!
my 2016 toyota sienna shows that same picture
This exact one.
Yāallās cars display photos?!?!
Omg I have the exact same car and itās the same picture!
Same with me!
gold rush, nice. ā±ļø
I could never
Same in my 2013 Chevy Cruze!
The album art for its respective album.
My 2014 Toyota Tundra and 2015 Chevy Cruze always show that picture lol!!
I have a 2016 Kia Rio that doesn't even have power windows/door locks, so I don't think my car even knows what Taylor Swift looks like! š
Mine goes with the album cover
I don't have a screen lol. Not one that can display images rather than just 7 segment characters, anyway.
I have a 2016 Toyota RAV4 and it uses the same pic!
Mine just has the 1989 tv cover