{"id":4083,"date":"2022-07-10T12:38:22","date_gmt":"2022-07-10T12:38:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/?p=4083"},"modified":"2022-07-10T12:38:23","modified_gmt":"2022-07-10T12:38:23","slug":"how-to-add-music-to-instagram-stories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/how-to-add-music-to-instagram-stories","title":{"rendered":"How to Add Music to Instagram Stories"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_43 counter-flat ez-toc-counter ez-toc-light-blue ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a03266e43bc4\" class=\"cssicon\"><span style=\"display: flex;align-items: center;width: 35px;height: 30px;justify-content: center;direction:ltr;\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/label><label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a03266e43bc4\"  class=\"cssiconcheckbox\">1<\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a03266e43bc4\" ><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/how-to-add-music-to-instagram-stories\/#How_to_Add_Music_to_Instagram_Stories\" title=\"How to Add Music to Instagram Stories\">How to Add Music to Instagram Stories<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/how-to-add-music-to-instagram-stories\/#Spotify\" title=\"Spotify\">Spotify<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/how-to-add-music-to-instagram-stories\/#Using_popular_music_apps\" title=\"Using popular music apps\">Using popular music apps<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/how-to-add-music-to-instagram-stories\/#Adding_a_song\" title=\"Adding a song\">Adding a song<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/how-to-add-music-to-instagram-stories\/#Limiting_yourself_to_15_seconds_of_a_song\" title=\"Limiting yourself to 15 seconds of a song\">Limiting yourself to 15 seconds of a song<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/how-to-add-music-to-instagram-stories\/#Using_audio-video_editors\" title=\"Using audio-video editors\">Using audio-video editors<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_to_Add_Music_to_Instagram_Stories\"><\/span>How to Add Music to Instagram Stories<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"how to add music to instagram story\" src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/v8Ilq33.png\"> <\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;ve ever wondered how to add music to Instagram stories, then you&#8217;ve come to the right place. You can use popular music apps like Spotify to upload your favorite tracks to your Instagram Story. You can also use services like Shazam or Spotify to share music with your followers. But do keep in mind that you can only upload 15 seconds of the song. And that&#8217;s not a good enough reason not to use these services.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Spotify\"><\/span>Spotify<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>If you&#8217;ve ever wanted to add Spotify music to your Instagram story, you&#8217;re not alone. If you&#8217;re a subscriber of the service, you can use the app to share your favorite songs on the social media platform. Here&#8217;s how to get started:<\/p>\n<p>To add Spotify music to your Instagram story, first open the mobile app and select the song you&#8217;d like to share. Make sure to open the song in full-screen mode. Then, tap the &#8216;Share&#8217; button. Select Instagram from the drop-down menu and choose &#8220;Your Story.&#8221; Note that you can also share music with a desktop or web player. This way, you can share music without having to share the link to a third party.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Using_popular_music_apps\"><\/span>Using popular music apps<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>If you want to add music to your Instagram story, you can use popular music apps like Spotify. If you&#8217;ve never used Spotify before, you can create a Premium account and add music to your Instagram story for only $9.99 per month. Just open Spotify on your smartphone, select the ellipsis icon in the top-right corner, and then click on &#8220;Share.&#8221; After selecting a track, the music will be added to your story, complete with the song cover art.<\/p>\n<p>Once you have your video ready, you can start adding the song. You can use free video-editing apps such as InShot to make a video. You can also add music from your music service of choice from Spotify, using the Instagram video editor. To make the video look better, you can add comments. And once you&#8217;ve added the song, you can add it to your story.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Adding_a_song\"><\/span>Adding a song<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>If you are a Spotify user, you can add a song to your Instagram story. There are a couple of steps you need to take. First, you will need to install the SoundCloud app. Once you do, you can select the song you want to add to your story. Once you&#8217;ve done this, you can add stickers and other effects to your story. Once you&#8217;re done, publish your story on Instagram.<\/p>\n<p>Once you have your story published, add a song. You can choose to show a song cover, album cover, or both. The length of the clip depends on what you&#8217;re planning to include in your story. If you&#8217;d like to add a song to your story, click on the slider at the top of the editing screen. You can also search for the song you&#8217;d like to add in your story.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Limiting_yourself_to_15_seconds_of_a_song\"><\/span>Limiting yourself to 15 seconds of a song<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>You can add music to your Instagram Story posts and videos with the settings you set. Instagram has preset lengths for songs and videos ranging from five to fifteen seconds. Once you&#8217;ve selected your song, you can use a cropping tool to adjust the duration. Here are some examples of how to add music to your Instagram Story. Make sure you don&#8217;t overdo it!<\/p>\n<p>First, make sure your Instagram story has the latest version of the app. Then, tap the &#8220;Your Story&#8221; icon and hold down the record button. You can use a maximum of 15 seconds of music in your Instagram story. You can also upload photos and still images. Music is not limited to 15 seconds, and you can also use it in other places. However, if you plan to use Instagram music for commercial purposes, you should check the restrictions first.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Using_audio-video_editors\"><\/span>Using audio-video editors<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>You can easily add music or a voiceover to your Instagram story using an audio-video editor. The process is relatively simple: you just drag an MP3 or video file onto the rectangle on the video editor&#8217;s interface, choose the track you want to add, and adjust the volume. Once you have made your changes, save the audio\/video file. Instagram will recognize the file as an audio\/video file and give it a green checkmark.<\/p>\n<p>You can also use your own music in an Instagram story. To do this, navigate to the &#8220;My Music&#8221; tab on the navigation menu. 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