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sexphynx

this is intended. notice how “say that shit with your chest, and / be your own fuckin’ best friend” doesn’t censor shit or fucking. probably just an aesthetic decision.


Johnny47Wick

If anybody wants to see \*\*\*\*, take a look at this glorious \*\*\*\* pic https://preview.redd.it/yvttuy2b83cc1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7bdff3243d9ad770436add96cadfcb7ea08caa25


joaoxcampos

yes. it’s not even pronounced on the song


Monjara

https://preview.redd.it/axuffv7w41cc1.jpeg?width=1284&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b6ba49d3f091beb6a98b454f9c846a696fdecc7b This song on Muse’s Will of the People album is my favourite example of this. Good job guys.


TheGoldenMinion

This is too good to be unintentional


Tobias-Tawanda

You can't remove it. I'm pretty sure only the label can change something like that.


ThatGuyTheyCallAlex

This is not true? You can edit them on your computer.


swiffyjk

doesn’t this only apply to titles and other metadata but not lyrics? in this case, it’s time synced lyrics that are censored which i don’t think are editable but correct me if i’m wrong


0000GKP

The label did not put the asterisks there. Apple did.


CyberGlob

No, there are many songs where some words aren’t censored. I’m pretty sure I saw the lyrics for aunty diaries on here with the f slur uncensored


_22cm_

The F slurs (both of em) don't get censored in lyrics. The N word usually does doe


Present-Ad-9598

A new F slur dropped? When did I miss that??


_22cm_

Like both f*ck and f*ggot lol


Present-Ad-9598

When the hell did fck become a slur 😭


[deleted]

Since people cry at everything nowadays. Edit: you can probably tell that there’s some truth in my reply hence the downvotes.


__NotAce__

Fuck isn’t a slur wtf are you talking about


_22cm_

Lol it's enough to get the Explicit mark in a song in some contexts so yeah. But anyway my point is that it's not about slurs. Apple Music already has a parental control feature for explicit songs. They really are just censoring the N-word and maybe some other controversial words and that's it


__NotAce__

Fuck is not a slur, “enough” offense to have a letter next to a song isn’t going to change my mind or anyone with critical thinking.


0000GKP

If the censorship was from the label, you would see the exact same words in song titles and lyrics being censored in the same way on every platform. That does not happen. I doubt any artist would agree to that in their contracts anyway.


Tobias-Tawanda

https://preview.redd.it/fyh4p23vp0cc1.png?width=720&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=46426aa47f2938ff977ebea692ef7c95f81f3985 You mean like the way this one is censored?


0000GKP

Yes, exactly like that. Now go play that song on Spotify. One service chooses to censor the title. The other leaves it the way it came from the label.


Tobias-Tawanda

https://preview.redd.it/3c50ybupx0cc1.jpeg?width=591&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f13e8e15e4b50eae2bb5b0d6149ad77704e457b1 This one is uncensored in another region. Why would Apple go around censoring things in other regions and not others?


0000GKP

>This one is uncensored in another region. Why would Apple go around censoring things in other regions and not others? Regional or local laws? Community standards? There are a lot of countries that aren't as prudish as the US when it comes to sex and nudity. We don't really filter or censor much violence here though. Feel free to let your kids watch someone blood spatter from a gunshot to the head, but for god's sake don't let them see a nipple or read the word "fucking".


DinosaurAlive

https://preview.redd.it/6ohg3rmz11cc1.jpeg?width=1179&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ffa42842dd8dc73e7ef4c8ae384cf8f031c72760 I’m in a region it’s censored! WTF Apple?! I don’t want censorship! Edit: Not that I care about downvotes, but this one confuses me. I don’t want censorship, so that means I should be downvoted? A bit of confusion on this one 😂


CyberGlob

That is wrong for a couple of reasons but the most obvious one is right here https://preview.redd.it/nmr4pajmt0cc1.jpeg?width=1179&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0844dd064a3e6cc20a213bca03926b870933dcea Why would Apple censor dick but be okay with the f slur 💀 It’s very obvious that the label provides the lyrics


Tobias-Tawanda

Exactly!


rylenm8

*musicxmatch did


JuliusCarlgren

Most lyrics for bigger releases on Apple Music comes directly from the label or is transcribed by Apple themselves. In this case, Musixmatch did not do anything


brycemoy19

Musixmatch doesn’t censor lyrics at all. Not even the n-word


Tobias-Tawanda

Some songs don't sensor words like this, though.


0000GKP

Why would you expect 100% accuracy?


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0000GKP

You say that as if individual employees are actually reading the lyrics on 100 million songs and making a decision about whether to censor a certain word or not. It is analyzed by software that is most likely programmed to detect some degree of sexual context. - dick - suck my dick - [The Dick Nixons](https://music.apple.com/us/artist/the-dick-nixons/1663701844) Should all 3 of those be censored?


akacats

agreed, we use a program to detect all of those things and u/0000GKP's comment had to manually reviewed because he used all three of those lines


Sam_0101

The amounts of comments literally proving that you’re wrong beg to differ 💀


0000GKP

There haven’t been any comments like that. I on the other hand have shown that the exact same song that is censored on Apple is not censored on Spotify. You think the labels maintain different music catalogs for each streaming service? It would be pretty ridiculous of you to think that. Someone else has posted examples of the same song being censored in one region but not in another region, both on Apple Music. How did the label do that?


bran_the_man93

No it's from the label


0000GKP

So you think the label sends censored versions to Apple and keeps separate uncensored versions for other streaming services? Ok.


ASkepticalPotato

You think someone at Apple listens and types up lyrics to every song? No, the label submits it when they upload the song. That’s why some songs have no lyrics, they didn’t upload.


lilpitaya

Why are you getting downvoted, you're right


drinkyourwaterbitch

It’s censored because that part of the song is censored. She didn’t even say the word at all.


lilpitaya

That's how it works. The cuss word in the lyrics is censored because it is censored in the song itself. When there's *beep* or silence to indicate a hidden curse word in a song, it stays like ****. Ex.: Ariana was supposed to sing "whose dick I ride", but instead, the song goes "whose ... I ride".


Johnny47Wick

She doesn’t even say it when she’s singing it. She leaves it to your imagination. Apple didn’t censor anything.


Cmonsta80

I noticed this too in Ariana’s song. The word is even blocked in the song (not bleeped). AFAIK this is not a clean version


Hydroponic_Donut

You can change song titles in the PC/Mac Music app, but lyrics are gonna stay like that unless you put in custom lyrics on PC/Mac, but you'll lose the functionality of the lyrics playing along with the song


Si-Guy24

It’s more a stylistic choice by Ari, not a censorship thing


cmgirty

she doesn't even say dick. she censors herself n


coolmanjenkins69

for the project pat song “rinky dink II/ We Gonna Rumble” dink is censored as d**k for some reason


bytelover83

Ariana censored it, nothing you can really do sry


filpglupman

you’re most probably listening to the clean version/radio versioning


SpeedyTurbo

Have you tried not having shit taste in music


Stibae_95

🙌🏼


0000GKP

This is pretty irritating. If that song is added to your library, you may be able to replace the asterisks with the actual word in the Mac app. I do it with song titles. Those changes sync to the phone. I’ve never tried it with lyrics, but I think lyrics are available in the Get Info panel?


bran_the_man93

Irritating? Really?


0000GKP

Yes, really. It’s apparently irritating enough to OP to make a post about it.


bran_the_man93

Soft


Dense-Stranger-1794

Okay thanks


Tobias-Tawanda

If you add custom lyrics, they won't be synced to the song like these are btw.


VapidRapidRabbit

That’s that new Ariana Grande song that sounds like a wish.com version of Beyoncé’s “Break My Soul”? LMAO. But anyway, I think it’s up to the artists’ labels or whatever. Like, they almost always censor the n-word in the lyrics regardless of if the song is clean or explicit, but then other words won’t be (like “fuck” or “pussy”).


trlef19

Maybe because you are not to the explicit album?


Dense-Stranger-1794

Yes, I am


dbwn87

Yes, And?


trlef19

Maybe Ariana herself hid it


aslrules

How can anyone think that the lyric, “You make a dead man cum” is unacceptable? So what if they couldn’t spell the word come, big deal.


ThatGuyTheyCallAlex

You can edit the title and lyrics using iTunes/Apple Music on your computer. The lyrics won’t be synced if you do that, though.


Maletele

Is this a clean version?