I Am Genius
Search, Find, Show, Copy, Print, Share & Collect Lyrics!
Description
Important information:
A bug under iOS 13 can cause an empty PDF to be created (with iOS 13.3 the problem seems to be solved). If the error message that the lyrics could not be found appears again and again when searching for lyrics, then it is probably not because the lyrics were not found or because the Google Request Rate was exceeded, but also because of another bug in iOS 13. (I personally cannot use the shortcut with iPadOS, for example. But I have no issues with two devices and iOS.) Hopefully, Apple will fix these bugs as soon as possible.
I Am Genius helps you find the lyrics of your favourite songs! Besides displaying them (now with Dark Mode support), you can also share the lyrics with others (as text or PDF) or create your own personal collection in a dedicated iCloud Drive folder.
Step-by-Step
- You're looking for the lyrics of your favourite song? Then just start I Am Genius, search for the lyrics of the currently playing song or enter a few keywords. Usually, a few words are enough to find your song. You don't have to enter the whole title—just some important keywords.
- The shortcut searches for you via Google on Genius.com for the lyrics and then displays them in a separate window. That window supports Light & Dark Mode.
- If you tap Done, the window closes and several options open up for you:
- Save: Save a PDF of the lyrics in iCloud Drive. You don't have to specify a folder. Tap on Save is enough. Your lyrics are automatically saved in ”iCloud Drive > Shortcuts > I Am Genius”.
- Create Note: Save your lyrics as a note with Apple Notes.
- Print: Print your lyrics with AirPrint®.
- Share: Share the lyrics as text or PDF with friends via AirDrop, Messages or WhatsApp. Send them by Mail as text or PDF or transfer the lyrics to other apps like Threema, Telegram, OneDrive, Dropbox and so on…
- Search: The result was not satisfactory at all? Then just restart I Am Genius and search again!
- Exit: Quit the shortcut
Light & Dark Mode Support
Have fun using I Am Genius.
No third party Updater Shortcut required.
I Am Genius has an integrated update mechanism called Embed-a-Update. Thanks to the embedded updater, I Am Genius does not require any external updater shortcut. The shortcut checks for updates itself, so you'll always be up to date and never miss an update.
This Shortcut is available exclusively on RoutineHub.co. If you find it somewhere else, it's a fake. Please let me know in the comments below if you found this Shortcut somewhere else. Thanks.
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@dastefster
I'm an editor on Genius & have been using a similar, but far more primitive Shortcut for awhile before I found this—it's awesome!
I did notice a small issue saving lyrics to iCloud Drive. The name of the generated PDF file includes the first several lines of lyrics in addition to the title & artist.
· 1 year, 1 month ago
· 1 year, 1 month ago
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Hey! Thanks for the nice words! That makes me very happy! Strange what happens when saving in iCloud Drive. If you look at the screenshots above you will see some examples of songs saved in iCloud Drive. The filenames all contain only the artist and title of the song. I just downloaded the shortcut again and tested it—everything works as it should. Does that happen with every song? Which song did this happen to you that the file name also contained parts of the lyrics?
· 1 year, 1 month ago
· 1 year, 1 month ago
@dastefster
Huh, that is strange. I have only saved 4 songs as of right now but yes, it did happened with all of them (listed below).
Glass Animals – The Other Side of Paradise
Valee – Womp Womp
Absofacto – Dissolve
NF – WHY
No worries! It's obviously not a huge deal, I just wanted to let you know.
· 1 year, 1 month ago
· 1 year, 1 month ago
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Thanks again for the hint! I looked at the actions and found out why! I just had to change something after the "Set Name" action. I didn't notice the error because iOS in iCloud Drive showed everything correctly (see screenshots above). Only when I tapped on "Rename" I could see that parts of the lyrics were actually taken over. And I also checked it on my Mac. There you can immediately see the long file names. Now everything should work as it should. I also tested your songs—no more problems!
· 1 year, 1 month ago
· 1 year, 1 month ago
@ROP
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Without you I probably wouldn't have noticed that! Thank you, thank you, thank you!
· 1 year, 1 month ago
· 1 year, 1 month ago
@dastefster
No problem! Happy to help
· 1 year, 1 month ago
· 1 year, 1 month ago
@dastefster
pleaseeee update for iOS 13 compatibility!! this is seriously one of my all-time favorite shortcuts
· 10 months, 2 weeks ago
· 10 months, 2 weeks ago
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Sorry for the late reply! Well, the iOS 12 version works pretty well for me with iOS 13… Did you notice any issues? I will for sure officially update the shortcut for iOS 13 and I'm going to implement an embedded updater, so no third party updater is required anymore.
· 9 months, 4 weeks ago
· 9 months, 4 weeks ago
@dastefster
oh, strange. I was having an issue with it but I just re-installed it and now it works fine! Sorry lol
· 9 months, 4 weeks ago
· 9 months, 4 weeks ago
@dastefster
Hello! ..again lol so I randomly started having an issue ~1–2 weeks ago & was hoping you might know why: *some* of the lyrics displayed appear hyperlinked (i.e., blue & underlined) now, but they're not actually clickable. Also, the light/dark mode slider stopped working as well. not sure if it's due to some change in iOS 13.2 or what but it makes those lines really hard to read :(
· 9 months, 1 week ago
· 9 months, 1 week ago
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Yes, I actually noticed that with the highlighted text. That was also the case when I created the shortcut. I had to format the text accordingly so that you don't see it. But now something seems to have changed. So I have to do it again. The switch for light and dark will not be available in the next version, because iOS now has an integrated Dark Mode.
· 9 months, 1 week ago
· 9 months, 1 week ago
@ROP
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I Am Genius will natively support those modes in the upcoming version. So if you are in Dark Mode, everything will be dark automatically, in Light Mode everything will stay bright, black on white. I will also solve all the access confirmations (Google, iCloud et cetera) in a different way. I've already adjusted some of my shortcuts for iOS 13. I Am Genius is still missing, I know. Since you seem to like using the shortcut a lot, I'll take care of I Am Genius next! I promise!
· 9 months, 1 week ago
· 9 months, 1 week ago
@dastefster
Awesome! I'm looking forward to it. And oh defintely, It's one of my favorite shortcuts. I'm an editor for Genius so I use it all the time.
· 9 months, 1 week ago
· 9 months, 1 week ago
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Updated! Finally!
· 8 months ago
· 8 months ago
@dastefster
YES. i just saw your post on reddit!
· 8 months ago
· 8 months ago
@dastefster
is it possible to make the lyrics copy-able like the previous version?
· 7 months, 4 weeks ago
· 7 months, 4 weeks ago
@ROP
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I'm confused. If the found lyrics are displayed and you tap on "Done", you can still tap on "Copy to Clipboard" in the following menu. Or what do you mean?
· 7 months, 4 weeks ago
· 7 months, 4 weeks ago
@dastefster
sorry for the confusion, I meant: the ability to select & copy individual lines from the displayed lyrics—instead of copying all. This used to be possible before v1.2
· 7 months, 3 weeks ago
· 7 months, 3 weeks ago