Good song? Copy that.

You know the moment. A good song comes on, you glance at the music panel, and you want to keep the name before the next track takes its place. Preferably without retyping it.

An upcoming late.sh shortcut will make that a little easier: press v, then i to copy the current song's full now-playing text to your clipboard. Paste it into a search, a message, or that ever-growing list of things to listen to again.

kitten.cat suggests an option to copy a selected song's link from the Music Booth queue or history. The suggestion has four heart reactions and one thumbs-up. — One of the most upvoted feature suggestions in weeks.

kitten.cat's suggestion captures the wish nicely: let us take the music with us. PR #692 tackles the now-playing part, with a shortcut for whichever audio source you've selected.

For radio, that means the artist and title, or just the title when that's all the station supplies. For YouTube, it's the channel and video title when available. The copied text is the full version, even when the sidebar has to shorten it to fit.

late.sh's music sidebar with a yellow equalizer, volume at 100%, radio selected, and Sun Spells – Gravity playing on chillsynth. — Screenshot of late.sh's in-TUI music display.

You don't need a paired audio client to copy the information. The shortcut uses the terminal's clipboard support; if no track information is available, including during the YouTube fallback stream, a banner tells you and your earlier clipboard contents stay put.

The original suggestion asks for song links from the queue and history. This PR copies the current track's text; choosing an older track or copying its URL would still be a separate addition. It's open as of October 10, with merge and rollout still ahead.

Hear something good. Keep the name.