How do you put music on an instagram post

Instagram has been adding exciting features and fixing issues every single day. A few days ago, Instagram announced that it will start testing paid subscriptions for creators and now the app has confirmed that it has started testing the ability for people to add music to their feed posts.

An official statement from Instagram said, “Music plays an instrumental role in enabling people to share, connect and express themselves on Instagram. With this test, Instagram hopes to give its community a way to add a soundtrack to their Feed photos, like they can with Reels and Stories already.”

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Right now, this new feature is in the testing phase and thus will be available for some users from selected regions. Using this feature is simple.

Here’s how you can do it if it is available to you-

1. Proceed to upload a photo on the feed, as you always do.
2. Select a photo you want to post.
3. While in the composer, add a caption, tag related people, or add a location if needed.
4. Below the option to add a location, you will find an ‘Add Music’ option.
5. Tap on it, and you will be taken to a search where you can look for any specific song by searching or browsing the trending music/songs suggested for you.
6. Select a song and select clip duration.
7. You can also adjust which part of the song is played.
8. Once you’ve done all these, tap ‘Done’ and share your post.

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The feature is right now in the testing phase and thus is available for a small percentage of Instagram users. The test is live in 3 countries Brazil, Turkey, and India.

Instagram has said that the feature can be expanded to other regions and countries based on the users’ feedback.

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Adding music to your Instagram posts and stories can be a great way to liven up your content or add something different to your latest uploads on the app. Here are the best ways to add music to your post and stories on Instagram.

Instagram has recently been pivoting its focus to video content on the app, and now more than ever, users are putting a particular amount of effort into their video posts.

In particular, many enjoy using music or other audio in tandem with their uploads in order to add a certain effect or set the mood.

Uploading music to your stories on the app is relatively simple, however, adding a song to the background of a standard Instagram post is a slightly longer process. Here’s how to do both.

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How to add music to your Instagram Story

Adding music to your Instagram Story is simple, and only requires the use of features available within the stories tab.

1. Launch Instagram.
2. Click on the ‘Your story’ icon.
3. Take a picture, or tap the gallery button to upload something from your camera roll.
4. Click on the ‘Sticker’ tab from the top bar of icons.
5. Select the ‘Music’ sticker.
6. Tap the song you want to use, and adjust the slider to pick which part of the song you want to play.
7. Click ‘Done.’

How to add music to an Instagram post

In order to include music as part of a standard grid post on Instagram, you will need to use a third-party app to do so.

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There are plenty of options to choose from across multiple app stores, with ‘Splice’ being one example. Here’s how to use it.

1. Download and launch ‘Splice.’
2. Follow the on-screen prompts, then select ‘New project.’
3. Select the video you want from your gallery, then tap next.
4. Edit your project title and aspect ratio.
5. Tap audio, then music, and select from a list of stock tracks, your music library, or imported music.
6. Then, select the download icon, and press ‘Save’ to save it to your camera roll.
7. Open Instagram, then tap the upload icon at the top of the screen.
8. Select the video you just made from your gallery, then ‘next.’
9. Edit your video to your liking, then upload as you normally would.

With Instagram adding new features all the time, it’s not clear whether they’ll make it easier to integrate music into posts in the future, but for now, the above method is allowing people to use music as a way of making their uploads more interesting.

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So, there you have it — everything you need to know about adding music to your Instagram posts and stories.

If you want to know more about how to use Instagram, you can check out our other guides here:

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