❓ Help
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What is OverNormal Play?
Your music streaming hub
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OverNormal Play is a music player for original songs by independent artists — many made with AI tools. Stream every track free, read the full lyrics, build your own playlist, and discover new music — all in one place.
🎧 Stream ➕ Playlist ⬆️ Upload 🔍 Search 👤 Profile 👏 Clap 💬 Comment 🔀 Surprise Me 📡 Now Playing 🎨 Theme
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Browse & Search Songs
Find any track instantly
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Go to All Songs
Visit overnormal.com/play/songs — all songs are listed newest first, 50 per page.
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Search
Type a title, artist name, or genre in the search bar and press Search. Results update instantly on the same page.
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Song info at a glance
Each row shows the play count, upvote count (♥), comment count (💬), and duration. Click any row to open it in the full player. Use ‹ Prev / Next › buttons at the bottom to move between pages.
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The Player
Controls, seek, speed & styles
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Play / Pause
Press the large ▶ / ⏸ button in the centre of the player to play or pause the track.
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Seek bar
Drag the progress bar to jump to any point in the song. The elapsed and remaining time are shown on each side.
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Skip ±15 seconds
Tap ←15 to rewind 15 s or 15→ to skip 15 s forward.
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Playback speed
Tap the speed pill (shows 1× by default) to cycle through 0.5×, 0.75×, 1×, 1.25×, 1.5×, and 2× speeds.
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Player styles
Use the style selector in the top-right of the player to switch between Full (large artwork), Wide (landscape card), and Compact (minimal strip) layouts.
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Sign In
Unlock playlists & your profile
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Tap "Sign In"
Click the Sign In button in the top-right corner of any page. Sign in with Google, or create an account with your email and a password.
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What you unlock
After signing in you can: save songs to My Playlist, upload your own songs (+ Add a Song), manage Your uploads, leave comments, and get your own public Profile page.
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Sign out
Visit your Profile page and tap Sign Out at the bottom.
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My Playlist
Build & reorder your personal queue
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Add a song
On the All Songs tab, tap the + button on the right of any row. It changes to a green ✓ when the song is in your playlist. Tap again to remove it. A hint legend at the top of the list explains the icons.
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View your playlist
Switch to the My Playlist tab to see all saved songs in order.
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Reorder by dragging
Hold and drag the ⠿ grip handle on the left of any row to move it to a new position. Works on both desktop and mobile (touch drag).
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Remove a song
Click the ✕ button on the right of any row in My Playlist, or tap the green ✓ of that song in the All Songs tab.
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Auto-save
Your playlist saves automatically to the cloud after every change. You'll see a Saved ✓ status appear briefly. Your playlist is synced across all your devices.
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Play & Share
In the My Playlist tab, tap ▶ Play to open your playlist as a listenable page. Tap Share to copy your playlist link or send it via your device's native share sheet. Anyone with the link can listen to your curated selection.
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Full Playlist Player
The playlist page features a complete music player with three viewing modes: Standard (16:9 album art), Compact (mini-player), and Car mode (large controls). Toggle modes with the view switcher in the top-right. The playlist header is collapsible — click to expand/collapse. In Edit Mode (via the Manage Songs button), you can add new songs with real-time search filtering, remove songs, and drag-and-drop to reorder. All changes auto-save to the cloud instantly.
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Your Uploads
Songs you've uploaded — edit, replace or delete
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Upload a song with + Add a Song (MP3 up to 25 MB, plus title, artist, tags, lyrics and an optional cover). Your songs appear under Your uploads on your profile, where each one has a menu to Edit details, Replace audio or Delete. Every song gets its own short link to share.
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Your Public Profile
Share your playlist with anyone
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Set your username
Go to Profile → edit your username (3–24 letters, numbers, underscores). Once set, your public page is live at overnormal.com/u/username.
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What visitors see
Your public profile shows your display name, bio, and your current My Playlist — complete with a built-in player so visitors can listen directly on the page.
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Edit your profile
Tap your avatar / name in the top-right corner to reach your Profile settings page. You can update your display name, bio, and link your social handles.
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Discover Home
Surprise Me, Add a Song, trending & more
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Start listening & Surprise Me
On the home page, tap ▶ Start listening to jump to Fresh releases, or tap 🎲 Surprise Me to open a random song from the whole library — great for discovering tracks you haven't heard.
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Add a Song
Tap the + Add a Song button and upload your MP3 (up to 25 MB), add a title, artist, tags, lyrics and an optional cover. Your song gets its own short link (like overnormal.com/play/your-song) that you can share anywhere.
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Continue Listening
When you return to the player, a Continue Listening card shows the last song you were playing. Tap it to resume right where you left off.
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Genre filter
Tap a genre chip below Fresh releases to filter by genre. Tap the active chip again (or "All") to clear the filter.
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Artist strip
Scroll the horizontal Artists strip to browse creators. Tap any artist to open their artist page with all of their songs.
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Trending & NEW badge
The 🔥 Trending section highlights the most-played songs. A NEW badge marks recently added tracks.
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Now Playing — Live Activity
See what the community is listening to
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Live feed
The Now Playing widget on the homepage shows the latest songs being played across the platform in real time. A pulsing red dot indicates live activity.
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Who's listening
Each entry shows the song, artist, and who played it (e.g. "▶ Toni Maxx"). Users who prefer privacy appear as "Someone". Tap any row to open that song in the player.
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Collapsed & expanded
The widget starts collapsed, showing a scrolling marquee of the latest track. Tap it to expand the full list. The feed auto-updates every 15 seconds when expanded, 30 seconds when collapsed.
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Privacy control
You can hide your name from the live feed. Go to Profile → Settings and toggle off "Show my listening activity". Your plays will still count but appear as "Someone" to others.
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Three states
Live (red pulse) — someone played a song in the last 5 minutes. Recent (grey dot) — plays exist but none in the last 5 minutes. Empty — no recent activity. Be the first to play something!
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Clap & Upvote
Show love — up to 10 claps per song
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Tap to clap
Tap the 👏 clap button — it floats over the album artwork in all three player styles. You can clap up to 10 times per song.
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Stack claps quickly
Tap rapidly to stack multiple claps in one burst. The counter shows how many you've given (3/10 etc.). At 10 it's complete for that song.
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Resets per song
Each song has its own clap count stored on your device. Switching tracks resets the counter so you can always cheer for new music.
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Comments
Leave a message on any song
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Sign in to comment
The comment form requires a signed-in account. Guests can read comments but must sign in to post. On some songs the artist or admin has turned comments off — you'll see a note instead of the form.
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Write & send
Type your message in the rounded text field — it grows automatically as you type. Tap the ↑ circular send button to post.
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Expand / Collapse
The 💬 Comments section is open by default. Tap the header bar to collapse it and free up screen space.
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AI reviews
Many songs also show AI-generated reviews — written by AI reviewer personas with different styles (critic, poet, producer…), marked with avatar badges. They sit alongside listeners' comments. Tap the 💬 count on any song card to jump straight to them.
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Dedicated comment page
Each song has a full comment page showing all reviews and comments in detail with reviewer avatars. Access it via the comment link on any song.
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Share a Song
Copy or send the link instantly
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Tap Share
Tap the Share button in the creator row below the player. A toast slides up with the song's short link, like overnormal.com/play/sangp.
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Copy or native share
Tap Copy link to copy the URL to your clipboard. On supported mobile browsers a native Share… button also appears for quick forwarding to other apps.
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Keyboard Shortcuts
Desktop power-user controls
Space Play/Pause ← Back 15 s → Fwd 15 s + Speed up − Speed down
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Shortcuts are active on the player page whenever focus is not inside a text field. Press ? to open the full shortcuts reference panel.
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Theme
Light, Dark, or System
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Open the side menu (☰ top-right) and tap the theme toggle to cycle between Light ☀️, Dark 🌙, and System 🖥 modes. Your preference is saved locally on the device.
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Admin Panel
Platform management for authorized admins
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Access admin panel
Sign in with an authorized admin email account. If you have admin access, you'll see Admin Panel in the side menu (☰). Visit overnormal.com/play/admin to access the dashboard.
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Dashboard stats
The dashboard shows platform statistics: total songs (by status: active/hidden/trashed), users, plays, upvotes, and uploads in the last 24 hours. Charts display top 10 most-played and most-upvoted songs, plus recent uploads.
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Song management
The Songs page lists every song with filters. Each song's ⋯ menu lets you edit details and the short link, edit lyrics (with a before/after diff), replace the MP3 or cover, hide/unhide, trash, delete, and see the history with Undo. The Comments page manages listener comments and AI reviews, including per-song on/off switches.
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Lyrics override
The Lyrics are part of each song. Edit them from the admin Songs page (⋯ → Edit lyrics), which shows a before/after diff and can be undone. Uploaders can also edit their own lyrics from their profile.
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Theme support
The admin panel supports dark/light/system themes just like the main player. Use the theme dropdown in the top navigation bar to switch modes. Your preference is saved locally.