Instagram’s “Add Yours” sticker now lets you share songs

Instagram just announced , including a set of interactive stickers. The musical is perhaps the most interesting, as it is a continuation of . The Add Yours Music sticker allows users to share their favorite songs, along with prompting followers to join in on the fun by sharing their own related songs. Of course, the song must already be in your Instagram music library for it to work.

To that end, Instagram has partnered with Dua Lipa to promote her new album, Radical optimism. Many of the album’s songs are available to use this way, and the artist herself posts Stories with stickers to add your music to.

Another stylish sticker added today is called Reveal. Selecting this sticker obscures the visuals of a story post, and the only way followers can see the content is to DM the person who shared it. Direct messaging has become a key factor in Instagram’s continued growth, with site manager Adam Mosseri saying that teens actually spend more time in DMs than anywhere else on the platform.

He also says that “almost all” of the growth in engagement over the past few years has come from DMs and Stories. . So yes, this will definitely be used as a hack by experienced creators who want to increase their engagement. Thirst traps will be thirstier and more trapped than ever.

Instagram also introduced a sticker called Frames. This tool throws a Polaroid-style overlay over a photo, turning it into an instant printed image. To reveal the content, followers will have to channel Andre 3000 and shake their phones like a Polaroid photo, though there’s also a button. Creators can add captions that are also revealed when shaken. This feature was originally revealed on .

Finally, there is a feature called Cutouts. This tool turns any part of a video or photo in your camera roll into a sticker that can then be applied to a story or strip. Once a cutout is created, it is saved to an easily accessible sticker tray for future use. This also works with photos posted on Instagram, although photos must be shared from public accounts.

It’s been a big month of change for Instagram. In addition to the aforementioned new sticker systems, the social media app to increase original content and de-emphasize aggregator accounts. The company also changed the way Reels works to give smaller accounts a chance to expand their reach, though it remains unclear how that works. Instagram also recently did if you want some confident but absolutely wrong answers to questions.