# What's Playing > What's Playing is a Telegram-based music sharing and discovery service by Ivan Odyntsov. It lets users share and discover music from Spotify and SoundCloud, search for songs, and use Spotify playback and queue controls through a Telegram Mini App. What's Playing is primarily a Telegram bot and Mini App rather than a standalone music streaming service. The website at `sharemusic.cc` provides a public entry point to the service and displays recently shared songs. The service has been developed since 2020. ## What the service does * Share songs from Spotify and SoundCloud directly through Telegram. * Discover songs shared by other users. * Search for songs through Telegram inline queries. * Share search results directly into Telegram chats. * Play Spotify tracks from the Telegram Mini App. * Add Spotify tracks to a playback queue. * Control Spotify playback from the Telegram Mini App. * Open links to the same song on other music platforms when available. * Connect a Spotify account to the bot for Spotify playback functionality. The website does not present itself as a replacement for Spotify or SoundCloud. It acts as a social music-sharing and discovery layer around Telegram and supported music services. ## Website * [Share Music](https://sharemusic.cc/): Main website for What's Playing. It shows recently shared songs and provides access to the Telegram bot and Spotify connection flow. * [Recently Shared Songs](https://sharemusic.cc/songs/1): Public stream of recently shared tracks. Entries can come from different supported music sources. * [Cross-platform song links](https://sharemusic.cc/song/a!KuWm_cW3ATAmQkxigg1ZB/): Individual song pages can include links to the same track on other music services, such as Spotify, SoundCloud, YouTube, Deezer, Qobuz, or Audiomack, when matching results are available. * [Shared song service pages](https://sharemusic.cc/song/a!KuWm_cW3ATAmQkxigg1ZB/spotify/): Public share links can be opened from Telegram or the website. They identify a specific song and provide access to its available music service playback or external-service links. * [Telegram Mini App](https://t.me/whats_playing_bot): The main interactive music interface connected to the Telegram bot. In the Mini App, users can listen to available songs in an integrated player, start and pause playback, switch tracks, manage the playback queue, and control Spotify playback after connecting a Spotify account. ## Telegram * [What's Playing Bot](https://t.me/whats_playing_bot): The main interactive music interface connected to the Telegram bot. In the Mini App, users can listen to available songs in an integrated player, start and pause playback, switch tracks, manage the playback queue, and control Spotify playback after connecting a Spotify account. * [What's Playing Bot Changes](https://t.me/wspsbot_changes): Official information channel for What's Playing Bot. * [@wspsbot](https://t.me/wspsbot): Short Telegram username for accessing the bot and its inline functionality. The Telegram bot description summarizes its purpose as sharing the song a user is listening to in one click. The bot also supports inline search, playback, queueing, and links to songs on other popular services. ## Music Services ### Spotify Spotify is the main playback integration. Users can connect their Spotify account to What's Playing and use the Telegram Mini App to listen to Spotify tracks, add tracks to a queue, and control playback. Spotify Premium is required for listening to songs inside the Telegram Mini App. This requirement is explicitly stated on the Share Music website. ### SoundCloud SoundCloud is supported as a source for sharing and discovering music. The Share Music website explicitly describes the service as working with both Spotify and SoundCloud. ### Other music platforms Individual shared-song pages can expose links to the same track on other music services when matching results are available. Public examples on `sharemusic.cc` include Deezer, Qobuz, and Audiomack. These services should be understood as additional cross-platform links rather than the primary playback integrations advertised by the main website. ## Shared Songs * [Shared song pages](https://sharemusic.cc/song/kZkaMHU18!rPmwGXtQxETzK/spotify): Public pages generated for individual shared tracks. * A shared-song page identifies the song and artist and can provide a link to the corresponding music service. * Shared songs may originate from different music platforms. Examples of public shared-song pages include: * [Peppers (feat. Tommy Genesis) — Tommy Genesis, Lana Del Rey](https://sharemusic.cc/song/a!KuWm_cW3ATAmQkxigg1ZB/) * [Contact — Daft Punk](https://sharemusic.cc/song/AzzseinbsZ9GhQyT1_TivH5/) * [Sunsetz — Cigarettes After Sex](https://sharemusic.cc/song/GExHCW33JuP5C5H77tjLsKg/) ## Developer * [Ivan Odyntsov](https://ivan.odintsov.me/): Developer of What's Playing. * [GitHub](https://github.com/ivanodintsov): Developer's GitHub profile. * [Telegram](https://t.me/odintsov_design): Developer's Telegram account. * [Telegram Blog](https://t.me/itsxcvinow): Developer's Telegram blog channel. The Share Music website identifies Ivan Odyntsov as the developer and dates the project from 2020 to the present.