--- a/com/tidal/android/feature/playerscreen/ui/PlayerViewModel.smali
+++ b/com/tidal/android/feature/playerscreen/ui/PlayerViewModel.smali
@@ -1374,6 +1374,8 @@
     .line 105
     check-cast v1, Lcom/aspiro/wamp/model/Track;
 
+    invoke-static {v0, v1}, Lradiant/RLAPILyricsHook;->onWampTrack(Lcom/tidal/android/feature/playerscreen/ui/PlayerViewModel;Lcom/aspiro/wamp/model/Track;)V    # RL API lyrics hook
+
     .line 106
     .line 107
     invoke-virtual {v1}, Lcom/aspiro/wamp/model/MediaItem;->getId()I
@@ -1655,7 +1657,11 @@
     .line 239
     .line 240
     .line 241
-    if-nez v9, :cond_a
+    invoke-static {v0}, Lradiant/RLAPILyricsHook;->shouldKeepOpen(Lcom/tidal/android/feature/playerscreen/ui/PlayerViewModel;)Z
+    move-result v20
+    if-nez v20, :cond_a    # keep visibility only for RL state owned by this ViewModel
+    :rl_native_visibility
+    if-nez v9, :cond_a
 
     .line 242
     .line 243
@@ -2347,7 +2353,12 @@
 
     .line 572
     :goto_c
+    invoke-static {v0}, Lradiant/RLAPILyricsHook;->isOwner(Lcom/tidal/android/feature/playerscreen/ui/PlayerViewModel;)Z
+    move-result v20
+    if-nez v20, :rl_keep_n2    # only preserve RL content owned by this ViewModel
+    :rl_set_n2
     invoke-interface {v9, v1}, Lkotlinx/coroutines/flow/MutableStateFlow;->setValue(Ljava/lang/Object;)V
+    :rl_keep_n2
 
     .line 573
     .line 574
@@ -2396,7 +2407,12 @@
 
     .line 595
     .line 596
+    invoke-static {v0}, Lradiant/RLAPILyricsHook;->shouldKeepOpen(Lcom/tidal/android/feature/playerscreen/ui/PlayerViewModel;)Z
+    move-result v20
+    if-nez v20, :rl_keep_o    # only preserve visibility owned by this ViewModel
+    :rl_set_o
     invoke-interface {v1, v5}, Lkotlinx/coroutines/flow/MutableStateFlow;->setValue(Ljava/lang/Object;)V
+    :rl_keep_o
 
     .line 597
     .line 598
@@ -2425,7 +2441,12 @@
 
     .line 610
     .line 611
+    invoke-static {v0}, Lradiant/RLAPILyricsHook;->isOwner(Lcom/tidal/android/feature/playerscreen/ui/PlayerViewModel;)Z
+    move-result v20
+    if-nez v20, :rl_keep_n    # only preserve RL content owned by this ViewModel
+    :rl_set_n
     invoke-interface {v1, v6}, Lkotlinx/coroutines/flow/MutableStateFlow;->setValue(Ljava/lang/Object;)V
+    :rl_keep_n
 
     .line 612
     .line 613
--- a/com/tidal/android/feature/playerscreen/ui/PlayerViewModel$special$$inlined$mapNotNull$1$2.smali
+++ b/com/tidal/android/feature/playerscreen/ui/PlayerViewModel$special$$inlined$mapNotNull$1$2.smali
@@ -2256,6 +2256,11 @@
     .line 1040
     .line 1041
     move-result v34
+    invoke-static {v1}, Lradiant/RLAPILyricsHook;->isOwner(Lcom/tidal/android/feature/playerscreen/ui/PlayerViewModel;)Z
+    move-result v4
+    if-eqz v4, :rl_hl_done    # ignore non-RL state or state owned by an obsolete ViewModel
+    const/16 v34, 0x1    # RL lyrics active = force hasLyrics so the sparkle stays
+    :rl_hl_done
 
     .line 1042
     iget-object v4, v1, Lcom/tidal/android/feature/playerscreen/ui/PlayerViewModel;->P:Lkotlinx/coroutines/flow/MutableStateFlow;