diff --git a/quickshell/Modules/DankDash/MediaPlayerTab.qml b/quickshell/Modules/DankDash/MediaPlayerTab.qml
index 76df2153..6a72bb9f 100644
--- a/quickshell/Modules/DankDash/MediaPlayerTab.qml
+++ b/quickshell/Modules/DankDash/MediaPlayerTab.qml
@@ -62,8 +62,6 @@ Item {
     readonly property real currentVolume: usePlayerVolume ? activePlayer.volume : (AudioService.sink?.audio?.volume ?? 0)
 
     property bool isSwitching: false
-    property string _lastArtUrl: ""
-    property string _bgArtSource: ""
 
     // Derived "no players" state: always correct, no timers.
     readonly property int _playerCount: allPlayers ? allPlayers.length : 0
@@ -88,28 +86,7 @@ Item {
         isSwitching = true;
         _switchHold = true;
         _switchHoldTimer.restart();
-        if (activePlayer.trackArtUrl)
-            loadArtwork(activePlayer.trackArtUrl);
-    }
-
-    property string activeTrackArtFile: ""
-
-    function loadArtwork(url) {
-        if (!url)
-            return;
-        if (url.startsWith("http://") || url.startsWith("https://")) {
-            const filename = "/tmp/.dankshell/trackart_" + Date.now() + ".jpg";
-            activeTrackArtFile = filename;
-
-            cleanupProcess.command = ["sh", "-c", "mkdir -p /tmp/.dankshell && find /tmp/.dankshell -name 'trackart_*' ! -name '" + filename.split('/').pop() + "' -delete"];
-            cleanupProcess.running = true;
-
-            imageDownloader.command = ["curl", "-L", "-s", "--user-agent", "Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64) AppleWebKit/537.36", "-o", filename, url];
-            imageDownloader.targetFile = filename;
-            imageDownloader.running = true;
-            return;
-        }
-        _bgArtSource = url;
+        TrackArtService.loadArtwork(activePlayer.trackArtUrl);
     }
 
     function maybeFinishSwitch() {
@@ -138,10 +115,7 @@ Item {
             maybeFinishSwitch();
         }
         function onTrackArtUrlChanged() {
-            if (activePlayer?.trackArtUrl) {
-                _lastArtUrl = activePlayer.trackArtUrl;
-                loadArtwork(activePlayer.trackArtUrl);
-            }
+            TrackArtService.loadArtwork(activePlayer.trackArtUrl);
         }
     }
 
@@ -213,22 +187,6 @@ Item {
         }
     }
 
-    Process {
-        id: imageDownloader
-        running: false
-        property string targetFile: ""
-
-        onExited: exitCode => {
-            if (exitCode === 0 && targetFile)
-                _bgArtSource = "file://" + targetFile;
-        }
-    }
-
-    Process {
-        id: cleanupProcess
-        running: false
-    }
-
     property bool isSeeking: false
 
     Timer {
@@ -241,14 +199,14 @@ Item {
     Item {
         id: bgContainer
         anchors.fill: parent
-        visible: _bgArtSource !== ""
+        visible: TrackArtService._bgArtSource !== ""
 
         Image {
             id: bgImage
             anchors.centerIn: parent
             width: Math.max(parent.width, parent.height) * 1.1
             height: width
-            source: _bgArtSource
+            source: TrackArtService._bgArtSource
             fillMode: Image.PreserveAspectCrop
             asynchronous: true
             cache: true
diff --git a/quickshell/Modules/OSD/MediaPlaybackOSD.qml b/quickshell/Modules/OSD/MediaPlaybackOSD.qml
index 02755882..5b908fb5 100644
--- a/quickshell/Modules/OSD/MediaPlaybackOSD.qml
+++ b/quickshell/Modules/OSD/MediaPlaybackOSD.qml
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 import QtQuick
+import QtQuick.Layouts
+import QtQuick.Effects
 import qs.Common
 import qs.Services
 import qs.Widgets
@@ -10,7 +12,7 @@ DankOSD {
     readonly property bool useVertical: isVerticalLayout
     readonly property var player: MprisController.activePlayer
 
-    osdWidth: useVertical ? (40 + Theme.spacingS * 2) : Math.min(260, Screen.width - Theme.spacingM * 2)
+    osdWidth: useVertical ? (40 + Theme.spacingS * 2) : Math.min(280, Screen.width - Theme.spacingM * 2)
     osdHeight: useVertical ? (Theme.iconSize * 2) : (40 + Theme.spacingS * 2)
     autoHideInterval: 3000
     enableMouseInteraction: true
@@ -44,12 +46,17 @@ DankOSD {
         target: player
 
         function handleUpdate() {
-            if (!root.player?.trackTitle) return;
+            if (!root.player?.trackTitle)
+                return;
             if (SettingsData.osdMediaPlaybackEnabled) {
+                TrackArtService.loadArtwork(player.trackArtUrl);
                 root.show();
             }
         }
 
+        function onTrackArtUrlChanged() {
+            TrackArtService.loadArtwork(player.trackArtUrl);
+        }
         function onIsPlayingChanged() {
             handleUpdate();
         }
@@ -79,6 +86,67 @@ DankOSD {
                 onClicked: root.hide()
             }
 
+            Item {
+                id: bgContainer
+                anchors.fill: parent
+                visible: TrackArtService._bgArtSource !== ""
+
+                Image {
+                    id: bgImage
+                    anchors.centerIn: parent
+                    width: Math.max(parent.width, parent.height)
+                    height: width
+                    source: TrackArtService._bgArtSource
+                    fillMode: Image.PreserveAspectCrop
+                    asynchronous: true
+                    cache: true
+                    visible: false
+                }
+
+                Item {
+                    id: blurredBg
+                    anchors.fill: parent
+                    visible: false
+
+                    MultiEffect {
+                        anchors.centerIn: parent
+                        width: bgImage.width
+                        height: bgImage.height
+                        source: bgImage
+                        blurEnabled: true
+                        blurMax: 64
+                        blur: 0.3
+                        saturation: -0.2
+                        brightness: -0.25
+                    }
+                }
+
+                Rectangle {
+                    id: bgMask
+                    anchors.fill: parent
+                    radius: Theme.cornerRadius
+                    visible: false
+                    layer.enabled: true
+                }
+
+                MultiEffect {
+                    anchors.fill: parent
+                    source: blurredBg
+                    maskEnabled: true
+                    maskSource: bgMask
+                    maskThresholdMin: 0.5
+                    maskSpreadAtMin: 1.0
+                    opacity: 0.7
+                }
+
+                Rectangle {
+                    anchors.fill: parent
+                    radius: Theme.cornerRadius
+                    color: Theme.surface
+                    opacity: 0.3
+                }
+            }
+
             Rectangle {
                 width: Theme.iconSize
                 height: Theme.iconSize
@@ -107,17 +175,33 @@ DankOSD {
                 }
             }
 
-            StyledText {
-                id: textItem
+            Column {
                 x: parent.gap * 2 + Theme.iconSize
                 width: parent.width - Theme.iconSize - parent.gap * 3
                 anchors.verticalCenter: parent.verticalCenter
-                text: player ? `${player.trackTitle || I18n.tr("Unknown Title")} • ${player.trackArtist || I18n.tr("Unknown Artist")}` : ""
-                font.pixelSize: Theme.fontSizeMedium
-                font.weight: Font.Medium
-                color: Theme.surfaceText
-                wrapMode: Text.Wrap
-                maximumLineCount: 3
+                spacing: 3
+
+                StyledText {
+                    id: topText
+                    width: parent.width
+                    text: player ? `${player.trackTitle || I18n.tr("Unknown Title")}` : ""
+                    font.pixelSize: Theme.fontSizeMedium
+                    font.weight: Font.Medium
+                    color: Theme.surfaceText
+                    wrapMode: Text.NoWrap
+                    elide: Text.ElideRight
+                }
+
+                StyledText {
+                    id: bottomText
+                    width: parent.width
+                    text: player ? ((player.trackArtist || I18n.tr("Unknown Artist")) + (player.trackAlbum ? ` • ${player.trackAlbum}` : "")) : ""
+                    font.pixelSize: Theme.fontSizeSmall
+                    font.weight: Font.Light
+                    color: Theme.surfaceText
+                    wrapMode: Text.NoWrap
+                    elide: Text.ElideRight
+                }
             }
         }
     }
diff --git a/quickshell/Services/TrackArtService.qml b/quickshell/Services/TrackArtService.qml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4ea05ef1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/quickshell/Services/TrackArtService.qml
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+pragma Singleton
+pragma ComponentBehavior: Bound
+
+import Quickshell
+import QtQuick
+
+import Quickshell.Io
+import Quickshell.Services.Mpris
+
+Singleton {
+    id: root
+
+    property string _lastArtUrl: ""
+    property string _bgArtSource: ""
+
+    property string activeTrackArtFile: ""
+
+    function loadArtwork(url) {
+        if (!url || url == "") {
+            _bgArtSource = "";
+            _lastArtUrl = "";
+            return;
+        }
+        if (url == _lastArtUrl)
+            return;
+        _lastArtUrl = url;
+        if (url.startsWith("http://") || url.startsWith("https://")) {
+            const filename = "/tmp/.dankshell/trackart_" + Date.now() + ".jpg";
+            activeTrackArtFile = filename;
+
+            cleanupProcess.command = ["sh", "-c", "mkdir -p /tmp/.dankshell && find /tmp/.dankshell -name 'trackart_*' ! -name '" + filename.split('/').pop() + "' -delete"];
+            cleanupProcess.running = true;
+
+            imageDownloader.command = ["curl", "-L", "-s", "--user-agent", "Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64) AppleWebKit/537.36", "-o", filename, url];
+            imageDownloader.targetFile = filename;
+            imageDownloader.running = true;
+            return;
+        }
+        // otherwise
+        _bgArtSource = url;
+    }
+
+    property MprisPlayer activePlayer: MprisController.activePlayer
+
+    onActivePlayerChanged: {
+        loadArtwork(activePlayer.trackArtUrl);
+    }
+
+    Process {
+        id: imageDownloader
+        running: false
+        property string targetFile: ""
+
+        onExited: exitCode => {
+            if (exitCode === 0 && targetFile)
+                _bgArtSource = "file://" + targetFile;
+        }
+    }
+
+    Process {
+        id: cleanupProcess
+        running: false
+    }
+}