From 1d494135b578eebbab56139359c6b15da9e3ea12 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Francesco Grillo <francisgrillo@me.com>
Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2025 22:43:28 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Update lyrics.py
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## Key Improvements (addressing reviewer feedback):
- ✅ Uses regex instead of while loop (more efficient, one pass)
- ✅ No infinite loop risk
- ✅ Handles any number of backslashes before quotes
- ✅ Clear inline comments
---
 beetsplug/lyrics.py | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/beetsplug/lyrics.py b/beetsplug/lyrics.py
index 4bb88cf49..7761a642c 100644
--- a/beetsplug/lyrics.py
+++ b/beetsplug/lyrics.py
@@ -563,8 +563,8 @@ class Genius(SearchBackend):
             html_text = cls.remove_backslash(m[0]).replace(r"\n", "\n")
             lyrics = cls.get_soup(html_text).get_text().strip()
             # Clean up any remaining escaped quotes (may need multiple passes)
-            while '\\"' in lyrics:
-                lyrics = lyrics.replace('\\"', '"')
+            # Use regex to handle all escape levels in one pass
+            lyrics = re.sub(r'\\+"', '"', lyrics)
             return lyrics
 
         return None