From 69fe1d1bafc02112912fa1bf8b68fa04f8d9691a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ramon Boss <ramon.boss@outlook.com>
Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2021 20:10:56 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] fix: use query param for genius search

---
 beetsplug/lyrics.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/beetsplug/lyrics.py b/beetsplug/lyrics.py
index 2cb50ca5e..7d026def1 100644
--- a/beetsplug/lyrics.py
+++ b/beetsplug/lyrics.py
@@ -377,7 +377,7 @@ class Genius(Backend):
         data = {'q': title + " " + artist.lower()}
         try:
             response = requests.get(
-                search_url, data=data, headers=self.headers)
+                search_url, params=data, headers=self.headers)
         except requests.RequestException as exc:
             self._log.debug('Genius API request failed: {0}', exc)
             return None

From 78c95413dde3d3fda75265da43ea33f0864935d1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ramon Boss <ramon.boss@outlook.com>
Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2021 20:17:46 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] doc: add changelog entry for genius lyrics fix

---
 docs/changelog.rst | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/docs/changelog.rst b/docs/changelog.rst
index b6eb5ca3a..8dc14aa97 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.rst
+++ b/docs/changelog.rst
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@ Changelog
 
 Changelog goes here!
 
+Bug fixes:
+
+* :doc:`/plugins/lyrics`: Fix Genius search by using query params instead of body.
+
 For packagers:
 
 * We fixed a version for the dependency on the `Confuse`_ library.