Now playing, as JSON.

A REST sensor whose state is the current line, with the rest as attributes. Dim the lights when state turns playing.

# configuration.yaml
sensor:
  - platform: rest
    name: Now Playing
    resource: http://studio.local:8765/now
    value_template: "{{ value_json.text }}"
    json_attributes: [state, source, title, artist, album, progress]
    scan_interval: 5

Ask for ?ascii=1 and every string arrives as plain ASCII, ready for a 5×7 font.

HTTPClient http;
http.begin("http://studio.local:8765/now?ascii=1");
if (http.GET() == 200) {
  JsonDocument doc;
  deserializeJson(doc, http.getString());
  if (doc["state"] == "playing") scroll(doc["text_ascii"]);
}
http.end();

Drop this into an OBS browser source or any page. The server sends Access-Control-Allow-Origin: *.

const el = document.querySelector("#now");
setInterval(async () => {
  const t = await fetch("http://studio.local:8765/now").then(r => r.json());
  el.textContent = t.state === "playing" ? `${t.artist} – ${t.title}` : "";
}, 2000);

/text returns one line and nothing when music stops, which is all a status bar needs.

curl -s http://studio.local:8765/text
# Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here (Wish You Were Here)

curl -s http://studio.local:8765/now | jq -r '.progress'
# 0.1829

No library, no token, no account. Just a GET.

import json, urllib.request

with urllib.request.urlopen("http://studio.local:8765/now") as r:
    t = json.load(r)

if t["state"] == "playing":
    print(f'{t["artist"]} - {t["title"]}  {t["progress"]:.0%}')