If you're on iOS, tap 'Playback & restrictions.' Open the YouTube Music app ( Android | iOS), tap your profile icon in the upper-right, then head into 'Settings.' If you're on Android, sit tight. Follow along with this quick guide to get started. Now you can pull directly from the audio stream itself with the simple press of a button. The way Music worked before, you had to view the video itself to listen to the song, even if it just had an image of the album art and nothing else. Yep, Google finally allows you to stream your favorite songs with an audio-only option. But one downside is you get a lot of the music video versions of songs instead of the album versions. It makes sense for Google to utilize YouTube's existing library of music videos, remixes, and cover songs to create one massive music platform. YouTube Music has been around since late 2015, but it only started becoming a viable music service in 2019.
