diff --git a/quickshell/Common/SettingsData.qml b/quickshell/Common/SettingsData.qml
index 5cf6a16ec..adbe3a6be 100644
--- a/quickshell/Common/SettingsData.qml
+++ b/quickshell/Common/SettingsData.qml
@@ -479,6 +479,7 @@ Singleton {
     property bool mediaAdaptiveWidthEnabled: true
     property bool audioVisualizerEnabled: true
     property bool mediaUseAlbumArtAccent: false
+    property bool appleMusicAnimatedArtEnabled: false
     property string audioScrollMode: "volume"
     property int audioWheelScrollAmount: 5
     property bool audioDeviceScrollVolumeEnabled: false
diff --git a/quickshell/Common/settings/SettingsSpec.js b/quickshell/Common/settings/SettingsSpec.js
index dd4f14e1a..a3e9b4a38 100644
--- a/quickshell/Common/settings/SettingsSpec.js
+++ b/quickshell/Common/settings/SettingsSpec.js
@@ -205,6 +205,7 @@ var SPEC = {
     mediaAdaptiveWidthEnabled: { def: true },
     audioVisualizerEnabled: { def: true },
     mediaUseAlbumArtAccent: { def: false },
+    appleMusicAnimatedArtEnabled: { def: false },
     audioScrollMode: { def: "volume" },
     audioWheelScrollAmount: { def: 5 },
     audioDeviceScrollVolumeEnabled: { def: false },
diff --git a/quickshell/Modules/Settings/MediaPlayerTab.qml b/quickshell/Modules/Settings/MediaPlayerTab.qml
index 7e7eeb41d..03552dcb1 100644
--- a/quickshell/Modules/Settings/MediaPlayerTab.qml
+++ b/quickshell/Modules/Settings/MediaPlayerTab.qml
@@ -72,6 +72,15 @@ Item {
                     onToggled: checked => SettingsData.set("mediaUseAlbumArtAccent", checked)
                 }
 
+                SettingsToggleRow {
+                    settingKey: "appleMusicAnimatedArtEnabled"
+                    tags: ["apple", "animated", "video", "artwork", "cover"]
+                    text: I18n.tr("Apple Music animated covers")
+                    description: I18n.tr("Show looping video album artwork from Apple Music when available. Sends the playing artist and album name to Apple.")
+                    checked: SettingsData.appleMusicAnimatedArtEnabled
+                    onToggled: checked => SettingsData.set("appleMusicAnimatedArtEnabled", checked)
+                }
+
                 SettingsDropdownRow {
                     property var scrollOptsInternal: ["volume", "song", "nothing"]
                     property var scrollOptsDisplay: [I18n.tr("Change Volume", "media scroll wheel option"), I18n.tr("Change Song", "media scroll wheel option"), I18n.tr("Nothing", "media scroll wheel option")]
diff --git a/quickshell/Services/AppleMusicArtService.qml b/quickshell/Services/AppleMusicArtService.qml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e85e48637
--- /dev/null
+++ b/quickshell/Services/AppleMusicArtService.qml
@@ -0,0 +1,242 @@
+pragma Singleton
+pragma ComponentBehavior: Bound
+
+import QtQuick
+import Quickshell
+import qs.Common
+
+Singleton {
+    id: root
+
+    readonly property var log: Log.scoped("AppleMusicArt")
+    readonly property bool enabled: SettingsData.appleMusicAnimatedArtEnabled
+
+    // file:// url of the current album's downloaded animated cover, or empty.
+    property string animatedArtUrl: ""
+
+    readonly property var _curlCmd: ["curl", "-sS", "--fail", "--connect-timeout", "5", "--max-time", "15", "--compressed"]
+    readonly property string _artDir: Paths.strip(Paths.cache) + "/applemusic-art"
+    property string _token: ""
+    // artist\nalbum (lowercased) -> file url or "" for a known miss; never refetched this session.
+    property var _cache: ({})
+    property int _serial: 0
+
+    readonly property string _artist: MprisController.activePlayer?.trackArtist || ""
+    readonly property string _album: MprisController.activePlayer?.trackAlbum || ""
+    readonly property string _cacheKey: _artist !== "" && _album !== "" ? (_artist + "\n" + _album).toLowerCase() : ""
+
+    on_CacheKeyChanged: _schedule()
+    onEnabledChanged: _schedule()
+    Component.onCompleted: {
+        _prune();
+        _schedule();
+    }
+
+    // Downloaded covers are a few MB each; drop anything untouched for 30 days so the
+    // cache can't grow without bound.
+    function _prune() {
+        Proc.runCommand(null, ["sh", "-c", 'test -d "$1" && find "$1" -type f -mtime +30 -delete', "sh", _artDir], () => {}, 50, 10000);
+    }
+
+    function _schedule() {
+        _serial++;
+        _debounce.stop();
+        if (!enabled || _cacheKey === "") {
+            animatedArtUrl = "";
+            return;
+        }
+        if (_cacheKey in _cache) {
+            animatedArtUrl = _cache[_cacheKey];
+            return;
+        }
+        animatedArtUrl = "";
+        _debounce.restart();
+    }
+
+    Timer {
+        id: _debounce
+        interval: 1500
+        onTriggered: root._lookup()
+    }
+
+    function _artPath(key) {
+        return _artDir + "/" + Qt.md5(key) + ".mp4";
+    }
+
+    // Disk cache first: a hit needs no network at all.
+    function _lookup() {
+        const key = _cacheKey;
+        const serial = _serial;
+        Proc.runCommand(null, ["sh", "-c", 'test -s "$1"', "sh", _artPath(key)], (output, exitCode) => {
+            if (serial !== _serial)
+                return;
+            if (exitCode === 0) {
+                _store(key, serial, "file://" + _artPath(key));
+                return;
+            }
+            _search(key, serial);
+        }, 50, 5000);
+    }
+
+    function _search(key, serial) {
+        const term = encodeURIComponent(_artist + " " + _album);
+        Proc.runCommand(null, _curlCmd.concat(["https://itunes.apple.com/search?media=music&entity=album&limit=1&term=" + term]), (output, exitCode) => {
+            if (serial !== _serial)
+                return;
+            if (exitCode !== 0) {
+                log.warn("itunes search failed");
+                return;
+            }
+            let result;
+            try {
+                result = JSON.parse(output).results[0] || null;
+            } catch (e) {
+                log.warn("itunes search parse failed");
+                return;
+            }
+            if (!result || !result.collectionId) {
+                _store(key, serial, "");
+                return;
+            }
+            if (_token !== "") {
+                _fetchEditorialVideo(key, serial, result.collectionId);
+                return;
+            }
+            _fetchToken("https://music.apple.com/us/album/" + result.collectionId, token => {
+                if (serial !== _serial)
+                    return;
+                _token = token;
+                _fetchEditorialVideo(key, serial, result.collectionId);
+            });
+        }, 50, 20000);
+    }
+
+    // The anonymous web-player JWT sits in the main JS bundle referenced by any album page.
+    function _fetchToken(pageUrl, callback) {
+        const script = "p=$(curl -sSfL --compressed \"$1\" | grep -oE '/assets/index~[a-zA-Z0-9]+\\.js' | head -1) && curl -sSfL --compressed \"https://music.apple.com$p\" | grep -oE '\"eyJ[A-Za-z0-9._-]+\"' | head -1 | tr -d '\"'";
+        Proc.runCommand(null, ["sh", "-c", script, "sh", pageUrl], (output, exitCode) => {
+            const token = (output || "").trim();
+            if (exitCode !== 0 || token === "") {
+                log.warn("failed to obtain web-player token");
+                return;
+            }
+            callback(token);
+        }, 50, 30000);
+    }
+
+    function _fetchEditorialVideo(key, serial, albumId) {
+        const url = "https://amp-api.music.apple.com/v1/catalog/us/albums/" + albumId + "?extend=editorialVideo";
+        Proc.runCommand(null, _curlCmd.concat(["-H", "Authorization: Bearer " + _token, "-H", "Origin: https://music.apple.com", url]), (output, exitCode) => {
+            if (serial !== _serial)
+                return;
+            if (exitCode !== 0) {
+                // Token may have expired; rescrape on the next lookup.
+                _token = "";
+                log.warn("editorial video lookup failed");
+                return;
+            }
+            let video;
+            try {
+                const ev = JSON.parse(output).data[0].attributes.editorialVideo;
+                video = ev ? (ev.motionDetailSquare?.video || ev.motionSquareVideo1x1?.video || "") : "";
+            } catch (e) {
+                log.warn("editorial video parse failed");
+                return;
+            }
+            if (video === "") {
+                _store(key, serial, "");
+                return;
+            }
+            _fetchMaster(key, serial, video);
+        }, 50, 20000);
+    }
+
+    function _fetchMaster(key, serial, m3u8Url) {
+        Proc.runCommand(null, _curlCmd.concat([m3u8Url]), (output, exitCode) => {
+            if (serial !== _serial)
+                return;
+            if (exitCode !== 0) {
+                log.warn("master playlist fetch failed");
+                return;
+            }
+            const variant = _pickVariant(output);
+            if (!variant) {
+                _store(key, serial, "");
+                return;
+            }
+            const variantUrl = variant.startsWith("http") ? variant : m3u8Url.slice(0, m3u8Url.lastIndexOf("/") + 1) + variant;
+            _fetchVariant(key, serial, variantUrl);
+        }, 50, 20000);
+    }
+
+    // Highest-bandwidth avc1 rendition at or below 768px; hvc1 is skipped for decoder compatibility.
+    function _pickVariant(master) {
+        const lines = master.split("\n");
+        let best = null;
+        let bestBw = -1;
+        for (let i = 0; i < lines.length; i++) {
+            const l = lines[i];
+            if (!l.startsWith("#EXT-X-STREAM-INF:") || l.indexOf("avc1") === -1)
+                continue;
+            const res = /RESOLUTION=(\d+)x/.exec(l);
+            if (!res || parseInt(res[1], 10) > 768)
+                continue;
+            let j = i + 1;
+            while (j < lines.length && (lines[j].startsWith("#") || lines[j].trim() === ""))
+                j++;
+            if (j >= lines.length)
+                continue;
+            const bw = /AVERAGE-BANDWIDTH=(\d+)/.exec(l);
+            const bwv = bw ? parseInt(bw[1], 10) : 0;
+            if (bwv > bestBw) {
+                bestBw = bwv;
+                best = lines[j].trim();
+            }
+        }
+        return best;
+    }
+
+    // The rendition playlist is BYTERANGE segments over one progressive mp4 (EXT-X-MAP).
+    function _fetchVariant(key, serial, variantUrl) {
+        Proc.runCommand(null, _curlCmd.concat([variantUrl]), (output, exitCode) => {
+            if (serial !== _serial)
+                return;
+            if (exitCode !== 0) {
+                log.warn("rendition playlist fetch failed");
+                return;
+            }
+            const m = /#EXT-X-MAP:URI="([^"]+)"/.exec(output);
+            if (!m) {
+                _store(key, serial, "");
+                return;
+            }
+            const mp4 = m[1].startsWith("http") ? m[1] : variantUrl.slice(0, variantUrl.lastIndexOf("/") + 1) + m[1];
+            _download(key, serial, mp4);
+        }, 50, 20000);
+    }
+
+    // Download once and play the local file: streaming the HLS through the ffmpeg
+    // backend truncates on some TLS stacks, and the cache survives restarts.
+    function _download(key, serial, url) {
+        const path = _artPath(key);
+        // Per-process temp then atomic rename, so a concurrent download for the same
+        // album (rapid track flip-flop) can't interleave writes into one file; the
+        // temp is removed on failure rather than stranded as a .part.
+        const script = 'mkdir -p "${1%/*}" && { test -s "$1" || { t="$1.$$.part"; curl -sSf --connect-timeout 5 --max-time 60 -o "$t" "$2" && mv -f "$t" "$1" || { rm -f "$t"; exit 1; }; }; }';
+        Proc.runCommand(null, ["sh", "-c", script, "sh", path, url], (output, exitCode) => {
+            if (serial !== _serial)
+                return;
+            if (exitCode !== 0) {
+                log.warn("artwork download failed");
+                return;
+            }
+            _store(key, serial, "file://" + path);
+        }, 50, 90000);
+    }
+
+    function _store(key, serial, url) {
+        _cache[key] = url;
+        if (serial === _serial)
+            animatedArtUrl = url;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/quickshell/Widgets/DankAlbumArt.qml b/quickshell/Widgets/DankAlbumArt.qml
index 351704484..36a891434 100644
--- a/quickshell/Widgets/DankAlbumArt.qml
+++ b/quickshell/Widgets/DankAlbumArt.qml
@@ -243,6 +243,16 @@ Item {
         }
     }
 
+    // Apple Music animated cover, layered over the static art which stays as fallback.
+    Loader {
+        width: albumSize
+        height: albumSize
+        anchors.centerIn: parent
+        z: 1
+        active: MultimediaService.available && root.onScreen && activePlayer?.playbackState === MprisPlaybackState.Playing && AppleMusicArtService.animatedArtUrl !== ""
+        source: "DankAnimatedAlbumArt.qml"
+    }
+
     // Outgoing art, shown on top only while fading out over the new mainArt.
     DankCircularImage {
         id: fadeArt
diff --git a/quickshell/Widgets/DankAnimatedAlbumArt.qml b/quickshell/Widgets/DankAnimatedAlbumArt.qml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..efb2bfab1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/quickshell/Widgets/DankAnimatedAlbumArt.qml
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+import QtQuick
+import QtMultimedia
+import Quickshell.Widgets
+import qs.Services
+
+// Loaded by url so a missing QtMultimedia degrades to the static art underneath.
+ClippingRectangle {
+    id: root
+
+    radius: width / 2
+    color: "transparent"
+    contentInsideBorder: true
+    border.color: MediaAccentService.accent
+    border.width: 2
+    // Reveal only while frames are flowing; the static art beneath covers load, stall and error.
+    opacity: video.hasVideo && video.playbackState === MediaPlayer.PlayingState && video.error === MediaPlayer.NoError ? 1 : 0
+    visible: opacity > 0
+
+    Behavior on opacity {
+        NumberAnimation {
+            duration: 300
+            easing.type: Easing.InOutQuad
+        }
+    }
+
+    Video {
+        id: video
+        anchors.fill: parent
+        source: AppleMusicArtService.animatedArtUrl
+        fillMode: VideoOutput.PreserveAspectCrop
+        loops: MediaPlayer.Infinite
+        muted: true
+        onSourceChanged: {
+            if (source != "")
+                play();
+        }
+        Component.onCompleted: {
+            if (source != "")
+                play();
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/quickshell/translations/settings_search_index.json b/quickshell/translations/settings_search_index.json
index 583435dbd..3c6c95be9 100644
--- a/quickshell/translations/settings_search_index.json
+++ b/quickshell/translations/settings_search_index.json
@@ -5800,6 +5800,34 @@
     ],
     "description": "Play sound when volume is adjusted"
   },
+  {
+    "section": "appleMusicAnimatedArtEnabled",
+    "label": "Apple Music animated covers",
+    "tabIndex": 16,
+    "category": "Media Player",
+    "keywords": [
+      "album",
+      "animated",
+      "apple",
+      "artist",
+      "artwork",
+      "available",
+      "cover",
+      "covers",
+      "looping",
+      "media",
+      "mpris",
+      "music",
+      "name",
+      "player",
+      "playing",
+      "sends",
+      "show",
+      "spotify",
+      "video"
+    ],
+    "description": "Show looping video album artwork from Apple Music when available. Sends the playing artist and album name to Apple."
+  },
   {
     "section": "mediaExcludePlayers",
     "label": "Excluded Players",
@@ -5825,7 +5853,10 @@
     "category": "Media Player",
     "keywords": [
       "animated",
+      "apple",
+      "artwork",
       "bars",
+      "cover",
       "general",
       "media",
       "mpris",
@@ -5834,11 +5865,11 @@
       "playback",
       "player",
       "progress",
-      "scroll",
       "spotify",
       "statusbar",
       "taskbar",
       "topbar",
+      "video",
       "wave"
     ],
     "icon": "music_note",