diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index cccc0e0..5e124e6 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ make hooks-install
 
 The widget appearance can be tuned from the Plasma widget settings, including:
 
+- custom multiline label text
 - title/artist vertical spacing
 - NOW/PLAYING label vertical spacing
 - separator gap from labels
diff --git a/package/contents/config/main.xml b/package/contents/config/main.xml
index 7733773..c0316fd 100644
--- a/package/contents/config/main.xml
+++ b/package/contents/config/main.xml
@@ -21,6 +21,11 @@
             <label>Now Playing label placement</label>
             <default>left</default>
         </entry>
+        <entry name="labelText" type="String">
+            <label>Now Playing label text</label>
+            <default><![CDATA[NOW
+PLAYING]]></default>
+        </entry>
         <entry name="backgroundStyle" type="String">
             <label>Background style</label>
             <default>custom</default>
diff --git a/package/contents/ui/Representation.qml b/package/contents/ui/Representation.qml
index 7dd2dd5..3624dab 100644
--- a/package/contents/ui/Representation.qml
+++ b/package/contents/ui/Representation.qml
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ MouseArea {
     property string configuredFontFamily: "Noto Sans"
     property string configuredLabelVisibilityMode: "auto"
     property string configuredLabelPlacement: "left"
+    property string configuredLabelText: "NOW\nPLAYING"
     property string configuredBackgroundStyle: "custom"
     property string configuredBackgroundColor: "transparent"
     property int configuredBackgroundRadius: 0
@@ -35,6 +36,7 @@ MouseArea {
     readonly property int effectiveSeparatorGapLabel: Math.max(0, configuredSeparatorGapLabel)
     readonly property int effectiveSeparatorGapTrack: Math.max(0, configuredSeparatorGapTrack)
     readonly property int effectiveSeparatorHeight: Math.max(0, Math.min(100, configuredSeparatorHeight))
+    readonly property var effectiveLabelLines: (configuredLabelText || "").split(/\r?\n/)
     readonly property bool hasTrackInfo: player.ready && (((player.title || "").trim().length > 0) || ((player.artists || "").trim().length > 0))
     readonly property bool nowPlayingLabelsVisible: {
         if (effectiveLabelVisibilityMode === "always")
@@ -116,30 +118,23 @@ MouseArea {
                 spacing: mediaControlsMouseArea.effectiveLabelVerticalSpacing
                 visible: mediaControlsMouseArea.nowPlayingLabelsVisible
 
-                ShadowedLabel {
-                    Layout.alignment: mediaControlsMouseArea.labelsOnRight ? Qt.AlignLeft : Qt.AlignRight
-                    shadowEnabled: mediaControlsMouseArea.configuredTextShadowEnabled
-                    text: "NOW"
-                    lineHeight: 0.8
-                    font.pixelSize: 16
-                    font.bold: true
-                    font.family: mediaControlsMouseArea.configuredFontFamily
-                    color: mediaControlsMouseArea.effectiveForegroundColor
-                    horizontalAlignment: mediaControlsMouseArea.labelsOnRight ? Text.AlignLeft : Text.AlignRight
-                }
+                Repeater {
+                    model: mediaControlsMouseArea.effectiveLabelLines
 
-                ShadowedLabel {
-                    id: nowPlayingLabel2
+                    delegate: ShadowedLabel {
+                        required property string modelData
+
+                        Layout.alignment: mediaControlsMouseArea.labelsOnRight ? Qt.AlignLeft : Qt.AlignRight
+                        shadowEnabled: mediaControlsMouseArea.configuredTextShadowEnabled
+                        text: modelData
+                        lineHeight: 0.8
+                        font.bold: true
+                        font.pixelSize: 16
+                        font.family: mediaControlsMouseArea.configuredFontFamily
+                        color: mediaControlsMouseArea.effectiveForegroundColor
+                        horizontalAlignment: mediaControlsMouseArea.labelsOnRight ? Text.AlignLeft : Text.AlignRight
+                    }
 
-                    Layout.alignment: mediaControlsMouseArea.labelsOnRight ? Qt.AlignLeft : Qt.AlignRight
-                    shadowEnabled: mediaControlsMouseArea.configuredTextShadowEnabled
-                    text: "PLAYING"
-                    lineHeight: 0.8
-                    font.bold: true
-                    font.pixelSize: 16
-                    font.family: mediaControlsMouseArea.configuredFontFamily
-                    color: mediaControlsMouseArea.effectiveForegroundColor
-                    horizontalAlignment: mediaControlsMouseArea.labelsOnRight ? Text.AlignLeft : Text.AlignRight
                 }
 
             }
diff --git a/package/contents/ui/configGeneral.qml b/package/contents/ui/configGeneral.qml
index bf8de6c..1bc3423 100644
--- a/package/contents/ui/configGeneral.qml
+++ b/package/contents/ui/configGeneral.qml
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ KCM.SimpleKCM {
     property string cfg_fontFamily
     property string cfg_labelVisibilityMode
     property string cfg_labelPlacement
+    property alias cfg_labelText: labelTextArea.text
     property string cfg_backgroundStyle
     property alias cfg_backgroundColor: backgroundColorField.text
     property alias cfg_backgroundRadius: backgroundRadiusSpinBox.value
@@ -125,6 +126,16 @@ KCM.SimpleKCM {
             onActivated: configRoot.cfg_labelPlacement = currentValue
         }
 
+        QQC2.TextArea {
+            id: labelTextArea
+
+            Kirigami.FormData.label: i18n("Label text:")
+            Layout.fillWidth: true
+            Layout.preferredHeight: Kirigami.Units.gridUnit * 3
+            placeholderText: i18n("Use a line break for multiple lines")
+            wrapMode: TextEdit.NoWrap
+        }
+
         QQC2.ComboBox {
             id: backgroundStyleComboBox
 
diff --git a/package/contents/ui/main.qml b/package/contents/ui/main.qml
index 16c0d28..78d468f 100644
--- a/package/contents/ui/main.qml
+++ b/package/contents/ui/main.qml
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ PlasmoidItem {
     // qmllint disable missing-property
     property string configuredLabelPlacement: plasmoid.configuration.labelPlacement
     // qmllint disable missing-property
+    property string configuredLabelText: plasmoid.configuration.labelText
+    // qmllint disable missing-property
     property string configuredBackgroundStyle: plasmoid.configuration.backgroundStyle
     // qmllint disable missing-property
     property string configuredBackgroundColor: plasmoid.configuration.backgroundColor
@@ -66,6 +68,7 @@ PlasmoidItem {
         configuredFontFamily: root.configuredFontFamily
         configuredLabelVisibilityMode: root.configuredLabelVisibilityMode
         configuredLabelPlacement: root.configuredLabelPlacement
+        configuredLabelText: root.configuredLabelText
         configuredBackgroundStyle: root.configuredBackgroundStyle
         configuredBackgroundColor: root.configuredBackgroundColor
         configuredBackgroundRadius: root.configuredBackgroundRadius
@@ -86,6 +89,7 @@ PlasmoidItem {
         configuredFontFamily: root.configuredFontFamily
         configuredLabelVisibilityMode: root.configuredLabelVisibilityMode
         configuredLabelPlacement: root.configuredLabelPlacement
+        configuredLabelText: root.configuredLabelText
         configuredBackgroundStyle: root.configuredBackgroundStyle
         configuredBackgroundColor: root.configuredBackgroundColor
         configuredBackgroundRadius: root.configuredBackgroundRadius