diff --git a/src/components/player/NowPlayingOverlay.tsx b/src/components/player/NowPlayingOverlay.tsx
index 2479f71..abc5b98 100644
--- a/src/components/player/NowPlayingOverlay.tsx
+++ b/src/components/player/NowPlayingOverlay.tsx
@@ -210,7 +210,10 @@ export function NowPlayingOverlay() {
     const collaborators = splitCollaborators(track.artist);
     return buildArtistNameTokens(
       collaborators.length > 0 ? collaborators : [track.artist]
-    );
+    ).map((token) => ({
+      ...token,
+      separator: token.separator ? ', ' : null,
+    }));
   }, [track]);
   const albumKey = track?.albumIdentityKey ?? libraryTrack?.album_identity_key;
 
@@ -572,6 +575,7 @@ export function NowPlayingOverlay() {
                   <View
                     style={[
                       styles.middleStack,
+                      !layout.isWide && styles.middleStackCentered,
                       layout.isWide
                         ? { width: layout.leftPaneWidth, justifyContent: 'center' }
                         : {
@@ -856,6 +860,7 @@ export function NowPlayingOverlay() {
                 <View
                   style={[
                     styles.middleStack,
+                    !layout.isWide && !scopeStageVisible && styles.middleStackCentered,
                     layout.isWide
                       ? { width: layout.leftPaneWidth, justifyContent: 'center' }
                       : {
@@ -1393,6 +1398,9 @@ const useStyles = createThemedStyles((colors) => ({
     width: '100%',
     alignItems: 'center',
   },
+  middleStackCentered: {
+    justifyContent: 'center',
+  },
   artButton: {
     alignItems: 'center',
     justifyContent: 'center',
diff --git a/src/components/player/nowPlayingLayout.test.mts b/src/components/player/nowPlayingLayout.test.mts
index 7692765..148d6d4 100644
--- a/src/components/player/nowPlayingLayout.test.mts
+++ b/src/components/player/nowPlayingLayout.test.mts
@@ -10,9 +10,9 @@ const BASELINES = [
   [320, 568, true, 296, 96, 204, 58],
   [360, 640, false, 328, 206, 214, 58],
   [360, 640, true, 328, 96, 214, 58],
-  [393, 852, false, 361, 361, 361, 76],
+  [393, 852, false, 361, 336, 361, 76],
   [393, 852, true, 361, 234, 361, 76],
-  [412, 915, false, 380, 380, 380, 82],
+  [412, 915, false, 380, 336, 380, 82],
   [412, 915, true, 380, 248, 380, 82],
   [600, 840, false, 520, 394, 394, 58],
   [600, 840, true, 520, 262, 394, 58],
@@ -47,6 +47,17 @@ test('keeps the lower-content anchor stable when the analyzer toggles', () => {
   }
 });
 
+test('caps visualizer-off artwork on roomy phones without shrinking the media stage', () => {
+  for (const [width, height] of [
+    [393, 852],
+    [412, 915],
+  ]) {
+    const hidden = getNowPlayingLayout(width, height, false);
+    assert.equal(hidden.artSize, 336);
+    assert.ok(hidden.mediaStackHeight > hidden.artSize);
+  }
+});
+
 test('adds the companion only to roomy tablet canvases', () => {
   for (const [width, height] of [
     [320, 568],
diff --git a/src/components/player/nowPlayingLayout.ts b/src/components/player/nowPlayingLayout.ts
index 9ea5933..f339729 100644
--- a/src/components/player/nowPlayingLayout.ts
+++ b/src/components/player/nowPlayingLayout.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ const NARROW_CONTENT_SIDE_PADDING = spacing.md;
 const MEDIA_AREA_MIN = 220;
 const TABLET_MAX_CONTENT_WIDTH = 520;
 const TABLET_ART_SIZE_MAX = 440;
+const PHONE_SCOPE_OFF_ART_SIZE_MAX = 336;
 const WIDE_MAX_CONTENT_WIDTH = 960;
 export const NOW_PLAYING_WIDE_PANE_GAP = spacing.xxl;
 const WIDE_RIGHT_PANE_MIN = 300;
@@ -183,14 +184,19 @@ export function getNowPlayingLayout(
     NOW_PLAYING_SUB_BUTTON_SIZE +
     MIN_FLOATING_SPACE;
   const bound = availableHeight - fixedHeightBase - mediaBottomGap;
-  const scopeOffArt = Math.round(
+  const uncappedScopeOffArt = Math.round(
     clamp(bound, Math.min(mediaMin, Math.max(96, bound)), mediaMax)
   );
-  const offSurplus = Math.max(0, bound - scopeOffArt);
+  const scopeOffArt = isTabletColumn
+    ? uncappedScopeOffArt
+    : Math.min(uncappedScopeOffArt, PHONE_SCOPE_OFF_ART_SIZE_MAX);
+  const offSurplus = Math.max(0, bound - uncappedScopeOffArt);
   const stretchUnit = Math.min(Math.floor(offSurplus / 5), spacing.md);
   const waveformHeight = NOW_PLAYING_WAVEFORM_HEIGHT + stretchUnit * 2;
   const scopeBlockHeight = VISUALIZER_TOP_GAP + scopeHeight + VISUALIZER_BOTTOM_GAP;
-  const mediaStackHeight = Math.max(scopeOffArt, 96 + scopeBlockHeight);
+  // Keep the old stage height even when the visualizer-off artwork is capped.
+  // This preserves the metadata/lower-content anchor across the toggle.
+  const mediaStackHeight = Math.max(uncappedScopeOffArt, 96 + scopeBlockHeight);
   const scopeOnArt = mediaStackHeight - scopeBlockHeight;
   const artSize = showVisualizer ? scopeOnArt : scopeOffArt;
   const visualizerTopGap = showVisualizer ? VISUALIZER_TOP_GAP : 0;