diff --git a/src/renderer/features/albums/components/album-detail-header.tsx b/src/renderer/features/albums/components/album-detail-header.tsx
index def95183..854d214a 100644
--- a/src/renderer/features/albums/components/album-detail-header.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/features/albums/components/album-detail-header.tsx
@@ -18,8 +18,9 @@ import { AlbumDetailResponse, LibraryItem, ServerType } from '/@/shared/types/do
 
 interface AlbumDetailHeaderProps {
     background: {
-        background: string;
+        background?: string;
         blur: number;
+        loading: boolean;
     };
 }
 
diff --git a/src/renderer/features/albums/routes/album-detail-route.tsx b/src/renderer/features/albums/routes/album-detail-route.tsx
index fa6dd0cf..2a6c59f9 100644
--- a/src/renderer/features/albums/routes/album-detail-route.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/features/albums/routes/album-detail-route.tsx
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import type { AgGridReact as AgGridReactType } from '@ag-grid-community/react/li
 import { useRef } from 'react';
 import { useParams } from 'react-router';
 
-import { NativeScrollArea, Spinner } from '/@/renderer/components';
+import { NativeScrollArea } from '/@/renderer/components';
 import { AlbumDetailContent } from '/@/renderer/features/albums/components/album-detail-content';
 import { AlbumDetailHeader } from '/@/renderer/features/albums/components/album-detail-header';
 import { useAlbumDetail } from '/@/renderer/features/albums/queries/album-detail-query';
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ const AlbumDetailRoute = () => {
     const { albumId } = useParams() as { albumId: string };
     const server = useCurrentServer();
     const detailQuery = useAlbumDetail({ query: { id: albumId }, serverId: server?.id });
-    const { color: backgroundColor, colorId } = useFastAverageColor({
+    const { background: backgroundColor, colorId } = useFastAverageColor({
         id: albumId,
         src: detailQuery.data?.imageUrl,
         srcLoaded: !detailQuery.isLoading,
@@ -41,10 +41,6 @@ const AlbumDetailRoute = () => {
         });
     };
 
-    if (!backgroundColor || colorId !== albumId) {
-        return <Spinner container />;
-    }
-
     const backgroundUrl = detailQuery.data?.imageUrl || '';
     const background = (albumBackground && `url(${backgroundUrl})`) || backgroundColor;
 
@@ -70,6 +66,7 @@ const AlbumDetailRoute = () => {
                     background={{
                         background,
                         blur: (albumBackground && albumBackgroundBlur) || 0,
+                        loading: !backgroundColor || colorId !== albumId,
                     }}
                     ref={headerRef}
                 />
diff --git a/src/renderer/features/albums/routes/dummy-album-detail-route.tsx b/src/renderer/features/albums/routes/dummy-album-detail-route.tsx
index 8dbd51f4..f49956f0 100644
--- a/src/renderer/features/albums/routes/dummy-album-detail-route.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/features/albums/routes/dummy-album-detail-route.tsx
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import { styled } from 'styled-components';
 
 import { api } from '/@/renderer/api';
 import { queryKeys } from '/@/renderer/api/query-keys';
-import { Button, Spinner, Spoiler, Text } from '/@/renderer/components';
+import { Button, Spoiler, Text } from '/@/renderer/components';
 import { useHandleGeneralContextMenu } from '/@/renderer/features/context-menu';
 import { SONG_ALBUM_PAGE } from '/@/renderer/features/context-menu/context-menu-items';
 import { usePlayQueueAdd } from '/@/renderer/features/player';
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ const DummyAlbumDetailRoute = () => {
         queryKey,
     });
 
-    const { color: background, colorId } = useFastAverageColor({
+    const { background, colorId } = useFastAverageColor({
         id: albumId,
         src: detailQuery.data?.imageUrl,
         srcLoaded: !detailQuery.isLoading,
@@ -114,10 +114,6 @@ const DummyAlbumDetailRoute = () => {
         });
     };
 
-    if (!background || colorId !== albumId) {
-        return <Spinner container />;
-    }
-
     const metadataItems = [
         {
             id: 'releaseYear',
@@ -138,6 +134,7 @@ const DummyAlbumDetailRoute = () => {
                     background={background}
                     imageUrl={detailQuery?.data?.imageUrl}
                     item={{ route: AppRoute.LIBRARY_SONGS, type: LibraryItem.SONG }}
+                    loading={!background || colorId !== albumId}
                     title={detailQuery?.data?.name || ''}
                 >
                     <Stack spacing="sm">
diff --git a/src/renderer/features/artists/components/album-artist-detail-header.tsx b/src/renderer/features/artists/components/album-artist-detail-header.tsx
index b9f3b25e..ba512247 100644
--- a/src/renderer/features/artists/components/album-artist-detail-header.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/features/artists/components/album-artist-detail-header.tsx
@@ -12,11 +12,12 @@ import { formatDurationString } from '/@/renderer/utils';
 import { LibraryItem, ServerType } from '/@/shared/types/domain-types';
 
 interface AlbumArtistDetailHeaderProps {
-    background: string;
+    background?: string;
+    loading: boolean;
 }
 
 export const AlbumArtistDetailHeader = forwardRef(
-    ({ background }: AlbumArtistDetailHeaderProps, ref: Ref<HTMLDivElement>) => {
+    ({ background, loading }: AlbumArtistDetailHeaderProps, ref: Ref<HTMLDivElement>) => {
         const { albumArtistId, artistId } = useParams() as {
             albumArtistId?: string;
             artistId?: string;
@@ -76,6 +77,7 @@ export const AlbumArtistDetailHeader = forwardRef(
                 background={background}
                 imageUrl={detailQuery?.data?.imageUrl}
                 item={{ route: AppRoute.LIBRARY_ALBUM_ARTISTS, type: LibraryItem.ALBUM_ARTIST }}
+                loading={loading}
                 ref={ref}
                 title={detailQuery?.data?.name || ''}
             >
diff --git a/src/renderer/features/artists/routes/album-artist-detail-route.tsx b/src/renderer/features/artists/routes/album-artist-detail-route.tsx
index e1ee5792..31389e9f 100644
--- a/src/renderer/features/artists/routes/album-artist-detail-route.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/features/artists/routes/album-artist-detail-route.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { useRef } from 'react';
 import { useParams } from 'react-router';
 
-import { NativeScrollArea, Spinner } from '/@/renderer/components';
+import { NativeScrollArea } from '/@/renderer/components';
 import { AlbumArtistDetailContent } from '/@/renderer/features/artists/components/album-artist-detail-content';
 import { AlbumArtistDetailHeader } from '/@/renderer/features/artists/components/album-artist-detail-header';
 import { useAlbumArtistDetail } from '/@/renderer/features/artists/queries/album-artist-detail-query';
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ const AlbumArtistDetailRoute = () => {
         query: { id: routeId },
         serverId: server?.id,
     });
-    const { color: background, colorId } = useFastAverageColor({
+    const { background, colorId } = useFastAverageColor({
         id: routeId,
         src: detailQuery.data?.imageUrl,
         srcLoaded: !detailQuery.isLoading,
@@ -46,10 +46,6 @@ const AlbumArtistDetailRoute = () => {
         });
     };
 
-    if (!background || colorId !== routeId) {
-        return <Spinner container />;
-    }
-
     return (
         <AnimatedPage key={`album-artist-detail-${routeId}`}>
             <NativeScrollArea
@@ -70,6 +66,7 @@ const AlbumArtistDetailRoute = () => {
             >
                 <AlbumArtistDetailHeader
                     background={background}
+                    loading={!background || colorId !== routeId}
                     ref={headerRef}
                 />
                 <AlbumArtistDetailContent background={background} />
diff --git a/src/renderer/features/player/components/full-screen-player-image.tsx b/src/renderer/features/player/components/full-screen-player-image.tsx
index d0b6eacf..5cd685b5 100644
--- a/src/renderer/features/player/components/full-screen-player-image.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/features/player/components/full-screen-player-image.tsx
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ export const FullScreenPlayerImage = () => {
     const { queue } = usePlayerData();
     const { useImageAspectRatio } = useFullScreenPlayerStore();
     const currentSong = queue.current;
-    const { color: background } = useFastAverageColor({
+    const { background } = useFastAverageColor({
         algorithm: 'dominant',
         src: queue.current?.imageUrl,
         srcLoaded: true,
diff --git a/src/renderer/features/player/components/full-screen-player.tsx b/src/renderer/features/player/components/full-screen-player.tsx
index 94db7c00..af73f630 100644
--- a/src/renderer/features/player/components/full-screen-player.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/features/player/components/full-screen-player.tsx
@@ -472,7 +472,7 @@ export const FullScreenPlayer = () => {
     }, [location, setStore]);
 
     const currentSong = useCurrentSong();
-    const { color: background } = useFastAverageColor({
+    const { background } = useFastAverageColor({
         algorithm: 'dominant',
         src: currentSong?.imageUrl,
         srcLoaded: true,
diff --git a/src/renderer/features/shared/components/library-header.tsx b/src/renderer/features/shared/components/library-header.tsx
index 1e7bf878..132191e6 100644
--- a/src/renderer/features/shared/components/library-header.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/features/shared/components/library-header.tsx
@@ -14,18 +14,19 @@ import { useGeneralSettings } from '/@/renderer/store';
 import { LibraryItem } from '/@/shared/types/domain-types';
 
 interface LibraryHeaderProps {
-    background: string;
+    background?: string;
     blur?: number;
     children?: ReactNode;
     imagePlaceholderUrl?: null | string;
     imageUrl?: null | string;
     item: { route: string; type: LibraryItem };
+    loading?: boolean;
     title: string;
 }
 
 export const LibraryHeader = forwardRef(
     (
-        { background, blur, children, imageUrl, item, title }: LibraryHeaderProps,
+        { background, blur, children, imageUrl, item, loading, title }: LibraryHeaderProps,
         ref: Ref<HTMLDivElement>,
     ) => {
         const { t } = useTranslation();
@@ -106,38 +107,41 @@ export const LibraryHeader = forwardRef(
                     style={{ cursor: 'pointer' }}
                     tabIndex={0}
                 >
-                    {imageUrl && !isImageError ? (
-                        <img
-                            alt="cover"
-                            className={styles.image}
-                            onError={onImageError}
-                            // placeholder={imagePlaceholderUrl || 'var(--placeholder-bg)'}
-                            src={imageUrl}
-                            style={{ height: '' }}
-                        />
-                    ) : (
-                        <ItemImagePlaceholder itemType={item.type} />
-                    )}
-                </div>
-                <div className={styles.metadataSection}>
-                    <Group>
-                        <h2>
-                            <Text
-                                $link
-                                component={Link}
-                                to={item.route}
-                                tt="uppercase"
-                                weight={600}
-                            >
-                                {itemTypeString()}
-                            </Text>
-                        </h2>
-                    </Group>
-                    <h1 className={styles.title}>
-                        <AutoTextSize mode="box">{title}</AutoTextSize>
-                    </h1>
-                    {children}
+                    {!loading &&
+                        (imageUrl && !isImageError ? (
+                            <img
+                                alt="cover"
+                                className={styles.image}
+                                onError={onImageError}
+                                // placeholder={imagePlaceholderUrl || 'var(--placeholder-bg)'}
+                                src={imageUrl}
+                                style={{ height: '' }}
+                            />
+                        ) : (
+                            <ItemImagePlaceholder itemType={item.type} />
+                        ))}
                 </div>
+                {title && (
+                    <div className={styles.metadataSection}>
+                        <Group>
+                            <h2>
+                                <Text
+                                    $link
+                                    component={Link}
+                                    to={item.route}
+                                    tt="uppercase"
+                                    weight={600}
+                                >
+                                    {itemTypeString()}
+                                </Text>
+                            </h2>
+                        </Group>
+                        <h1 className={styles.title}>
+                            <AutoTextSize mode="box">{title}</AutoTextSize>
+                        </h1>
+                        {children}
+                    </div>
+                )}
             </div>
         );
     },
diff --git a/src/renderer/hooks/use-fast-average-color.tsx b/src/renderer/hooks/use-fast-average-color.tsx
index 8f360189..7b850cb4 100644
--- a/src/renderer/hooks/use-fast-average-color.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/hooks/use-fast-average-color.tsx
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ export const useFastAverageColor = (args: {
     const { algorithm, id, src, srcLoaded } = args;
     const idRef = useRef<string | undefined>(id);
 
-    const [color, setColor] = useState<string | undefined>(undefined);
+    const [background, setBackground] = useState<string | undefined>(undefined);
 
     useEffect(() => {
         const fac = new FastAverageColor();
@@ -27,16 +27,16 @@ export const useFastAverageColor = (args: {
             })
                 .then((color) => {
                     idRef.current = id;
-                    return setColor(color.rgb);
+                    return setBackground(color.rgb);
                 })
                 .catch((e) => {
                     console.log('Error fetching average color', e);
                     idRef.current = id;
-                    return setColor('rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)');
+                    return setBackground('rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)');
                 });
         } else if (srcLoaded) {
             idRef.current = id;
-            return setColor('var(--placeholder-bg)');
+            return setBackground('var(--placeholder-bg)');
         }
 
         return () => {
@@ -44,5 +44,5 @@ export const useFastAverageColor = (args: {
         };
     }, [algorithm, srcLoaded, src, id]);
 
-    return { color, colorId: idRef.current };
+    return { background, colorId: idRef.current };
 };