diff --git a/backend/novasonic-server.js b/backend/novasonic-server.js
index cb79fee..6f5a2fa 100644
--- a/backend/novasonic-server.js
+++ b/backend/novasonic-server.js
@@ -225,13 +225,6 @@ app.post('/api/spotify/resolve', async (req, res) => {
       setTimeout(() => reject(new Error('Zeitüberschreitung — Spotify API antwortet nicht (>120s)')), 120000)
     );
     const data = await Promise.race([_resolveSpotifyViaSpotdl(url), timeout]);
-    // Normalize Japanese artist/title names to romaji before sending to frontend
-    if (data.tracks) {
-      for (const t of data.tracks) {
-        if (t.artistName) t.artistName = romajiForStorage(t.artistName) || t.artistName;
-        if (t.trackName)  t.trackName  = romajiForStorage(t.trackName)  || t.trackName;
-      }
-    }
     res.json(data);
   } catch(e) {
     console.error('[spotify/resolve]', e.message);
diff --git a/src/spotify.js b/src/spotify.js
index 37b3113..1aa88f7 100644
--- a/src/spotify.js
+++ b/src/spotify.js
@@ -236,8 +236,8 @@ function _renderSpotifyPreview(data) {
   (data.tracks || []).forEach((t, i) => list.appendChild(makeGlobalTrackItem(t, i, data.tracks)));
   section.style.display = '';
 
-  // Lazy-load correct per-track artwork via iTunes in the background
-  if ((data.type === 'playlist' || data.type === 'album') && count > 0 && S.cfg.backendUrl) {
+  // Lazy-load correct per-track artwork and canonical names via iTunes in the background
+  if (count > 0 && S.cfg.backendUrl) {
     _loadSpotifyTrackArtwork(data.tracks, list);
   }
 }