diff --git a/ags/style.css b/ags/style.css
index ca13324..9d7c36c 100644
--- a/ags/style.css
+++ b/ags/style.css
@@ -16,6 +16,34 @@
   font-family: "JetBrainsMono Nerd Font", sans-serif;
 }
 
+.media-cover {
+  min-width: 64px;
+  min-height: 64px;
+  border-radius: 4px;
+  background-size: cover;
+  background-position: center;
+}
+
+.media-info-box {
+  margin-left: 10px;
+}
+
+.media-title {
+  color: @foreground;
+  font-size: 14px;
+  font-weight: bold;
+}
+
+.media-artist {
+  color: @foreground;
+  font-size: 13px;
+  opacity: 0.8;
+}
+
+.media-controls {
+  /* Box spacing is handled by the component */
+}
+
 .media-btn {
   color: @color5;
   font-size: 16px;
@@ -26,9 +54,3 @@
 .media-btn:hover {
   color: @color4;
 }
-
-.media-text {
-  color: @foreground;
-  font-size: 14px;
-  margin-left: 10px;
-}
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diff --git a/ags/widget/Media.tsx b/ags/widget/Media.tsx
index a7fcb53..cc5c734 100644
--- a/ags/widget/Media.tsx
+++ b/ags/widget/Media.tsx
@@ -6,9 +6,22 @@ import { createPoll } from "ags/time"
 export default function Media(gdkmonitor: Gdk.Monitor) {
   const { TOP, LEFT } = Astal.WindowAnchor
 
-  // Poll playerctl for metadata and status
-  const mediaInfo = createPoll("No Media Playing", 1000, 'sh -c "playerctl metadata -f \'{{title}} - {{artist}}\' 2>/dev/null || echo \'No Media Playing\'"')
-  const statusIcon = createPoll("▶", 1000, 'sh -c "s=\\$(playerctl status 2>/dev/null); if [ \\"\\$s\\" = \\"Playing\\" ]; then echo \\"⏸\\"; else echo \\"▶\\"; fi"')
+  // Poll playerctl for complete metadata and status in one go
+  const mediaState = createPoll({
+    title: "No Media",
+    artist: "",
+    artUrl: "",
+    status: "Stopped"
+  }, 1000, "playerctl metadata -f '{{title}}|||{{artist}}|||{{mpris:artUrl}}|||{{status}}' 2>/dev/null || echo 'No Media||||||Stopped'", (stdout) => {
+    const parts = stdout.split("|||");
+    const title = parts[0]?.trim() || "No Media";
+    const artist = parts[1]?.trim() || "";
+    // GTK supports raw paths better than file:// URIs in background-image CSS
+    const rawUrl = parts[2]?.trim() || "";
+    const artUrl = rawUrl.replace(/^file:\/\//, '');
+    const status = parts[3]?.trim() || "Stopped";
+    return { title, artist, artUrl, status };
+  });
 
   return (
     <window
@@ -20,30 +33,50 @@ export default function Media(gdkmonitor: Gdk.Monitor) {
       margin={20}
       application={app}
     >
-      <box class="media-container" spacing={10}>
-        <button
-          class="media-btn"
-          onClicked={() => execAsync("playerctl previous").catch(print)}
-          halign={Gtk.Align.CENTER}
-        >
-          <label label="⏮" />
-        </button>
-        <button
-          class="media-btn"
-          onClicked={() => execAsync("playerctl play-pause").catch(print)}
-          halign={Gtk.Align.CENTER}
-        >
-          <label label={statusIcon} />
-        </button>
-        <button
-          class="media-btn"
-          onClicked={() => execAsync("playerctl next").catch(print)}
-          halign={Gtk.Align.CENTER}
-        >
-          <label label="⏭" />
-        </button>
-        <label class="media-text" label={mediaInfo} />
+      <box class="media-container" spacing={15}>
+        <box 
+          class="media-cover" 
+          css={mediaState.as(s => s.artUrl ? `background-image: url('${s.artUrl}');` : 'background-color: alpha(@color0, 0.5);')}
+        />
+        
+        <box vertical class="media-info-box" valign={Gtk.Align.CENTER}>
+          <label 
+            class="media-title" 
+            label={mediaState.as(s => s.title)} 
+            halign={Gtk.Align.START}
+            truncate
+            maxWidthChars={20}
+          />
+          <label 
+            class="media-artist" 
+            label={mediaState.as(s => s.artist)} 
+            halign={Gtk.Align.START}
+            truncate
+            maxWidthChars={25}
+          />
+          
+          <box class="media-controls" spacing={10} halign={Gtk.Align.START} marginTop={5}>
+            <button
+              class="media-btn"
+              onClicked={() => execAsync("playerctl previous").catch(print)}
+            >
+              <label label="" />
+            </button>
+            <button
+              class="media-btn"
+              onClicked={() => execAsync("playerctl play-pause").catch(print)}
+            >
+              <label label={mediaState.as(s => s.status === "Playing" ? "" : "")} />
+            </button>
+            <button
+              class="media-btn"
+              onClicked={() => execAsync("playerctl next").catch(print)}
+            >
+              <label label="" />
+            </button>
+          </box>
+        </box>
       </box>
     </window>
   )
-}
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+}
diff --git a/branding/boot_flash.png b/branding/boot_flash.png
index b9825ec..713e8cb 100644
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