---
title: subtitle
framework: mediaplayer
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Property
path: mediaplayer/mpcontentitem/subtitle
---

# subtitle

A secondary designator for the media item.

## Declaration

```swift
var subtitle: String? { get set }
```

## Discussion

Discussion A subtitle is another public designator for the media item. For a song track, the subtitle is often the artist or album name.

## See Also

### Retrieving information about a media item

- [artwork](mediaplayer/mpcontentitem/artwork.md)
- [isContainer](mediaplayer/mpcontentitem/iscontainer.md)
- [isExplicitContent](mediaplayer/mpcontentitem/isexplicitcontent.md)
- [identifier](mediaplayer/mpcontentitem/identifier.md)
- [isPlayable](mediaplayer/mpcontentitem/isplayable.md)
- [isStreamingContent](mediaplayer/mpcontentitem/isstreamingcontent.md)
- [playbackProgress](mediaplayer/mpcontentitem/playbackprogress.md)
- [title](mediaplayer/mpcontentitem/title.md)