A menu bar app which shows currently playing song on Spotify:

Playing:

Paused:

Click on the bar toggles the playback. It is also possible to setup shortcuts to play next/previous track and toggle the playback - see below.

• install Hammerspoon - a powerfull automation tool for OS X

  • Manually:

    Download the latest release, and drag Hammerspoon.app from your Downloads folder to Applications.

  • Homebrew:

    brew install hammerspoon --cask

• download spotify-now-playing.spoon, unzip and double click on a .spoon file. It will be installed under ~/.hammerspoon/Spoons folder.

• open ~/.hammerspoon/init.lua and add the following snippet, adding your parameters:

-- Spotify current song
hs.loadSpoon("spotify-now-playing")
spoon['spotify-now-playing']:start()
spoon['spotify-now-playing']:bindHotkeys(
  {
    next={ {"alt"}, "."},
    prev={ {"alt"}, ","},
    playpause={ {"alt"}, "/"}
  }
)

The config above sets up the ollowing shortcuts:

• ⌥ + , - play next track
• ⌥ + . - play previous track
• ⌥ + / - play/pause