diff --git a/osu.Game.Tests/Visual/UserInterface/TestSceneNowPlayingOverlay.cs b/osu.Game.Tests/Visual/UserInterface/TestSceneNowPlayingOverlay.cs
index d07b90025f..1670741cbd 100644
--- a/osu.Game.Tests/Visual/UserInterface/TestSceneNowPlayingOverlay.cs
+++ b/osu.Game.Tests/Visual/UserInterface/TestSceneNowPlayingOverlay.cs
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 using NUnit.Framework;
 using osu.Framework.Allocation;
 using osu.Framework.Graphics;
+using osu.Game.Beatmaps;
 using osu.Game.Overlays;
 using osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu;
 
@@ -22,8 +23,6 @@ namespace osu.Game.Tests.Visual.UserInterface
         [BackgroundDependencyLoader]
         private void load()
         {
-            Beatmap.Value = CreateWorkingBeatmap(new OsuRuleset().RulesetInfo);
-
             nowPlayingOverlay = new NowPlayingOverlay
             {
                 Origin = Anchor.Centre,
@@ -37,9 +36,38 @@ namespace osu.Game.Tests.Visual.UserInterface
         [Test]
         public void TestShowHideDisable()
         {
+            AddStep(@"set beatmap", () => Beatmap.Value = CreateWorkingBeatmap(new OsuRuleset().RulesetInfo));
             AddStep(@"show", () => nowPlayingOverlay.Show());
             AddToggleStep(@"toggle beatmap lock", state => Beatmap.Disabled = state);
             AddStep(@"hide", () => nowPlayingOverlay.Hide());
         }
+
+        [Test]
+        public void TestLongMetadata()
+        {
+            AddStep(@"set metadata within tolerance", () => Beatmap.Value = CreateWorkingBeatmap(new Beatmap
+            {
+                Metadata =
+                {
+                    Artist = "very very very very very very very very very very verry long artist",
+                    ArtistUnicode = "very very very very very very very very very very verry long artist",
+                    Title = "very very very very very verry long title",
+                    TitleUnicode = "very very very very very verry long title",
+                }
+            }));
+
+            AddStep(@"set metadata outside bounds", () => Beatmap.Value = CreateWorkingBeatmap(new Beatmap
+            {
+                Metadata =
+                {
+                    Artist = "very very very very very very very very very very verrry long artist",
+                    ArtistUnicode = "very very very very very very very very very very verrry long artist",
+                    Title = "very very very very very verrry long title",
+                    TitleUnicode = "very very very very very verrry long title",
+                }
+            }));
+
+            AddStep(@"show", () => nowPlayingOverlay.Show());
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/osu.Game/Overlays/NowPlayingOverlay.cs b/osu.Game/Overlays/NowPlayingOverlay.cs
index 7e4f4f4e9b..29052ace8e 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Overlays/NowPlayingOverlay.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Overlays/NowPlayingOverlay.cs
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Overlays
         public LocalisableString Title => NowPlayingStrings.HeaderTitle;
         public LocalisableString Description => NowPlayingStrings.HeaderDescription;
 
+        private const float player_width = 400;
         private const float player_height = 130;
         private const float transition_length = 800;
         private const float progress_height = 10;
@@ -47,7 +48,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Overlays
         private IconButton nextButton = null!;
         private IconButton playlistButton = null!;
 
-        private SpriteText title = null!, artist = null!;
+        private ScrollingTextContainer title = null!, artist = null!;
 
         private PlaylistOverlay? playlist;
 
@@ -70,7 +71,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Overlays
 
         public NowPlayingOverlay()
         {
-            Width = 400;
+            Width = player_width;
             Margin = new MarginPadding(margin);
         }
 
@@ -101,7 +102,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Overlays
                             Children = new[]
                             {
                                 background = Empty(),
-                                title = new OsuSpriteText
+                                title = new ScrollingTextContainer
                                 {
                                     Origin = Anchor.BottomCentre,
                                     Anchor = Anchor.TopCentre,
@@ -110,7 +111,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Overlays
                                     Colour = Color4.White,
                                     Text = @"Nothing to play",
                                 },
-                                artist = new OsuSpriteText
+                                artist = new ScrollingTextContainer
                                 {
                                     Origin = Anchor.TopCentre,
                                     Anchor = Anchor.TopCentre,
@@ -319,15 +320,15 @@ namespace osu.Game.Overlays
                     switch (direction)
                     {
                         case TrackChangeDirection.Next:
-                            newBackground.Position = new Vector2(400, 0);
+                            newBackground.Position = new Vector2(player_width, 0);
                             newBackground.MoveToX(0, 500, Easing.OutCubic);
-                            background.MoveToX(-400, 500, Easing.OutCubic);
+                            background.MoveToX(-player_width, 500, Easing.OutCubic);
                             break;
 
                         case TrackChangeDirection.Prev:
-                            newBackground.Position = new Vector2(-400, 0);
+                            newBackground.Position = new Vector2(-player_width, 0);
                             newBackground.MoveToX(0, 500, Easing.OutCubic);
-                            background.MoveToX(400, 500, Easing.OutCubic);
+                            background.MoveToX(player_width, 500, Easing.OutCubic);
                             break;
                     }
 
@@ -469,5 +470,103 @@ namespace osu.Game.Overlays
                 base.OnHoverLost(e);
             }
         }
+
+        private partial class ScrollingTextContainer : CompositeDrawable
+        {
+            private const float initial_move_delay = 1000;
+            private const float pixels_per_second = 50;
+
+            private OsuSpriteText mainSpriteText = null!;
+            private OsuSpriteText fillerSpriteText = null!;
+
+            private LocalisableString text;
+
+            public LocalisableString Text
+            {
+                get => text;
+                set
+                {
+                    text = value;
+
+                    if (IsLoaded)
+                        updateText();
+                }
+            }
+
+            private FontUsage font = OsuFont.Default;
+
+            public FontUsage Font
+            {
+                get => font;
+                set
+                {
+                    font = value;
+
+                    if (IsLoaded)
+                        updateFontAndText();
+                }
+            }
+
+            public ScrollingTextContainer()
+            {
+                AutoSizeAxes = Axes.Both;
+            }
+
+            [BackgroundDependencyLoader]
+            private void load()
+            {
+                InternalChild = new FillFlowContainer<OsuSpriteText>
+                {
+                    AutoSizeAxes = Axes.Both,
+                    Direction = FillDirection.Horizontal,
+                    Children = new[]
+                    {
+                        mainSpriteText = new OsuSpriteText { Padding = new MarginPadding { Horizontal = margin } },
+                        fillerSpriteText = new OsuSpriteText { Padding = new MarginPadding { Horizontal = margin }, Alpha = 0 },
+                    }
+                };
+            }
+
+            protected override void LoadComplete()
+            {
+                base.LoadComplete();
+
+                updateFontAndText();
+            }
+
+            private void updateFontAndText()
+            {
+                mainSpriteText.Font = font;
+                fillerSpriteText.Font = font;
+
+                updateText();
+            }
+
+            private void updateText()
+            {
+                mainSpriteText.Text = text;
+                fillerSpriteText.Alpha = 0;
+
+                ClearTransforms();
+                X = 0;
+
+                float textOverflowWidth = mainSpriteText.Width - player_width;
+
+                // apply half margin of tolerance on both sides before the text scrolls
+                if (textOverflowWidth > margin)
+                {
+                    fillerSpriteText.Alpha = 1;
+                    fillerSpriteText.Text = text;
+
+                    float initialX = (textOverflowWidth + mainSpriteText.Width) / 2;
+                    float targetX = (textOverflowWidth - mainSpriteText.Width) / 2;
+
+                    this.MoveToX(initialX)
+                        .Delay(initial_move_delay)
+                        .MoveToX(targetX, mainSpriteText.Width * 1000 / pixels_per_second)
+                        .Loop();
+                }
+            }
+        }
     }
 }