diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Controller/Lyrics/LyricResponse.cs b/MediaBrowser.Controller/Lyrics/LyricResponse.cs
index 64c3b3c28b..56a5696450 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Controller/Lyrics/LyricResponse.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Controller/Lyrics/LyricResponse.cs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 
 namespace MediaBrowser.Controller.Lyrics;
@@ -15,5 +16,5 @@ public class LyricResponse
     /// <summary>
     /// Gets or sets Lyrics.
     /// </summary>
-    public IReadOnlyList<LyricLine> Lyrics { get; set; } = new List<LyricLine>();
+    public IReadOnlyList<LyricLine> Lyrics { get; set; } = Array.Empty<LyricLine>();
 }
diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Providers/Lyric/LrcLyricProvider.cs b/MediaBrowser.Providers/Lyric/LrcLyricProvider.cs
index ea10749b95..b67b8c5d39 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Providers/Lyric/LrcLyricProvider.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Providers/Lyric/LrcLyricProvider.cs
@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@ public class LrcLyricProvider : ILyricProvider
     /// <inheritdoc />
     public IReadOnlyCollection<string> SupportedMediaTypes { get; } = new[] { "lrc", "elrc" };
 
+    private static string[] AcceptedTimeFormats => new[] { "HH:mm:ss", "H:mm:ss", "mm:ss", "m:ss" };
+
     /// <summary>
     /// Opens lyric file for the requested item, and processes it for API return.
     /// </summary>
@@ -88,8 +90,8 @@ public class LrcLyricProvider : ILyricProvider
             }
 
             string[] metaDataField = metaDataRow.Split(':', 2, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries | StringSplitOptions.TrimEntries);
-            string metaDataFieldName = metaDataField[0][1..].Trim();
-            string metaDataFieldValue = metaDataField[1][..^1].Trim();
+            string metaDataFieldName = metaDataField[0][1..];
+            string metaDataFieldValue = metaDataField[1][..^1];
 
             fileMetaData.Add(metaDataFieldName, metaDataFieldValue);
         }
@@ -155,7 +157,7 @@ public class LrcLyricProvider : ILyricProvider
 
         if (metaData.TryGetValue("length", out var length) && !string.IsNullOrEmpty(length))
         {
-            if (DateTime.TryParseExact(length, new string[] { "HH:mm:ss", "H:mm:ss", "mm:ss", "m:ss" }, null, DateTimeStyles.None, out var value))
+            if (DateTime.TryParseExact(length, AcceptedTimeFormats, null, DateTimeStyles.None, out var value))
             {
                 lyricMetadata.Length = value.TimeOfDay.Ticks;
             }