After a recent update the Windows Media Player stopped showing information about the currently playing song, as well as it's thumbnail. The song clearly has a thumbnail:
However, when changing volume, what I would get at best is the song title with the album name, no thumbnail:
At worst (the most common outcome), it would give no information at all, just a blank overlay with the controls and one word: Mediaplayer
The song currently playing has all of the neccessary attributes:
I've searched for an answer online, but no luck. The furthest I got was people missing these overlays entirely, which is not my problem.
Spamming the "play" button on a song would eventually trigger the name to appear:
However, after clicking again, the name would disappear into nothingness.