diff --git a/lib/widgets/audio_quality_badges.dart b/lib/widgets/audio_quality_badges.dart
index 1cee2837..4e721829 100644
--- a/lib/widgets/audio_quality_badges.dart
+++ b/lib/widgets/audio_quality_badges.dart
@@ -99,11 +99,15 @@ class ExplicitTrackTitle extends StatelessWidget {
           TextSpan(text: title),
           if (explicit)
             WidgetSpan(
-              alignment: PlaceholderAlignment.middle,
-              child: Padding(
-                padding: const EdgeInsets.only(left: 6),
-                child: ExplicitBadge(
-                  colorScheme: colorScheme ?? Theme.of(context).colorScheme,
+              alignment: PlaceholderAlignment.baseline,
+              baseline: TextBaseline.alphabetic,
+              child: Transform.translate(
+                offset: const Offset(0, -2),
+                child: Padding(
+                  padding: const EdgeInsets.only(left: 6),
+                  child: ExplicitBadge(
+                    colorScheme: colorScheme ?? Theme.of(context).colorScheme,
+                  ),
                 ),
               ),
             ),
diff --git a/test/explicit_track_title_alignment_test.dart b/test/explicit_track_title_alignment_test.dart
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a13a867f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/explicit_track_title_alignment_test.dart
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
+import 'package:flutter_test/flutter_test.dart';
+import 'package:spotiflac_android/l10n/app_localizations.dart';
+import 'package:spotiflac_android/widgets/audio_quality_badges.dart';
+
+void main() {
+  testWidgets('explicit title badge follows the title alphabetic baseline', (
+    tester,
+  ) async {
+    await tester.pumpWidget(
+      MaterialApp(
+        localizationsDelegates: AppLocalizations.localizationsDelegates,
+        supportedLocales: AppLocalizations.supportedLocales,
+        home: const Scaffold(
+          body: ExplicitTrackTitle(
+            title: 'Explicit Track',
+            explicit: true,
+            style: TextStyle(fontSize: 24, height: 1.2),
+          ),
+        ),
+      ),
+    );
+
+    expect(tester.takeException(), isNull);
+
+    final richText = tester.widget<Text>(
+      find
+          .descendant(
+            of: find.byType(ExplicitTrackTitle),
+            matching: find.byWidgetPredicate(
+              (widget) => widget is Text && widget.textSpan != null,
+            ),
+          )
+          .first,
+    );
+    final rootSpan = richText.textSpan! as TextSpan;
+    final badgeSpan = rootSpan.children!.whereType<WidgetSpan>().single;
+    final transform = badgeSpan.child as Transform;
+
+    expect(badgeSpan.alignment, PlaceholderAlignment.baseline);
+    expect(badgeSpan.baseline, TextBaseline.alphabetic);
+    expect(transform.transform.getTranslation().y, -2);
+    expect(find.byType(ExplicitBadge), findsOneWidget);
+  });
+}