diff --git a/applets/taskmanager/package/contents/ui/ToolTipInstance.qml b/applets/taskmanager/package/contents/ui/ToolTipInstance.qml
--- a/applets/taskmanager/package/contents/ui/ToolTipInstance.qml
+++ b/applets/taskmanager/package/contents/ui/ToolTipInstance.qml
@@ -196,6 +196,21 @@
                 }
             }
 
+            Image {
+                id: albumArtBackground
+                source: albumArt
+                anchors.fill: parent
+                fillMode: Image.PreserveAspectCrop
+                visible: albumArtImage.available
+                layer.enabled: true
+                opacity: 0.25
+                layer.effect: FastBlur {
+                    source: albumArtBackground
+                    anchors.fill: parent
+                    radius: 30
+                }
+            }
+
             Image {
                 id: albumArtImage
                 // also Image.Loading to prevent loading thumbnails just because the album art takes a split second to load
@@ -205,7 +220,7 @@
                 sourceSize: Qt.size(parent.width, parent.height)
                 asynchronous: true
                 source: albumArt
-                fillMode: Image.PreserveAspectCrop
+                fillMode: Image.PreserveAspectFit
                 visible: available
 
                 ToolTipWindowMouseArea {