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
@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@
                 text: generateTitle()
                 textFormat: Text.PlainText
                 opacity: 0.75
+                visible: !hasPlayer
             }
             // subtext
             PlasmaExtras.Heading {
@@ -169,7 +170,7 @@
         width: header.width
         // similar to 0.5625 = 1 / (16:9) as most screens are
         // round necessary, otherwise shadow mask for players has gap!
-        height: Math.round(0.5 * width)
+        height: Math.round(0.5 * width) + (hasPlayer? theme.mSize(theme.defaultFont).height : 0)
         anchors.horizontalCenter: parent.horizontalCenter
 
         visible: isWin
@@ -196,6 +197,21 @@
                 }
             }
 
+            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 +221,7 @@
                 sourceSize: Qt.size(parent.width, parent.height)
                 asynchronous: true
                 source: albumArt
-                fillMode: Image.PreserveAspectCrop
+                fillMode: Image.PreserveAspectFit
                 visible: available
 
                 ToolTipWindowMouseArea {