diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/lineageos/twelve/models/Album.kt b/app/src/main/java/org/lineageos/twelve/models/Album.kt
index 03545e6..de9673d 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/lineageos/twelve/models/Album.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/lineageos/twelve/models/Album.kt
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@
     val year: Int?,
     val thumbnail: Thumbnail?,
 ) : MediaItem<Album> {
+    override val mediaType = MediaType.ALBUM
+
     override fun areContentsTheSame(other: Album) = compareValuesBy(
         this, other,
         Album::title,
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/lineageos/twelve/models/Artist.kt b/app/src/main/java/org/lineageos/twelve/models/Artist.kt
index d195887..9cb5216 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/lineageos/twelve/models/Artist.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/lineageos/twelve/models/Artist.kt
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@
     val name: String,
     val thumbnail: Thumbnail?,
 ) : MediaItem<Artist> {
+    override val mediaType = MediaType.ARTIST
+
     override fun areContentsTheSame(other: Artist) = compareValuesBy(
         this, other,
         Artist::name,
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/lineageos/twelve/models/Audio.kt b/app/src/main/java/org/lineageos/twelve/models/Audio.kt
index f52f9c6..2ac679b 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/lineageos/twelve/models/Audio.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/lineageos/twelve/models/Audio.kt
@@ -71,6 +71,8 @@
         RECORDING(MediaMetadata.MEDIA_TYPE_MUSIC),
     }
 
+    override val mediaType = MediaType.AUDIO
+
     override fun areContentsTheSame(other: Audio) = compareValuesBy(
         this, other,
         Audio::mimeType,
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/lineageos/twelve/models/Genre.kt b/app/src/main/java/org/lineageos/twelve/models/Genre.kt
index e32ba8e..7549f04 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/lineageos/twelve/models/Genre.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/lineageos/twelve/models/Genre.kt
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@
     override val uri: Uri,
     val name: String?,
 ) : MediaItem<Genre> {
+    override val mediaType = MediaType.GENRE
+
     override fun areContentsTheSame(other: Genre) = compareValuesBy(
         other,
         this,
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/lineageos/twelve/models/MediaItem.kt b/app/src/main/java/org/lineageos/twelve/models/MediaItem.kt
index 3fb0cf1..ea67b1a 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/lineageos/twelve/models/MediaItem.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/lineageos/twelve/models/MediaItem.kt
@@ -12,6 +12,11 @@
  */
 sealed interface MediaItem<T : MediaItem<T>> : UniqueItem<T> {
     /**
+     * The media type.
+     */
+    val mediaType: MediaType
+
+    /**
      * A [Uri] identifying this media item.
      */
     val uri: Uri
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/lineageos/twelve/models/Playlist.kt b/app/src/main/java/org/lineageos/twelve/models/Playlist.kt
index 511118a..8357ea0 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/lineageos/twelve/models/Playlist.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/lineageos/twelve/models/Playlist.kt
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@
     override val uri: Uri,
     val name: String,
 ) : MediaItem<Playlist> {
+    override val mediaType = MediaType.PLAYLIST
+
     override fun areContentsTheSame(other: Playlist) = compareValuesBy(
         this,
         other,