read -d'\n' -ra PLAYERS <<<"$(playerctl -l 2>/dev/null)"
declare -a PAUSED
for player in "${PLAYERS[@]}"; do
    [ "$player" = "playerctld" ] && continue;

    p_status=$(playerctl -p "$player" status 2>/dev/null)

    # if we have one playing, we'll use it and EXIT
    if [ "$p_status" = "Playing"  ]; then
        echo $(playerctl -p $player metadata | grep artUrl | awk '{$1=$2=""; print $0}')
        exit 0;
    fi

    [ "$p_status" = "Paused" ] && PAUSED+=("$player")
done

# if we have a paused, show it otherwise assume there are no players or have all stopped
if [ -n "${PAUSED[0]}" ]; then
    echo $(playerctl -p ${PAUSED[0]} metadata | grep artUrl | awk '{$1=$2=""; print $0}')
fi