diff --git a/server.py b/server.py
index ba4650f..0c99ccc 100644
--- a/server.py
+++ b/server.py
@@ -1277,6 +1277,27 @@ class MetadataDB:
             (filename,)).fetchone()
         return {k: ((row[i] or "") if row else "") for i, k in enumerate(keys)}
 
+    # Effective genre = a per-song genre OVERRIDE (Fix-metadata popup) else the
+    # scanned pack genre. Applied at FILTER/FACET time (like the P4 artist alias)
+    # so a corrected genre is browsable — the correlated subquery is used ONLY
+    # when genre overrides actually exist; the common case stays on the plain
+    # indexed `genre` column. Genre stays a library-only overlay (it isn't a
+    # write-to-file field), so it never touches the pack.
+    _EFFECTIVE_GENRE_SQL = (
+        "COALESCE((SELECT o.value FROM song_field_override o "
+        "WHERE o.filename = songs.filename AND o.field = 'genre' "
+        "AND o.value IS NOT NULL AND o.value != ''), genre)"
+    )
+
+    def _has_genre_overrides(self) -> bool:
+        return self.conn.execute(
+            "SELECT 1 FROM song_field_override WHERE field = 'genre' "
+            "AND value IS NOT NULL AND value != '' LIMIT 1").fetchone() is not None
+
+    def _effective_genre_expr(self) -> str:
+        """`genre` normally; the override-aware COALESCE only when overrides exist."""
+        return self._EFFECTIVE_GENRE_SQL if self._has_genre_overrides() else "genre"
+
     def set_song_tags(self, filename: str, tags) -> list:
         """Replace ALL of a song's tags with the given set (each normalized;
         blanks + case-dupes dropped). Full-replace so the whole personal-meta
@@ -3464,7 +3485,7 @@ class MetadataDB:
         # list on scan). OR within the selected set.
         if genre:
             _gph = ",".join(["?"] * len(genre))
-            where += f" AND genre COLLATE NOCASE IN ({_gph})"
+            where += f" AND ({self._effective_genre_expr()}) COLLATE NOCASE IN ({_gph})"
             params += list(genre)
         # Mastery bands = best accuracy across a song's arrangements (song_stats,
         # a separate table -> correlated subquery). mastered >= 0.9, in_progress =
@@ -9118,9 +9139,10 @@ def library_genres(provider: str = "local"):
     if is_remote:
         return {"genres": []}
     with meta_db._lock:
+        g = meta_db._effective_genre_expr()
         rows = meta_db.conn.execute(
-            "SELECT DISTINCT genre FROM songs WHERE genre IS NOT NULL AND genre != '' "
-            "ORDER BY genre COLLATE NOCASE"
+            f"SELECT g FROM (SELECT DISTINCT ({g}) AS g FROM songs) "
+            "WHERE g IS NOT NULL AND g != '' ORDER BY g COLLATE NOCASE"
         ).fetchall()
     return {"genres": [r[0] for r in rows]}
 
diff --git a/static/v3/match-review.js b/static/v3/match-review.js
index 3a36166..cc216d7 100644
--- a/static/v3/match-review.js
+++ b/static/v3/match-review.js
@@ -462,7 +462,11 @@
     // Each field sits on its pack value: editing above the pack makes it an
     // override ("Yours"); a lock pins it so an auto-match can't recanonicalize
     // it; revert (↺) drops back to the pack value.
-    const DETAIL_FIELDS = [['title', 'Title'], ['artist', 'Artist'], ['album', 'Album'], ['year', 'Year']];
+    const DETAIL_FIELDS = [['title', 'Title'], ['artist', 'Artist'], ['album', 'Album'], ['year', 'Year'], ['genre', 'Genre']];
+    // Only these four are written into the pack file; genre is a library-only
+    // overlay (drives the genre filter/facet + the auto-match lock), never baked
+    // to the file — so Write to file leaves genre's override in place.
+    const WRITE_FIELDS = ['title', 'artist', 'album', 'year'];
 
     async function renderDetailsTab(body, song) {
         body.innerHTML = '<div class="p-5"><p class="text-sm text-fb-textDim">Loading…</p></div>';
@@ -510,6 +514,7 @@
         song._pendingDetails = {
             title: String(cand.title || ''), artist: String(cand.artist || ''),
             album: String(cand.album || ''), year: String(cand.year || ''),
+            genre: (Array.isArray(cand.genres) && cand.genres[0]) ? String(cand.genres[0]) : String(cand.genre || ''),
         };
         try {
             await post('/api/enrichment/review/' + enc(song.filename) + '/pick', { candidate: cand });
@@ -547,7 +552,7 @@
             '<div class="p-5 space-y-4 overflow-y-auto v3-scroll min-h-0">' +
             '<div class="flex items-start gap-3">' +
             '<img src="' + esc(artUrl(song)) + '" alt="" onerror="this.style.visibility=\'hidden\'" class="w-14 h-14 rounded-lg object-cover bg-fb-card shrink-0">' +
-            '<p class="text-xs text-fb-textDim pt-1"><span class="text-fb-text">Save</span> keeps edits as a reversible library overlay — the song files aren\'t touched. <span class="text-fb-text">Write to file</span> bakes them into the pack itself. Lock a field to keep an auto-match from changing it.</p>' +
+            '<p class="text-xs text-fb-textDim pt-1"><span class="text-fb-text">Save</span> keeps edits as a reversible library overlay — the song files aren\'t touched. <span class="text-fb-text">Write to file</span> bakes the title, artist, album and year into the pack (genre stays a library-only tag). Lock a field to keep an auto-match from changing it.</p>' +
             '</div>' +
             DETAIL_FIELDS.map(row).join('') +
             '<p data-df-status class="text-xs leading-relaxed"></p>' +
@@ -617,7 +622,7 @@
     async function writeToFile(body, song) {
         const st = song._detailsState;
         const fields = {};
-        for (const [f] of DETAIL_FIELDS) fields[f] = String(st[f].value || '').trim();
+        for (const f of WRITE_FIELDS) fields[f] = String(st[f].value || '').trim();
         const status = body.querySelector('[data-df-status]');
         const writeBtn = body.querySelector('[data-df-write]');
         const saveBtn = body.querySelector('[data-df-save]');
@@ -650,11 +655,11 @@
             const yr = /^[+-]?\d+$/.test(applied.year) ? parseInt(applied.year, 10) : 0;
             applied.year = yr ? String(yr) : '';
         }
-        for (const [f] of DETAIL_FIELDS) song[f] = applied[f];
+        for (const f of WRITE_FIELDS) song[f] = applied[f];
         try { window.feedBack?.emit('library:changed', { reason: 'write' }); } catch (_) { }
         if (persisted) {
             const clear = {};
-            for (const [f] of DETAIL_FIELDS) clear[f] = { value: null, locked: !!st[f].locked };
+            for (const f of WRITE_FIELDS) clear[f] = { value: null, locked: !!st[f].locked };
             try {
                 await fetch('/api/song/' + enc(song.filename) + '/overrides', {
                     method: 'PUT',
diff --git a/tests/test_field_overrides.py b/tests/test_field_overrides.py
index 2becabf..d4a3f78 100644
--- a/tests/test_field_overrides.py
+++ b/tests/test_field_overrides.py
@@ -209,6 +209,30 @@ def test_route_strips_private_sort_title(client, server):
     assert "_sort_title" not in row              # private keyset stash never leaks to the client
 
 
+def test_genre_override_drives_facet_and_filter(client, server):
+    # a.archive: pack genre "Rock"; b.archive: blank genre, overridden to "City Pop".
+    _put(server, "a.archive", title="A", genre="Rock")
+    _put(server, "b.archive", title="B", genre="")
+    server.meta_db.set_song_override("b.archive", "genre", value="City Pop")
+    # Facet lists the EFFECTIVE genres (override surfaces; empty raw doesn't).
+    genres = client.get("/api/library/genres").json()["genres"]
+    assert "City Pop" in genres and "Rock" in genres
+    # Filtering by the override genre returns the overridden song…
+    fns = [s["filename"] for s in client.get("/api/library?genre=City%20Pop").json()["songs"]]
+    assert fns == ["b.archive"]
+    # …and its raw (blank) genre no longer matches a stale query for it.
+    rock = [s["filename"] for s in client.get("/api/library?genre=Rock").json()["songs"]]
+    assert rock == ["a.archive"]
+
+
+def test_lock_only_genre_does_not_change_facet(server):
+    # A pure lock (no value) must not invent an effective genre.
+    _put(server, "a.archive", title="A", genre="Metal")
+    server.meta_db.set_song_override("a.archive", "genre", locked=True)
+    assert server.meta_db._has_genre_overrides() is False   # value-less rows don't count
+    assert server.meta_db._effective_genre_expr() == "genre"
+
+
 def test_title_keyset_paging_is_complete_with_overrides(client, server):
     # Raw titles A/B/C → title-sort order is A, B, C on the RAW column.
     _put(server, "b.archive", title="B")