diff --git a/android/app/src/main/java/com/fabledsword/minstrel/api/endpoints/RadioApi.kt b/android/app/src/main/java/com/fabledsword/minstrel/api/endpoints/RadioApi.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..14ea0eda
--- /dev/null
+++ b/android/app/src/main/java/com/fabledsword/minstrel/api/endpoints/RadioApi.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+package com.fabledsword.minstrel.api.endpoints
+
+import com.fabledsword.minstrel.models.wire.RadioResponseWire
+import retrofit2.http.GET
+import retrofit2.http.Query
+
+/**
+ * Retrofit interface for `/api/radio`. Mirrors the relevant slice of
+ * `flutter_client/lib/api/endpoints/radio.dart` (a single GET that
+ * returns the seeded queue). The server picks a fresh shuffle each
+ * invocation — clients call this once per radio start.
+ */
+interface RadioApi {
+    @GET("api/radio")
+    suspend fun seedTrack(
+        @Query("seed_track") trackId: String,
+        @Query("limit") limit: Int? = null,
+    ): RadioResponseWire
+}
diff --git a/android/app/src/main/java/com/fabledsword/minstrel/models/wire/RadioWire.kt b/android/app/src/main/java/com/fabledsword/minstrel/models/wire/RadioWire.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b9dbbf4d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/android/app/src/main/java/com/fabledsword/minstrel/models/wire/RadioWire.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+package com.fabledsword.minstrel.models.wire
+
+import kotlinx.serialization.Serializable
+
+/**
+ * Response envelope for `GET /api/radio?seed_track=<id>&limit=<n>`.
+ * The seed is returned at index 0 followed by up to limit-1
+ * weighted-shuffle picks scored by the server's recommendation engine.
+ * Mirrors Flutter's `RadioApi.seedTrack` parse — the `tracks` key is
+ * the only field in the envelope.
+ */
+@Serializable
+data class RadioResponseWire(
+    val tracks: List<TrackWire> = emptyList(),
+)
diff --git a/android/app/src/main/java/com/fabledsword/minstrel/player/PlayerController.kt b/android/app/src/main/java/com/fabledsword/minstrel/player/PlayerController.kt
index 54303daa..68aca185 100644
--- a/android/app/src/main/java/com/fabledsword/minstrel/player/PlayerController.kt
+++ b/android/app/src/main/java/com/fabledsword/minstrel/player/PlayerController.kt
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ import kotlin.coroutines.resumeWithException
 class PlayerController @Inject constructor(
     @ApplicationContext private val context: Context,
     @ApplicationScope private val scope: CoroutineScope,
+    private val radio: RadioController,
 ) {
     private val sessionToken =
         SessionToken(context, ComponentName(context, MinstrelPlayerService::class.java))
@@ -93,6 +94,46 @@ class PlayerController @Inject constructor(
         controller.play()
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Insert [track] into the queue immediately after the currently
+     * playing item. Does NOT auto-play — playback state is preserved
+     * (Media3's [Player.addMediaItem] doesn't disturb the current
+     * window). No-op when the player isn't connected or the track has
+     * no streamUrl.
+     */
+    fun playNext(track: TrackRef) {
+        val controller = mediaController ?: return
+        if (track.streamUrl.isEmpty()) return
+        val insertAt = (controller.currentMediaItemIndex + 1).coerceAtLeast(0)
+        queueRefs = queueRefs.toMutableList().apply { add(insertAt, track) }
+        controller.addMediaItem(insertAt, track.toMediaItem(source = null))
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Append [track] to the end of the queue. Does NOT auto-play.
+     * Same streamUrl + connectivity guards as [playNext].
+     */
+    fun enqueue(track: TrackRef) {
+        val controller = mediaController ?: return
+        if (track.streamUrl.isEmpty()) return
+        queueRefs = queueRefs + track
+        controller.addMediaItem(track.toMediaItem(source = null))
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Seed a fresh radio queue from [trackId] and start playback.
+     * Replaces the existing queue. The `source` tag is "radio:<id>"
+     * so the server-side rotation reporter can distinguish radio
+     * plays from album / playlist plays. No-op on an empty server
+     * response; throws on transport / non-2xx for the caller to
+     * surface in a snackbar.
+     */
+    suspend fun startRadio(trackId: String) {
+        val tracks = radio.seed(trackId)
+        if (tracks.isEmpty()) return
+        setQueue(tracks, initialIndex = 0, source = "radio:$trackId")
+    }
+
     // ── Internal: async connect + Listener-driven UI state sync ──────────
 
     private suspend fun connectAndObserve() {
diff --git a/android/app/src/main/java/com/fabledsword/minstrel/player/RadioController.kt b/android/app/src/main/java/com/fabledsword/minstrel/player/RadioController.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a146dc16
--- /dev/null
+++ b/android/app/src/main/java/com/fabledsword/minstrel/player/RadioController.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+package com.fabledsword.minstrel.player
+
+import com.fabledsword.minstrel.api.endpoints.RadioApi
+import com.fabledsword.minstrel.library.data.toDomain
+import com.fabledsword.minstrel.models.TrackRef
+import retrofit2.Retrofit
+import retrofit2.create
+import javax.inject.Inject
+import javax.inject.Singleton
+
+/**
+ * Thin facade over `/api/radio` that maps the server response into
+ * the domain `TrackRef` list `PlayerController.setQueue` consumes.
+ * Owning the mapping here keeps PlayerController free of Retrofit
+ * + wire-type imports; the player only sees `List<TrackRef>`.
+ *
+ * Construction follows the project convention from NetworkModule:
+ * per-endpoint Retrofit interfaces aren't @Provides-bound; consumers
+ * inject the shared `Retrofit` and call `.create()` themselves.
+ */
+@Singleton
+class RadioController @Inject constructor(retrofit: Retrofit) {
+    private val api: RadioApi = retrofit.create()
+
+    /**
+     * Calls `GET /api/radio?seed_track=<trackId>` and maps the
+     * response into domain TrackRefs. Returns an empty list on a
+     * 2xx-but-empty server response; throws on any transport or
+     * non-2xx status (caller surfaces the error).
+     */
+    suspend fun seed(trackId: String): List<TrackRef> =
+        api.seedTrack(trackId).tracks.map { it.toDomain() }
+}