diff --git a/android/app/src/main/java/com/fabledsword/minstrel/models/wire/AlbumDetailWire.kt b/android/app/src/main/java/com/fabledsword/minstrel/models/wire/AlbumDetailWire.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6dc5d6a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/android/app/src/main/java/com/fabledsword/minstrel/models/wire/AlbumDetailWire.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+package com.fabledsword.minstrel.models.wire
+
+import kotlinx.serialization.SerialName
+import kotlinx.serialization.Serializable
+
+/**
+ * Wire shape for `GET /api/albums/{id}` — server returns AlbumRef
+ * fields PLUS an embedded `tracks` array.
+ */
+@Serializable
+data class AlbumDetailWire(
+    val id: String,
+    val title: String,
+    @SerialName("artist_id") val artistId: String,
+    @SerialName("sort_title") val sortTitle: String = "",
+    @SerialName("artist_name") val artistName: String = "",
+    val year: Int? = null,
+    @SerialName("track_count") val trackCount: Int = 0,
+    @SerialName("duration_sec") val durationSec: Int = 0,
+    @SerialName("cover_url") val coverUrl: String = "",
+    val tracks: List<TrackWire> = emptyList(),
+)
diff --git a/android/app/src/main/java/com/fabledsword/minstrel/models/wire/AlbumWire.kt b/android/app/src/main/java/com/fabledsword/minstrel/models/wire/AlbumWire.kt
index fbafb846..acf8f626 100644
--- a/android/app/src/main/java/com/fabledsword/minstrel/models/wire/AlbumWire.kt
+++ b/android/app/src/main/java/com/fabledsword/minstrel/models/wire/AlbumWire.kt
@@ -18,21 +18,3 @@ data class AlbumWire(
     @SerialName("duration_sec") val durationSec: Int = 0,
     @SerialName("cover_url") val coverUrl: String = "",
 )
-
-/**
- * Wire shape for `GET /api/albums/{id}` — server returns AlbumRef
- * fields PLUS an embedded `tracks` array.
- */
-@Serializable
-data class AlbumDetailWire(
-    val id: String,
-    val title: String,
-    @SerialName("artist_id") val artistId: String,
-    @SerialName("sort_title") val sortTitle: String = "",
-    @SerialName("artist_name") val artistName: String = "",
-    val year: Int? = null,
-    @SerialName("track_count") val trackCount: Int = 0,
-    @SerialName("duration_sec") val durationSec: Int = 0,
-    @SerialName("cover_url") val coverUrl: String = "",
-    val tracks: List<TrackWire> = emptyList(),
-)
diff --git a/android/app/src/main/java/com/fabledsword/minstrel/models/wire/ArtistDetailWire.kt b/android/app/src/main/java/com/fabledsword/minstrel/models/wire/ArtistDetailWire.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..06e0522f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/android/app/src/main/java/com/fabledsword/minstrel/models/wire/ArtistDetailWire.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+package com.fabledsword.minstrel.models.wire
+
+import kotlinx.serialization.SerialName
+import kotlinx.serialization.Serializable
+
+/**
+ * Wire shape for `GET /api/artists/{id}` — server returns ArtistRef
+ * fields PLUS an embedded `albums` array.
+ */
+@Serializable
+data class ArtistDetailWire(
+    val id: String,
+    val name: String,
+    @SerialName("sort_name") val sortName: String = "",
+    @SerialName("album_count") val albumCount: Int = 0,
+    @SerialName("cover_url") val coverUrl: String = "",
+    val albums: List<AlbumWire> = emptyList(),
+)
diff --git a/android/app/src/main/java/com/fabledsword/minstrel/models/wire/ArtistWire.kt b/android/app/src/main/java/com/fabledsword/minstrel/models/wire/ArtistWire.kt
index dbf4283b..1c389a6a 100644
--- a/android/app/src/main/java/com/fabledsword/minstrel/models/wire/ArtistWire.kt
+++ b/android/app/src/main/java/com/fabledsword/minstrel/models/wire/ArtistWire.kt
@@ -14,20 +14,3 @@ data class ArtistWire(
     @SerialName("album_count") val albumCount: Int = 0,
     @SerialName("cover_url") val coverUrl: String = "",
 )
-
-/**
- * Wire shape for `GET /api/artists/{id}` — server returns ArtistRef
- * fields PLUS an embedded `albums` array. We can't directly map this
- * to ArtistWire because Retrofit/kotlinx.serialization doesn't support
- * a single record being two types; an explicit DetailWire spells out
- * both halves and the repository handles the split.
- */
-@Serializable
-data class ArtistDetailWire(
-    val id: String,
-    val name: String,
-    @SerialName("sort_name") val sortName: String = "",
-    @SerialName("album_count") val albumCount: Int = 0,
-    @SerialName("cover_url") val coverUrl: String = "",
-    val albums: List<AlbumWire> = emptyList(),
-)