Circle with red square behind every song

On my iphone there's music but behind every song is a circle with a red square and it won't play.
Any help out there?

What is the red circle/square?
What app is it showing in?
Please provide pictures of this.
The only red circle I know of that shows in iOS7 is when the camera is in Video record mode.

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