Playhead stopped following track when playing

I'm composing a few things, and when I play it back, the playhead stopped following the song, and it gets annoying having to scroll along with it and try to see if I want to make changes.
I must have accidentally hit a command or something to stop it from following the song, and I don't know how to change it back.
Does anyone have any idea on how to get the playhead (the arrow with the red line) to follow the song as it is being played? Thanks.

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