diff --git a/e2e/specs/requested-badge.spec.ts b/e2e/specs/requested-badge.spec.ts
index 3d3520d..2d3a3de 100644
--- a/e2e/specs/requested-badge.spec.ts
+++ b/e2e/specs/requested-badge.spec.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import { test, expect, callBinding } from '../support/fixtures.js';
  * and produced two: every one of the eight call sites was a two-way
  * ternary, so an album already on the request list showed a plus and
  * said "is not in your library" — on the same page, forty pixels from a
- * filled button reading "Wanted".
+ * filled button reading "Requested".
  *
  * This spec exists at this tier rather than only in the component one
  * because of what it drags in with it: reaching the requested state is
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ test.describe('the requested badge', () => {
             const ds = document.querySelector('explore-album-details')
               ?.shadowRoot;
             const btn = [...(ds?.querySelectorAll('wa-button') ?? [])].find(
-              (b) => /Wanted/.test(b.textContent ?? ''),
+              (b) => /Requested/.test(b.textContent ?? ''),
             );
 
             return btn?.querySelector('wa-icon')?.getAttribute('name') ?? '';
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/downloads-view/downloads-view.ts b/frontend/src/components/downloads-view/downloads-view.ts
index d774ab0..8047e34 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/downloads-view/downloads-view.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/components/downloads-view/downloads-view.ts
@@ -400,7 +400,7 @@ export class DownloadsView extends ViewLifecycleMixin(LitElement) {
     private renderEmptyRequests() {
         return html`
             <div class="empty">
-                Nothing requested yet. Use “Want this” on an album or artist
+                Nothing requested yet. Use “Request this” on an album or artist
                 to add it here.
             </div>
         `;
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/explore-album-details/explore-album-details.ts b/frontend/src/components/explore-album-details/explore-album-details.ts
index 41abd21..45a02d5 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/explore-album-details/explore-album-details.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/components/explore-album-details/explore-album-details.ts
@@ -2680,7 +2680,7 @@ export class ExploreAlbumDetails extends LitElement implements ContextMenuHost {
                     slot="start"
                     name=${this.isRequested ? 'solid/bookmark' : 'regular/bookmark'}
                 ></wa-icon>
-                ${this.isRequested ? 'Wanted' : 'Want this'}
+                ${this.isRequested ? 'Requested' : 'Request this'}
             </wa-button>
         `;
     }
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/explore-artist-details/explore-artist-details.ts b/frontend/src/components/explore-artist-details/explore-artist-details.ts
index eafb75f..c18ca92 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/explore-artist-details/explore-artist-details.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/components/explore-artist-details/explore-artist-details.ts
@@ -2753,7 +2753,7 @@ export class ExploreArtistDetails extends LitElement implements ContextMenuHost
                               slot="icon"
                               name=${requested ? 'xmark' : 'bookmark'}
                           ></wa-icon>
-                          ${requested ? 'Cancel Request' : 'Want This'}
+                          ${requested ? 'Cancel Request' : 'Request This'}
                       </wa-dropdown-item>
                   `
                 : nothing}
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/library-status-indicator/library-status-indicator.ts b/frontend/src/components/library-status-indicator/library-status-indicator.ts
index b576c65..93281a4 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/library-status-indicator/library-status-indicator.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/components/library-status-indicator/library-status-indicator.ts
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ export type LibraryStatus =
  *
  * Colours and glyphs:
  *  - in-library    → green circle, check mark
- *  - queued        → amber circle, hourglass
+ *  - queued        → amber circle, bookmark ("on your list")
  *  - not-in-library → grey circle, plus sign
  *
  * Usage:
@@ -241,12 +241,23 @@ export class LibraryStatusIndicator extends LitElement {
         }
     `;
 
+    /**
+     * The glyph for each state.
+     *
+     * `queued` is a **bookmark**, not the hourglass it used to be. An
+     * hourglass says "wait, this is under way", which overstates what a
+     * request is: nothing may be downloading, nothing may ever be found,
+     * and the user can leave one sitting on the list indefinitely. A
+     * bookmark says the honest thing — it is on your list — and reads as
+     * the opposite of the plus that put it there, which is what a
+     * toggle's two states have to do.
+     */
     private iconName(): string {
         switch (this.status) {
             case 'in-library':
                 return 'check';
             case 'queued':
-                return 'hourglass-half';
+                return 'bookmark';
             default:
                 return 'plus';
         }
@@ -276,7 +287,7 @@ export class LibraryStatusIndicator extends LitElement {
         if (this.actionable) {
             return this.status === 'queued'
                 ? `Cancel the request for ${kind}${name}`
-                : `Want ${kind}${name}`;
+                : `Request ${kind}${name}`;
         }
 
         switch (this.status) {
@@ -354,25 +365,6 @@ export class LibraryStatusIndicator extends LitElement {
         }
 
         const title = this.tooltip();
-        const icon = this.iconName()
-            ? html`<wa-icon name=${this.iconName()} aria-hidden="true"></wa-icon>`
-            : nothing;
-
-        if (this.actionable) {
-            return html`
-                <button
-                    class="badge"
-                    type="button"
-                    title=${title}
-                    aria-label=${title}
-                    ?disabled=${this.busy}
-                    @click=${this.onActivate}
-                    @keydown=${this.onKeydown}
-                >
-                    ${icon}
-                </button>
-            `;
-        }
 
         // The ring stands in for the icon wherever the icon would go —
         // including inside the button, because a partly-held album is
diff --git a/frontend/test/components/artist-release-menu.test.ts b/frontend/test/components/artist-release-menu.test.ts
index 9829a9e..cb5ed00 100644
--- a/frontend/test/components/artist-release-menu.test.ts
+++ b/frontend/test/components/artist-release-menu.test.ts
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ describe('the context menu on an artist page release', () => {
     expect(items).toContain('Add to Queue');
     expect(items).toContain('Play Next');
     // Owned: there is nothing left to ask for.
-    expect(items).not.toContain('Want This');
+    expect(items).not.toContain('Request This');
   });
 
   it('offers a request, and no playback, for a release nobody owns', async () => {
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ describe('the context menu on an artist page release', () => {
 
     expect(items).not.toContain('Play');
     expect(items).not.toContain('Add to Queue');
-    expect(items).toContain('Want This');
+    expect(items).toContain('Request This');
     expect(items).toContain('View on MusicBrainz');
   });
 
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ describe('the context menu on an artist page release', () => {
     // …but a `local:` id names nothing upstream, and wanting something
     // already in the library is not a thing to offer.
     expect(items).not.toContain('View on MusicBrainz');
-    expect(items).not.toContain('Want This');
+    expect(items).not.toContain('Request This');
   });
 
   it('opens from the keyboard on Shift+F10', async () => {
diff --git a/frontend/test/components/chrome.test.ts b/frontend/test/components/chrome.test.ts
index 6a8dec5..4d11c12 100644
--- a/frontend/test/components/chrome.test.ts
+++ b/frontend/test/components/chrome.test.ts
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ describe('<library-status-indicator>', () => {
       glyphs.push(shadow(el, 'wa-icon')?.getAttribute('name'));
     }
 
-    expect(glyphs).toEqual(['check', 'hourglass-half', 'plus']);
+    expect(glyphs).toEqual(['check', 'bookmark', 'plus']);
   });
 
   it('phrases its label around the entity it describes', async () => {
diff --git a/frontend/test/components/library-status.test.ts b/frontend/test/components/library-status.test.ts
index 317b2e1..6945552 100644
--- a/frontend/test/components/library-status.test.ts
+++ b/frontend/test/components/library-status.test.ts
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ describe('<library-status-indicator> as a control', () => {
     const el = await badge({ requestMbid: 'rg-1' });
 
     expect(shadow(el, '.badge')?.getAttribute('aria-label')).toBe(
-      'Want album "Abbey Road"',
+      'Request album "Abbey Road"',
     );
 
     await update(el, { status: 'queued' });