diff --git a/src/music_kraken/tagging/id3.py b/src/music_kraken/tagging/id3.py
index fdab85a..e03f631 100644
--- a/src/music_kraken/tagging/id3.py
+++ b/src/music_kraken/tagging/id3.py
@@ -1,4 +1,12 @@
 from enum import Enum
+import mutagen
+from mutagen.id3 import ID3
+
+import logging
+
+
+logger = logging.Logger("hs")
+
 
 
 class Mapping(Enum):
@@ -59,3 +67,31 @@ class Mapping(Enum):
     ALBUMSORTORDER = "TSOA"
     ALBUMARTISTSORTORDER = "TSO2"
 
+
+class AudioMetadata:
+    def __init__(self, file_location: str = None) -> None:
+        self.file_location = file_location
+
+        self.frames: ID3 = ID3()
+        if self.file_location is not None:
+            # try loading the data from the given file. if it doesn't succeed the frame remains empty
+            try:
+                self.frames.load(self.file_location)
+            except mutagen.MutagenError:
+                logger.warning(f"couldn't find any metadata at: \"{self.file_location}\"")
+
+    def save(self, file_location: str = None):
+        if file_location is not None:
+            self.file_location = file_location
+
+        if self.file_location is None:
+            raise Exception("no file target provided to save the data to")
+        self.frames.save(filething=self.file_location)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    print("called directly")
+    filepath = "/home/lars/Music/deathcore/Archspire/Bleed the Future/Bleed the Future.mp3"
+
+    audio_metadata = AudioMetadata(file_location=filepath)
+    print(audio_metadata.frames.pprint())