diff --git a/tl/src/tl/views.cljs b/tl/src/tl/views.cljs
index e0288e2..2fa9ab6 100644
--- a/tl/src/tl/views.cljs
+++ b/tl/src/tl/views.cljs
@@ -488,13 +488,19 @@
              (scroll-to-seg-track! segs playhead)))))
       (do (reset! played-bar nil)
           (reset! scrolled-on-load? nil)))
-    ;; scroll the commentary pane to the annotation the playhead is inside — ONE
-    ;; deterministic pick (first active in the sorted anns), so overlapping
-    ;; annotations don't race. Fires on any playhead move (playback or scrub).
-    (let [primary (some (fn [a]
-                          (when (some (fn [[lo hi]] (and (<= lo playhead) (< playhead hi))) (:bars a))
-                            (:id a)))
-                        anns)]
+    ;; scroll the commentary pane to the annotation the playhead is inside. ONE
+    ;; deterministic pick, so overlapping annotations don't race: the MOST
+    ;; RECENTLY ENTERED one — the active bar with the greatest lo (ties → the
+    ;; tighter bar). A full-timeline annotation (lo 0) thus only wins when nothing
+    ;; more specific contains the playhead. Fires on any playhead move.
+    (let [primary (->> anns
+                       (keep (fn [a]
+                               (some (fn [[lo hi]]
+                                       (when (and (<= lo playhead) (< playhead hi)) [lo hi (:id a)]))
+                                     (:bars a))))
+                       (sort-by (fn [[lo hi _]] [lo (- hi)]))
+                       last
+                       (#(nth % 2 nil)))]
       (when (not= primary @scrolled-ann)
         (reset! scrolled-ann primary)
         (when primary