Apple Music crackle/pop/static/buzz noises while playing music

It has started to happen more and more often that after a few minutes of playing music through the Apple Music app on Windows, there are crackling noises that get louder over time. This does not occur through any other audio source, only Apple Music. Today it is incredibly bad, to the point where the music is barely heard over such sounds, and it starts to skip or pause temporarily. Changing audio quality does not help and it happens to any song. Yesterday it used to be a bit rare but today it's a lot worse. After I don't play anything for a while, the issue stops but reoccurs a few minutes later again. I haven't tested this on my phone but I'll have to cancel my subscription if this isn't resolved quickly as the service is completely unusable. I see many others are having the same issue as me.