diff --git a/osu.Game/Screens/Backgrounds/BackgroundScreenBeatmap.cs b/osu.Game/Screens/Backgrounds/BackgroundScreenBeatmap.cs
index dd76ac5421..1ce84289b2 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Screens/Backgrounds/BackgroundScreenBeatmap.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Screens/Backgrounds/BackgroundScreenBeatmap.cs
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 using osu.Framework.Allocation;
 using osu.Framework.Graphics;
 using osu.Framework.Graphics.Textures;
+using osu.Framework.Graphics.Transforms;
 using OpenTK;
 using osu.Game.Beatmaps;
 using osu.Game.Graphics.Backgrounds;
@@ -19,10 +20,7 @@ public class BackgroundScreenBeatmap : BackgroundScreen
 
         public WorkingBeatmap Beatmap
         {
-            get
-            {
-                return beatmap;
-            }
+            get { return beatmap; }
             set
             {
                 if (beatmap == value && beatmap != null)
@@ -56,11 +54,8 @@ public BackgroundScreenBeatmap(WorkingBeatmap beatmap = null)
             Beatmap = beatmap;
         }
 
-        public void BlurTo(Vector2 sigma, double duration, Easing easing = Easing.None)
-        {
-            background?.BlurTo(sigma, duration, easing);
-            blurTarget = sigma;
-        }
+        public TransformSequence<Background> BlurTo(Vector2 sigma, double duration, Easing easing = Easing.None)
+            => background?.BlurTo(blurTarget = sigma, duration, easing);
 
         public override bool Equals(BackgroundScreen other)
         {
diff --git a/osu.Game/Screens/Play/Player.cs b/osu.Game/Screens/Play/Player.cs
index f700bf1a03..79ae8fca30 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Screens/Play/Player.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Screens/Play/Player.cs
@@ -24,10 +24,10 @@
 using osu.Game.Screens.Ranking;
 using osu.Framework.Audio.Sample;
 using osu.Game.Beatmaps;
+using osu.Game.Graphics;
 using osu.Game.Online.API;
 using osu.Game.Screens.Play.BreaksOverlay;
 using osu.Game.Storyboards.Drawables;
-using OpenTK.Graphics;
 
 namespace osu.Game.Screens.Play
 {
@@ -378,8 +378,9 @@ protected override bool OnExiting(Screen next)
 
         private void updateBackgroundElements()
         {
+            const float duration = 800;
+
             var opacity = 1 - (float)dimLevel;
-            var blur = new Vector2((float)blurLevel.Value * 25);
 
             if (showStoryboard && storyboard == null)
                 initializeStoryboard(true);
@@ -387,11 +388,13 @@ private void updateBackgroundElements()
             var beatmap = Beatmap.Value;
             var storyboardVisible = showStoryboard && beatmap.Storyboard.HasDrawable;
 
-            storyboardContainer.FadeColour(new Color4(opacity, opacity, opacity, 1), 800);
-            storyboardContainer.FadeTo(storyboardVisible && opacity > 0 ? 1 : 0, 800, Easing.OutQuint);
+            storyboardContainer
+                .FadeColour(OsuColour.Gray(opacity), duration, Easing.OutQuint)
+                .FadeTo(storyboardVisible && opacity > 0 ? 1 : 0, duration, Easing.OutQuint);
 
-            Background?.FadeTo(!storyboardVisible || beatmap.Background == null ? opacity : 0, 800, Easing.OutQuint);
-            (Background as BackgroundScreenBeatmap)?.BlurTo(blur, 800, Easing.OutQuint);
+            (Background as BackgroundScreenBeatmap)?
+                .BlurTo(new Vector2((float)blurLevel.Value * 25), duration, Easing.OutQuint)?
+                .FadeTo(!storyboardVisible || beatmap.Background == null ? opacity : 0, duration, Easing.OutQuint);
         }
 
         private void fadeOut()