I think TOR would be more suitable than a VPN

It’s alright! I’m glad you’re enjoying it. Also, new developers stepped up to maintain vimusic.

That’s what I used to do before opting for online streaming.

Some minor gripes is that these files seemingly dont come with metadata, and you cant download a whole playlist or album at a time, both being huge bummers :/

I’m pretty sure yt-dlp can do this. Why not try Seal on F-droid.