diff --git a/test/plugins/test_lastgenre.py b/test/plugins/test_lastgenre.py
index 5f905e8e53..90e9c28a9c 100644
--- a/test/plugins/test_lastgenre.py
+++ b/test/plugins/test_lastgenre.py
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
 
 from unittest.mock import Mock
 
+import pytest
+
 from beets import config
 from beets.test import _common
 from beets.test.helper import BeetsTestCase
@@ -163,77 +165,7 @@ def get_top_tags(self):
         res = plugin._tags_for(MockPylastObj(), min_weight=50)
         assert res == ["pop"]
 
-    def test_get_genre(self):
-        """All possible (genre, label) pairs"""
-        mock_genres = {"track": "1", "album": "2", "artist": "3"}
-
-        def mock_fetch_track_genre(self, obj=None):
-            return mock_genres["track"]
-
-        def mock_fetch_album_genre(self, obj):
-            return mock_genres["album"]
-
-        def mock_fetch_artist_genre(self, obj):
-            return mock_genres["artist"]
-
-        lastgenre.LastGenrePlugin.fetch_track_genre = mock_fetch_track_genre
-        lastgenre.LastGenrePlugin.fetch_album_genre = mock_fetch_album_genre
-        lastgenre.LastGenrePlugin.fetch_artist_genre = mock_fetch_artist_genre
-
-        self._setup_config(whitelist=False)
-        item = _common.item()
-        item.genre = mock_genres["track"]
-
-        # The default setting
-        config["lastgenre"] = {"force": False, "keep_allowed": True}
-        res = self.plugin._get_genre(item)
-        assert res == (item.genre, "keep allowed")
-
-        # Not forcing and keeping any existing
-        config["lastgenre"] = {"force": False, "keep_allowed": False}
-        res = self.plugin._get_genre(item)
-        assert res == (item.genre, "keep any")
-
-        # Track
-        config["lastgenre"] = {"force": True, "keep_allowed": False, "source": "track"}
-        res = self.plugin._get_genre(item)
-        assert res == (mock_genres["track"], "track")
-
-        config["lastgenre"] = {"force": True, "keep_allowed": True, "source": "track"}
-        res = self.plugin._get_genre(item)
-        assert res == (mock_genres["track"], "keep + track")
-        print("res after track check:", res)
-
-        # Album
-        config["lastgenre"] = {"source": "album", "keep_allowed": False}
-        res = self.plugin._get_genre(item)
-        print("res is:", res)
-        print("mock_genres is:", mock_genres["album"])
-        assert res == (mock_genres["album"], "album")
-
-        config["lastgenre"] = {"source": "album", "keep_allowed": True}
-        res = self.plugin._get_genre(item)
-        assert res == (mock_genres["album"], "keep + album")
-
-        # Artist
-        config["lastgenre"] = {"source": "artist", "keep_allowed": False}
-        res = self.plugin._get_genre(item)
-        assert res == (mock_genres["artist"], "artist")
-
-        config["lastgenre"] = {"source": "artist", "keep_allowed": True}
-        res = self.plugin._get_genre(item)
-        assert res == (mock_genres["artist"], "keep + artist")
-
-        # Original
-        mock_genres["artist"] = None
-        res = self.plugin._get_genre(item)
-        assert res == (item.genre, "original")
-
-        # Fallback
-        config["lastgenre"] = {"fallback": "rap", "keep_allowed": False}
-        item.genre = None
-        res = self.plugin._get_genre(item)
-        assert res == (config["lastgenre"]["fallback"].get(), "fallback")
+        import pytest
 
     def test_sort_by_depth(self):
         self._setup_config(canonical=True)
@@ -245,3 +177,205 @@ def test_sort_by_depth(self):
         tags = ("electronic", "ambient", "chillout")
         res = self.plugin._sort_by_depth(tags)
         assert res == ["ambient", "electronic"]
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "config_values, item_genre, mock_genres, expected_result",
+    [
+        # 0 - The default setting
+        (
+            {
+                "force": False,
+                "keep_allowed": True,
+                "source": "album",
+                "whitelist": True,
+            },
+            "ORIGINAL TRACK GENRE",
+            {
+                "track": "LAST TRACK GENRE",
+                "album": "LAST ALBUM GENRE",
+                "artist": "LAST ARTIST GENRE",
+            },
+            # Only empty existing tags will get a last.fm genre; This one had a
+            # non-whitelisted existing genre which corretly gets cleared. This
+            # might not be a desired outcome but is expected behaviour!
+            ("", "keep allowed"),
+        ),
+        # 1 - Not forcing and keeping any existing
+        (
+            {
+                "force": False,
+                "keep_allowed": False,
+                "source": "album",
+                "whitelist": True,
+            },
+            "SOMETHING EXISTING",
+            {
+                "track": "LAST TRACK GENRE",
+                "album": "LAST ALBUM GENRE",
+                "artist": "LAST ARTIST GENRE",
+            },
+            ("SOMETHING EXISTING", "keep any"),
+        ),
+        # 2 - Track scenarios
+        (
+            {
+                "force": True,
+                "keep_allowed": False,
+                "source": "track",
+                "whitelist": True,
+            },
+            "ALLOWED GENRE ONE, ALLOWED GENRE TWO",
+            {
+                "track": "LAST TRACK GENRE",
+                "album": "LAST ALBUM GENRE",
+                "artist": "LAST ARTIST GENRE",
+            },
+            ("LAST TRACK GENRE", "track"),
+        ),
+        # 3 - Force and keep whitelisted
+        (
+            {
+                "force": True,
+                "keep_allowed": True,
+                "source": "track",
+                "whitelist": True,
+            },
+            "ALLOWED GENRE ONE",
+            {
+                "track": "ALLOWED GENRE TWO",
+                "album": "LAST ALBUM GENRE",
+                "artist": "LAST ARTIST GENRE",
+            },
+            ("ALLOWED GENRE TWO", "keep + track"),
+        ),
+        # 4 - Album scenarios
+        (
+            {
+                "force": True,
+                "keep_allowed": False,
+                "source": "album",
+                "whitelist": True,
+            },
+            "LAST TRACK GENRE",
+            {
+                "track": "LAST TRACK GENRE",
+                "album": "LAST ALBUM GENRE",
+                "artist": "LAST ARTIST GENRE",
+            },
+            ("LAST ALBUM GENRE", "album"),
+        ),
+        (
+            {
+                "force": True,
+                "keep_allowed": True,
+                "source": "album",
+                "whitelist": True,
+            },
+            "LAST TRACK GENRE",
+            {
+                "track": "LAST TRACK GENRE",
+                "album": "LAST ALBUM GENRE",
+                "artist": "LAST ARTIST GENRE",
+            },
+            ("LAST ALBUM GENRE", "keep + album"),
+        ),
+        # Artist scenarios
+        (
+            {
+                "force": True,
+                "keep_allowed": False,
+                "source": "artist",
+                "whitelist": True,
+            },
+            "ORIGINAL TRACK GENRE",
+            {
+                "track": "LAST TRACK GENRE",
+                "album": "LAST ALBUM GENRE",
+                "artist": "LAST ARTIST GENRE",
+            },
+            ("LAST ARTIST GENRE", "artist"),
+        ),
+        (
+            {
+                "force": True,
+                "keep_allowed": True,
+                "source": "artist",
+                "whitelist": True,
+            },
+            "ORIGINAL TRACK GENRE, ALLOWED GENRE ONE",
+            {
+                "track": "LAST TRACK GENRE",
+                "album": "LAST ALBUM GENRE",
+                "artist": "LAST ARTIST GENRE",
+            },
+            ("LAST ARTIST GENRE, ALLOWED GENRE ONE", "keep + artist"),
+        ),
+        # Original genre
+        (
+            {
+                "force": False,
+                "keep_allowed": False,
+                "source": "album",
+                "whitelist": True,
+            },
+            "ORIGINAL TRACK GENRE",
+            {
+                "track": "LAST TRACK GENRE",
+                "album": "LAST ALBUM GENRE",
+                "artist": None,
+            },
+            ("ORIGINAL TRACK GENRE", "original"),
+        ),
+        # Fallback genre
+        (
+            {
+                "fallback": "FALLBACK GENRE",
+                "force": False,
+                "keep_allowed": False,
+                "whitelist": True,
+            },
+            "ORIGINAL TRACK GENRE",
+            {
+                "track": "",
+                "album": "",
+                "artist": "",
+            },
+            ("FALLBACK GENRE", "fallback"),
+        ),
+    ],
+)
+def test_get_genre(config_values, item_genre, mock_genres, expected_result):
+    """Test _get_genre with various configurations."""
+
+    def mock_fetch_track_genre(self, obj=None):
+        return mock_genres["track"]
+
+    def mock_fetch_album_genre(self, obj):
+        return mock_genres["album"]
+
+    def mock_fetch_artist_genre(self, obj):
+        return mock_genres["artist"]
+
+    # Mock methods
+    lastgenre.LastGenrePlugin.fetch_track_genre = mock_fetch_track_genre
+    lastgenre.LastGenrePlugin.fetch_album_genre = mock_fetch_album_genre
+    lastgenre.LastGenrePlugin.fetch_artist_genre = mock_fetch_artist_genre
+
+    # Initialize plugin instance and item
+    plugin = lastgenre.LastGenrePlugin()
+    item = _common.item()
+    item.genre = item_genre
+
+    # Set configuration
+    config["lastgenre"] = config_values
+
+    # Mock the whitelist instance variable with a list
+    plugin.whitelist = set([
+        "ALLOWED GENRE ONE",
+        "ALLOWED GENRE TWO",
+    ]) if config_values.get("whitelist") else set([])
+
+    # Run the test and check the result
+    res = plugin._get_genre(item)
+    print(res)
+    assert res == expected_result