diff --git a/vrobbler/apps/scrobbles/dataclasses.py b/vrobbler/apps/scrobbles/dataclasses.py
index 018d1b0..61c6f8f 100644
--- a/vrobbler/apps/scrobbles/dataclasses.py
+++ b/vrobbler/apps/scrobbles/dataclasses.py
@@ -27,20 +27,20 @@ class JSONMetadata(object):
 @dataclass
 class BoardGameScore(JSONMetadata):
     user_id: int
-    score: Optional[int]
-    win: Optional[bool]
+    score: Optional[int] = None
+    win: Optional[bool] = None
 
 
 @dataclass
 class BoardGameMetadata(JSONMetadata):
-    players: Optional[list[BoardGameScore]]
+    players: Optional[list[BoardGameScore]] = None
 
 
 @dataclass
 class LifeEventMetadata(JSONMetadata):
-    location: Optional[str]
-    geo_location_id: Optional[int]
-    participant_user_ids: Optional[list[int]]
+    location: Optional[str] = None
+    geo_location_id: Optional[int] = None
+    participant_user_ids: Optional[list[int]] = None
 
     @property
     def __dict__(self):
diff --git a/vrobbler/apps/scrobbles/models.py b/vrobbler/apps/scrobbles/models.py
index 02c4bcd..0e6d046 100644
--- a/vrobbler/apps/scrobbles/models.py
+++ b/vrobbler/apps/scrobbles/models.py
@@ -39,8 +39,11 @@ from videogames import retroarch
 from videogames.models import VideoGame
 from videos.models import Series, Video
 from scrobbles.dataclasses import (
+    BoardGameMetadata,
+    LifeEventMetadata,
     ScrobbleMetadataDecoder,
     ScrobbleMetadataEncoder,
+    VideoMetadata,
 )
 from webpages.models import WebPage
 from lifeevents.models import LifeEvent
@@ -602,6 +605,25 @@ class Scrobble(TimeStampedModel):
                     },
                 )
 
+    @property
+    def metadata(self):
+        metadata_cls = None
+        if self.media_type == self.MediaType.LIFE_EVENT:
+            metadata_cls = LifeEventMetadata
+        if self.media_type == self.MediaType.BOARD_GAME:
+            metadata_cls = BoardGameMetadata
+        if self.media_type == self.MediaType.VIDEO:
+            metadata_cls = VideoMetadata
+
+        if not metadata_cls:
+            logger.warn(
+                f"Media type has no metadata class",
+                extra={"media_type": self.media_type, "scrobble_id": self.id},
+            )
+            return None
+
+        return metadata_cls(**self.log)
+
     @property
     def tzinfo(self):
         return pytz.timezone(self.timezone)