Ah... winamp skins. It was pretty great that xmms could work with most of these too https://skins.webamp.org
Here was the one I used most often in those days, this Magus from Chrono Trigger one https://skins.webamp.org/skin/f32167ee0411e21ac961cff0fdfc013e/Chrono%20Trigger%20-%20Magus%20-%20A%20Brink%20of%20Time.wsz/
Something I miss from a lot of modern software is the encouragement to make small tweaks like this, which really do add to a sense of involvement, even more than they actually deliver, in a way that feels good