Google's new music tool, Lyria 3 is here

"If you don't know what I am talking about, yesterday Google launched a new feature, in the Gemini app, that allows us to cook up 30-second tracks complete with lyrics and cover art from a text prompt or a photo, of course, generated by Nano Banana; basically, no instruments, no experience, no pesky tactile skill required. It's essentially a LEGO set for "songs" that lasts about as long as a TikTok loop."

"If we take a look at the history ( art, music, literature, poetry, and so on), the main fuel for creation was indeed pain. Now, how should I put this? Probably the only pain that Lyria can feel is more like a faint server-overload alert than heartbreak. Real songwriters know that soul isn't born in a 30-second prompt, it's extracted through years of mistakes, late nights, losses, and tiny revelations."

"Call it a toy if you like. Google will, too. They even watermark the outputs with a SynthID tag so the 30-second ditties are officially AI-generated , not "inspired." That's a nod to copyright concerns, but it also reads like an admission: these aren't really art, they're chemical by-products of pattern statistics. What's striking isn't the novelty. Much of this has been possible in labs and APIs for years, and creators have been experimenting with generative music tools as collaborators."

Google's Gemini app now generates 30-second tracks with lyrics and cover art from text prompts or photos, produced by Nano Banana. The feature creates short, consumer-ready clips intended for platforms like YouTube and TikTok, requiring no instruments or hands-on skill. These outputs are watermarked with a SynthID tag to mark them as AI-generated and address copyright concerns. Such clips prioritize convenience and iteration over emotional depth, since genuine musical soul often arises from prolonged pain, failures, and revelations. Generative music tools have been available in labs and APIs for years, and some creators use them as collaborators rather than replacements.

Read at TNW | Music