Spotify announced a partnership with Universal Music Group to create a tool that enables fans to make covers and remixes. The feature will be available as a paid add-on for Premium subscribers. Artists must opt in for their work to be repurposed. Spotify positions the tool as an “AI-driven” experience that can generate cover and remix versions of real songs, aiming to open additional revenue streams and new ways to drive discovery. Spotify says some of the added money will go to original artists whose work is used. The tool’s launch timing and detailed functionality are not yet specified, including whether non-AI covering will be supported.
"Spotify just announced a partnership with Universal Music Group (UMG) to create a tool that lets fans make covers and remixes. It'll be a paid add-on for Premium subscribers, with some of that money going to the original artists whose work is being repurposed. Spotify says that artists have to opt in to the program."
"It's being marketed as a new way for artists and creators to make money, as the platform states the tool will "open up additional revenue streams and new ways to drive discovery." Spotify co-CEO Alex Norström says the platform will "evolve the music ecosystem into a richer, more beneficial experience for fans and a more rewarding outcome for artists and songwriters.""
"The whole thing is being called an "AI-driven" experience, which means that users will be able to whip up slopified versions of real songs that use a slopified version of their voice or whatever. It seems similar to Suno, but with actual licenses. We reached out to Spotify for specifics as to how this tool will work and if there will be a way for people to cover songs without AI. There's no launch window as yet."
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