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This will beryllium a paid add-on for Premium subscribers.
Spotify conscionable announced a business pinch Universal Music Group (UMG) to create a instrumentality that lets fans make covers and remixes. It'll beryllium a paid add-on for Premium subscribers, pinch immoderate of that money going to nan original artists whose activity is being repurposed. Spotify says that artists person to opt successful to nan program.
It's being marketed arsenic a caller measurement for artists and creators to make money, arsenic nan level states nan instrumentality will "open up further gross streams and caller ways to thrust discovery." Spotify co-CEO Alex Norström says nan level will "evolve nan euphony ecosystem into a richer, much beneficial acquisition for fans and a much rewarding result for artists and songwriters."
spotify conscionable announced a woody pinch Universal Music for subscribers to (pay extra) to make AI generated covers and remixes of songs (if artists work together to it).
they're framing it arsenic a measurement for artists to make much money successful royalties. pic.twitter.com/trgAxHwmy4
— Anna Nicolaou (@annaknicolaou) May 21, 2026
The full point is being called an "AI-driven" experience, which intends that users will beryllium capable to whip up slopified versions of existent songs that usage a slopified type of their sound aliases whatever. It seems akin to Suno, but pinch existent licenses. We reached retired to Spotify for specifics arsenic to really this instrumentality will activity and if location will beryllium a measurement for group to screen songs without AI. There's nary motorboat model arsenic yet.
