{"id":620494,"date":"2026-08-04T19:55:20","date_gmt":"2026-08-04T19:55:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/620494\/"},"modified":"2026-08-04T19:55:20","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T19:55:20","slug":"spotify-expands-ai-remix-and-covers-project-with-merlin-partnership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/620494\/","title":{"rendered":"Spotify expands AI remix and covers project with Merlin partnership"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"speakable-summary\" class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During its second-quarter earnings call on Tuesday, Spotify again teased the upcoming release of a new product that will allow music fans to leverage AI to make covers and remixes of artists\u2019 music, with the artists\u2019 consent. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The company <a href=\"https:\/\/newsroom.spotify.com\/2026-08-04\/merlin-spotify-licensing-agreements-fan-made-covers-remixes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">also announced that Merlin,<\/a> a licensing partner for independent labels and distributors, has now joined Universal Music Group (UMG) on the new AI music effort. The deal brings more than 30,000 labels from Merlin\u2019s network to the product, which will allow fan-made covers and remixes by artists who agree to participate.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Spotify has positioned its AI music product as being significantly different from the more controversial AI music startups that have been used to create fully artificial songs. Instead, Spotify co-CEO Gustav S\u00f6derstr\u00f6m told investors on Tuesday\u2019s call that the company\u2019s AI music product will be about \u201creal artists, not fake artists.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe want artists to be consenting [to add] their work into this catalog, so people can play around with covers and remixes based on their art,\u201d added co-CEO Alex Norstr\u00f6m. \u201cWe also obviously want to give them credit. And last but not least\u2026we not only have the consent and give credit, but we also drive the compensation for this. So, really, we\u2019re talking about the first legal way to partake in this AI tailwind that we see coming for interactive music,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">AI music has flooded streaming services. Music streamer Deezer recently noted that <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2026\/07\/21\/music-streamer-deezer-says-more-than-50-of-daily-uploads-are-ai-generated\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">more than 50% of daily track uploads were generated with AI<\/a>, up from 10% in January 2025.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The company told investors that a research preview of the fan remix and covers product would initially be made available to a subset of users. Spotify also noted that it would not require a full music catalog to get started. The company did not say when the preview would arrive.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The new tool will launch as a paid add-on, creating an additional revenue stream for artists, Spotify previously said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cOur remix and covers I think is an incredibly exciting product again because there is no one else that can really do this,\u201d S\u00f6derstr\u00f6m said. \u201cNormal generative music will happen with or without us. This product will not happen without us, and it needs to exist so that existing artists can participate in this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When you purchase through links in our articles, <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/techcrunch-affiliate-monetization-standards\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">we may earn a small commission<\/a>. 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