@Novanamix RSD is crap, because somehow asking someone to stop interrupting/talking over me is unforgivable, but it never seems to work in my favor in the other direction.
You feel "rejected" because I told you to stop, but I don't get to feel "rejected" when you prevent me from talking??
You remember in Metroid for the NES, the music that played when you'd find a power-up?
That's what plays in my head when I come out of my room to find there's still one chicken drumstick left from dinner.
Spotify just announced a feature that could either save the music industry or destroy it.
Starting as early as Q1 2027, Spotify Premium subscribers will be able to use AI to transform any participating artistβs song into a completely different version. Turn a folk ballad into a dance track. Make a hip-hop song sound acoustic. Generate a cover where one artistβs voice performs another artistβs song. Remix a pop hit into lo-fi study music. Create the version of your favorite song that only existed in your head until now.
The remixes will be uploaded directly to Spotify. Theyβll appear in playlists. Theyβll count toward the original songβs chart position. And most importantly the original artist will earn royalties every time someone listens to a fan-created remix of their work.
Spotify has already signed a landmark licensing deal with Universal Music Group the worldβs largest record label. Negotiations with Sony Music and Warner Music are ongoing. The feature will cost an additional $4β$5/month on top of Spotify Premium. And analysts project 7β8% of American subscribers will adopt it by 2028.
This is not Suno or Udio generating music from text prompts. This is fans remixing real songs by real artists with the artistsβ permission, on the worldβs largest streaming platform, with royalties flowing back to the creators.
A music industry analyst whoβs covered streaming economics for 15 years told her team something after reading the licensing agreement that reframed how she understood the future of recorded music.
βSpotify just turned 640 million listeners into 640 million potential remixers. The question isnβt whether people will use it they will. The question is whether paying artists for fan remixes solves the economics of streaming or creates a world where the original recording is worth less than the infinite remixes generated from it.β
Hereβs what Spotifyβs AI remix feature actually is, who wins, who loses, and why this might be the most consequential decision in the music industry since the launch of streaming itself π§΅