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Spotify weighs $4 to $5 a month for an AI remix tool in 2027
Paying listeners would remake songs by artists who opt in, with royalties going to the original artists, the Financial Times reports.
Spotify is aiming to launch its AI covers and remixes tool in the first quarter of 2027, possibly unveiling it around the Grammy Awards in February, the Financial Times reported on 30 October 2026. The idea is a fan-made version of a song: a subscriber could ask the AI for a dance remix of a folk track, or hear one singer’s hit in another singer’s voice, Music Business Worldwide reports. The add-on would cost $4 to $5 a month on top of a subscription. Neither price nor date is final, according to the FT’s sources, and Spotify gave the paper no comment.
Every remix would earn money for the original song’s artists, and only artists who agree to take part can be remixed. Signing them is the slow part. Today’s biggest names have been harder to win than some veteran acts, the FT reported, Music Ally notes, and Universal’s digital chief Michael Nash hopes 1,000 of its artists will opt in, The Economist reported. Four rights holders have licensed the tool, Kobalt, Believe and Merlin alongside Universal, while Sony Music and Warner Music are still negotiating.
Music for an ad comes from a different kind of licence. ElevenLabs, one of the tools in our database, sells a Starter plan at $6 a month with a commercial licence, and its voice, music, image and video generation draw on one pool of 30,000 credits, our 30 October check records.
So the remix tool, as reported, is a listener product that pays the original artists, with no word of any right to use a remix in an ad, which leaves campaign music to licences that name commercial use.
Sources
- Music Ally: Spotify is hoping to launch its AI remix tool in early 2027. Checked
- Music Business Worldwide: Spotify plans Q1 2027 launch for AI covers and remixes tool, weighing $4–$5 monthly price (report). Checked
Alexandre S.
Alexandre S. is a creative ad strategist and copywriter with ten years' experience in digital marketing across multiple channels.
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