Spotify Introduces SongDNA and Artist Profile Detection Features

Spotify has released two new features that, in their own way, are designed to empower the creative community: SongDNA and Artist Profile Detection.

SongDNA:

• The “immersive music experience” is currently rolling out to Premium users globally.

• Built into the Now Playing view, tapping the SongDNA card allows users to explore the writers, producers, and collaborators behind a song, see samples and interpolations that shaped its sound, and browse the covers it inspired.

• Users can also tap into any of those creators to discover other artists they’ve worked with, then explore those collaborators in turn.

• It is, says the streamer, a “way to follow the connections between tracks and see how artists, eras, and genres intersect.”

• The connections in SongDNA are powered by a combination of information from artists and their teams, supplemented by community-sourced data.

Artist Profile Detection:

• Sparked by the worrying rise in AI fakes appearing on artist profiles, this feature (currently in beta) allows artists to review eligible releases before they appear in their profile.

• It’s also designed to prevent metadata mix-ups that result in music appearing on the wrong artist page, an issue that predates the rise of AI music.

• Spotify says the ability to approve or decline releases delivered to the platform is a first for any music streaming service.

• The feature is optional – to opt in, artists must turn the Artist Profile Protection in their Spotify for Artists settings on.

• At the moment, it’s only available to those artists included in the beta.