Spotify to Launch AI Remix Tool in 2027

In a new report, the Financial Times has shared the potential launch window and price range for Spotify's long-awaited AI-powered remixes and covers tool. Anonymous sources familiar with the matter said the feature will arrive in Q1 2027 and cost around $4 or $5 a month on top of current subscription fees.

The details:

• Spotify declined to comment to FT.

• The article says the launch could be close to the Grammys, which will take place on February 7, 2027.

• Spotify is currently working on previewing the feature to a limited sample of users.

How it works:

• The tool will allow users to create remixes and covers of songs, with royalties paid out to rightsholders of the source material.

• So far, Universal Music Group (UMG), Believe, Merlin, and Kobalt have all signed licensing deals for the tool.

• Plays for the remixes will be credited to the source songs on the Spotify charts.

• According to FT, Spotify is currently negotiating licensing deals with Sony Music Group and Warner Music Group.

• Artists will be able to opt out even if their label signed a deal.

What they said:

• Spotify Co-CEO Gustav Söderström on Spotify's Q2 earnings call: “So the answer is we do not need a deal with all the majors. We would like to have as many artists as possible, obviously, but we don’t expect to have all artists.”