Spotify founder and CEO Daniel Ek made a surprising confession in a recent post to X (formerly Twitter), where he admits not only that he didn’t come up with the […]
Music
Trending topics and news from the Music category
Back to news homeZepotha is huge on TikTok, but it’s no Goncharov
The seminal 1987 horror film “Zepotha” is back on TikTok. Reaction videos to the film’s gory forest scenes dominate user feeds. TikTok users are digging through their parents’ wardrobes to […]
Instagram will now let you add music to photo carousels
Does a photo still remain a photo when you add a music track to it? Hard to tell. Instagram said today that it will allow users to add music to […]
Plex’s Winamp-inspired music player Plexamp is now free
Plexamp, the music player originally incubated by the Labs division of media company Plex, is now free, the company announced today. The project was first launched in 2017 as Plex’s own […]
Plex’s music player, Plexamp, now works with ChatGPT for playlist creation
Plexamp, the music player originally incubated by the Labs division of media company Plex, is tapping into ChatGPT with its latest update. The company announced today a new feature called […]
An AI Hit of Fake ‘Drake’ and ‘The Weeknd’ Rattles the Music World
For Drake and the Weeknd, two of the most popular musicians on the planet, the existence of “Heart on My Sleeve,” a track that claimed to use A.I. versions of […]
Creative platform EVEN raises $2.3M seed round to help artists sell directly to fans
Creative platform EVEN, which allows artists to sell music directly to fans, said it has closed a $2.2 million seed round led by CSA partners. The platform positions itself as […]
Audible set to launch its first audio-only singing competition series with judges Kelly Rowland & Sara Bareilles
Audible today announced that it would launch its first-ever singing competition series as an exclusive podcast featuring artists Sara Bareilles and Kelly Rowland as judges. “Breakthrough” will premiere on the […]
Google created an AI that can generate music from text descriptions, but won’t release it
An impressive new AI system from Google can generate music in any genre given a text description. But the company, fearing the risks, has no immediate plans to release it. […]
Amazon’s Music Unlimited quietly gets a price hike in the US and UK
Starting on February 21, Amazon’s Music Unlimited streaming service will increase by $1/£1 in the U.S. and the U.K. The Amazon Music Unlimited Individual Plan is increasing from $9.99 (£9.99) […]