Spotify it would turn listeners into small music producers, but with a cost to pay. According to what was reported by the Financial Times, the Swedish company aims to launch a new tool based on artificial intelligence within the first quarter of 2027 that will allow subscribers to create alternative versions of songs already present in the catalogue. The debut could take place in conjunction with the Grammy Awards in February, although neither the launch window nor the price are yet definitive.
The feature, unlike generators like Suno that build songs from scratch starting from a text prompt, would work exclusively on already existing and licensed music. A user could thus convert a folk song into a dance track, or have an artist other than the original “interpret” a song, in a sort of algorithmically generated cover.
The economic issue is the one that could worry subscribers the most: the service would not be included in the Premium plan, but would require a surcharge of 4-5 dollars per month. Behind the function there is a licensing work that started in May, when Spotify had already announced an agreement with Universal Music Group to develop the tool. To date, agreements with Merlin, Kobalt and Believe have also been signed, while negotiations with Sony Music and Warner Music are still ongoing.
The agreements with the labels and the artists’ knot
The mechanism provides that the royalties generated by the remixes created by fans go back to the rights holders of the original song, and Spotify is also working on a system of integration into playlists: listens to the remixed versions could contribute to the chart count of the original piece, an incentive designed to convince more artists to join.
However, a non-trivial obstacle remains: participation is on a voluntary basis, and an artist can withdraw even if his label has already signed the agreement with the platform. Convincing big contemporary stars is proving to be more complicated than with artists of past generationsdespite the direct meetings that Spotify and Universal have already started with various names on the billboard.
This isn’t the first time rumors have circulated about a premium subscription tier paying extra. In February 2025 there was talk of a tier called Music Pro, for an extra 6 dollars a month, which should have included remix tools. That project never made it to the market, and lossless audio (one of the promised features) was later included in the standard Premium for free. That history repeats itself this time too, with the new add-on ending up being absorbed without additional costs, is not a hypothesis that can be ruled out.
