An ice dance duo skated to AI music at the Olympics
Czech ice dancers Katerina Mrazkova and Daniel Mrazek are learning the hard way that LLMs sometimes spit out straight-up plagiarism.
Spotify upgrades its lyrics feature with offline access, more translations
Spotify is revamping its lyrics feature, adding offline access for Premium users, global lyric translations, and a more prominent placement in the Now Playing view.
Spotify brings AI-powered Prompted Playlists to the U.S. and Canada
Now available in the US and Canada, Spotify’s AI-powered Prompted Playlists let users describe what they want to hear using natural language commands.
YouTube to pull music data from Billboard’s charts because it doesn’t like its ranking formula
YouTube takes its ball and goes home by pulling Billboard’s access to its music data.
Spotify tests more personalized, AI-powered ‘Prompted Playlists’
The playlists can factor in world knowledge, go back to your listening history from day one, and be refreshed daily or weekly.
Spotify launches music videos in the U.S. and Canada for Premium subscribers
Spotify will let you switch between music videos and audio at any time.
Spotify says Wrapped 2025 is its biggest yet, with 200M+ users in its first day
After last year’s flop, Spotify Wrapped engagement is up 19% and shares were up 41%, the company says.
Spotify’s latest feature lets you transfer playlists from other services
Spotify has partnered with TuneMyMusic on a new in-app feature that lets users import their playlists from other streaming services.
Spotify acquires music database WhoSampled
Spotify says the database will power its new SongDNA feature.
Legally embattled AI music startup Suno raises at $2.45B valuation on $200M revenue
Suno has been the target of multiple AI training lawsuits but it has grown so rapidly, VCs were delighted to invest.