Who more or less has been a “DJ” on one occasion, even if it was just creating a playlist with their favorite songs, but we had rarely seen anything like what today’s young people are doing ; “Remixes” are mixes of popular popular songs that are used in short videos like those on TikTok.
Sometimes, These “remixes” are even more popular than the original songswhich brings us to a recent problem born in these social networks: artists do not charge for these creations based on their work.
We have already seen some consequences of this use of others’ intellectual property; For example, some record labels and artists like Taylor Swift have refused to collaborate with TikTok due to unauthorized use of their licenses.
Spotify will be your mixer
In this context, the new Spotify functionality which Wall Street Journal revealed a lot of meaning. This will be a set of tools for remix and create new songs from topics already existing on the platform; In other words, we can take any song from Spotify and create our own “remix”.
The Spotify app will allow you to edit songs and join them with others to create new versions; The user is also supposed to have control over certain aspects such as the rhythm of the song, allowing us to accelerate
While the feature hasn’t been officially announced, the leak suggests it will be needed a paid Spotify account to access these functions. Additionally, full access to all DJ features will likely require the new Spotify Supremium, the most expensive subscription that will also offer access to HD music.
The reason this feature is not free is because SpotifyI want to pay the original artists of the songs that we remix; In this way, the company wants to avoid problems like those experienced by TikTok and not irritate record companies or artists. Perhaps this is also why Spotify will not allow you to share the created song on other networks like TikTok or Instagram, since it allows you to do so with normal songs.
It is therefore very likely that this new feature will be available when Spotify launches its new, more expensive subscription; and for that we will still have to wait, since the company continues its development, according to the leak.
