Spotify is targeting the first quarter of 2027 for a service that would let paying subscribers create AI-powered covers and remixes of participating artists’ songs, according to Financial Times reporting relayed by Reuters. The company is considering an additional subscriber charge of $4–$5 a month for the remix service, with a possible unveiling around February’s Grammy Awards.
The proposed service would allow listeners to reshape existing music—for example, turning a folk song into a dance track or creating a version resembling another artist’s performance. Under the reported approach, royalties from fan-created remixes would flow back to the original artists, while plays would count toward the original songs on Spotify’s charts. Reuters reported licensing agreements with Universal Music Group, Merlin and Believe, with negotiations continuing with Sony Music and Warner Music.
The project builds on Spotify and UMG’s May 21 announcement of agreements covering both recordings and underlying compositions. Spotify has explicitly said participating songwriters would also receive additional income from the service. Its August 13 agreement with music publisher Kobalt further established that compensation would extend to songwriters whose compositions are used in licensed covers and remixes.
For rightsholders, a central question remains how the money would be divided among recording owners, performers, songwriters and publishers. Spotify has not yet publicly disclosed the royalty-rate calculations or how revenue would be split between compositions and recordings.
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