Spotify AI Remix Tool Reportedly Launches in 2027 for $4 to $5
Spotify is reportedly preparing to launch its Spotify AI remix tool in the first quarter of 2027, charging subscribers an extra $4 to $5 a month to create their own AI-generated covers and remixes of songs. The Financial Times reported the plan on Friday, October 30, 2026, citing people familiar with it, and said the product could be unveiled around the Grammy Awards in February. Spotify declined to comment, and the sources cautioned that neither the timing nor the price is final, according to Music Business Worldwide and Reuters.
What Will the Spotify AI Remix Tool Do?
The add-on would let paying subscribers use AI to make new versions of existing songs by artists who have opted in. Examples given in the report include turning a folk song into a dance track, or making a song sound as if a different artist is covering it.
That is a different product from AI music generators such as Suno, which create entirely new songs from text prompts. When Spotify announced its deal with Believe, the companies described the feature as designed specifically for AI-powered remixes and covers, “not entirely new works.”
Under the reported plan, royalties earned by fan-made remixes would be paid to the artists behind the original songs. Spotify is also said to be building a way to add remixes to playlists, with their plays counted toward the original tracks on Spotify’s charts.
Which Labels Have Signed Up?
Spotify has signed licensing deals for the tool with Universal Music Group, the independent label group Merlin, publisher Kobalt and Believe, including its self-release platform TuneCore. Universal was first, announcing its agreement in May at Spotify’s Investor Day in New York; Believe followed on October 20.
Sony Music and Warner Music are still negotiating, the FT reported. Spotify co-CEO Gustav Söderström said on the company’s Q2 earnings call in August that Spotify does not need deals with every major label before it goes live, and that a research preview for a subset of users would come first.
Label deals are only half the picture. Individual artists will decide for themselves whether their music can be remixed, even if their label has already licensed its catalog. According to the report, today’s biggest stars have been harder to sign up than some veteran acts.
Why It Matters for Subscribers and Artists
For listeners, the tool would be an optional paid extra on top of a Premium subscription. Spotify ended September with 306 million Premium subscribers, and its Q3 2026 revenue rose 16% year over year to €4.97 billion ($5.72 billion). Bernstein analyst Ian Moore estimates that 7% to 8% of Spotify’s US subscribers could pay for the AI feature by the end of 2028, the FT reported.
For artists, the pitch is a new revenue stream from fan creativity, as long as rights holders stay in control. It also comes as Spotify tries to clean up unlicensed AI content on its platform: the company recently said it removed 50 million AI songs, and courts have started punishing AI music streaming fraud. Rival Suno has added watermarking to AI-generated tracks for similar reasons.
Paid add-ons are becoming a bigger part of Spotify’s growth plan, alongside steps like its stricter subscription sharing rules. Whether the remix tool succeeds will depend less on the $4 to $5 price than on how many well-known artists agree to take part.
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