Spotify plans $4-$5 monthly add-on for AI song remixes

Spotify is preparing to charge Premium subscribers an extra $4 to $5 per month for a new AI tool that creates covers and remixes, targeting a first-quarter 2027 launch and possibly unveiling the service around the Grammy Awards in February, according to a report.

The company would add the fee on top of an individual Premium plan, which in the US rose to $12.99 per month in February, putting the combined cost at roughly $17 to $18. The report cautioned that timing and pricing are not final, and Spotify declined to comment.

In May, Spotify announced a licensing deal with Universal Music Group for the AI feature and said it would offer the tool as a paid add-on for Premium subscribers, but it did not disclose price or launch date at the time.

The tool will let users produce their own versions of songs, such as turning a folk track into a dance remix or making one artist sound like another. Royalties from fan-made remixes would go to the artists who wrote the original songs, the report says.

Spotify is reportedly building a mechanism to surface remixes in playlists and to count their plays toward the original tracks in the service's charts.

Besides Universal, Spotify has secured licensing deals with Merlin and Believe. Negotiations with Sony Music and Warner Music are ongoing.

Artists can opt out of the program even if their label signs on. Spotify and Universal have met with individual artists, and major current stars have been harder to convince than some veteran acts, the report adds.

A separate February 2025 report said Spotify planned a Music Pro tier that would cost $6 more than Premium and include remixing tools; that tier never launched, and lossless audio later arrived on Premium at no extra charge.

The report underlines that timing and pricing are provisional; Spotify declined to comment.