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Spotify is developing a remix feature to rival sped-up TikTok tunes

Users get faster versions of songs, while artists still get paid.

According to the Wall Street Journal, Spotify is developing tools that would allow paid subscribers to “speed up, mash-up, and otherwise edit” tracks from their favorite artists, which could then be saved for repeat listening. While sped-up remixes on TikTok might be made in good faith — adding some variety and creative pizzazz to viral memes, trends, and dance routines — it’s also likely that these songs have been adjusted in an attempt to evade copyright protections or contractual disputes that would otherwise see the track removed from the platform. Unauthorized remixes are hardly just a TikTok issue — in November 2023, Pex estimated that at least one percent of all songs on streaming services like Spotify, Apple Music, Deezer, and Tidal are modified audio.

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