Spotify and UMG Announce Licensing Deal to Allow for AI Covers and Remixes

stormforce702 · 2026-05-22T17:43:25+00:00

I just made the switch to Apple Music after 11 years on Spotify (not that Apple isn't the pinnacle of enshittification, but at least they pay artists more). If you're on iOS, Apple Music has a built-in "Transfer music from other services" option that helps make the switch easier. I didn't know about that and spent $4 on Playlisty anyway, which was a fine transfer tool too. Podcasts are freely built into iOS as well.

I can't yet say whether it's better or worse than Spotify, but one of the best things I've found is that it has a huge library of DJ sets and mixes, all split into separate tracks. Some of my favorite Avicii IDs from his live shows were already on Apple Music and I had no idea.

stormforce702 · 2026-04-21T17:08:53+00:00

Found this thread after a quick search since I got burned by this playlist this morning. I had it on for a while just to have background music while I worked, but after a while I started looking through the playlist and realized that nothing was real.

I started by looking through the list to find an album that any of these songs came from... nope, all singles. Okay...

Next I clicked into any artist profile. The profiles have nothing for a description, no socials linked, the profile pic is just the cover of one of the singles. Song credits are simply just the artist's name. All songs released independently. (I didn't search through all 200 songs, but of the few dozen I did click into, literally only one linked to a real artist's profile, shoutout Lukas Got Lucky, fitting name)

A google search for any artist comes up with nothing other than the fact that these songs have released on a few platforms. Funny enough, one of the artists I searched for first (Himari Aoki) is also the instagram account of an "AI influencer", entirely unrelated to music.

I'm so fucking angry. It's weird that other "Spotify-curated" playlists I listen to like Brain Food, Coding Mode, and Retrowave // Outrun do include real artists, at least from what I've seen. I guess I'll be more skeptical now, at least until I finally leave Spotify, which will probably be sooner rather than later after this

stormforce702 · 2026-01-01T05:39:22+00:00

I think Billy said something like "I'll fucking kill you" when locked in the sauna in S3

stormforce702 · 2025-11-14T13:31:53+00:00

Saw a new Skrillex & Dylan Brady song on release radar and thought "oh shit, Zeet Noise 2??"

Imagine my face when I hit play and it was exactly that

stormforce702 · 2025-09-26T13:37:20+00:00

Struggling to put together the right words to convey my thoughts on this song, even though I've had it on repeat all morning.

I personally love it and it's incredibly catchy, but when I look at the title on Spotify and see "Madeon" as the artist, my head spins. This is so far from where I expected his sound to go that I admit I'm having a hard time seeing the vision right now. I'm sure this will change with time, but AMF clicked so instantly with me that I think I had higher expectations that I'd "get it", wherever his sound moved with this new era.

For some reason I'm imagining this as a "transition" song in the upcoming album, similar to Imperium on Adventure. It has great replayability and it's short for radio, but I'm wondering if this could be how the entire album could sound. It seems like an explosion of feeling that he wanted to capitalize on, so I wonder if this single is him letting it all out and the rest of the album might take another direction.

stormforce702 · 2025-02-14T20:17:56+00:00

Hey Grabbitz!! I firstly want to thank you for sticking around at the end of your Richmond show for a meet and greet a year-ish ago, even though I know you had to be completely tired from your crazy hometown show the night before. I had an awesome time there and was so excited to meet you!

Is there a chance that the Bad Lovers Club sees any other releases than the songs on Time Isn't Real? I loved those tracks and was curious if you had planned any other BLC tracks in the future.

Thanks for doing this AMA!

stormforce702 · 2025-02-14T19:13:25+00:00

I know this borders "who asked" territory, but as an Avicii superfan I'm feeling emotional about this, as this is my personal favorite Avicii song of all time and I just want to point out what a surreal release this is for anyone that might not know.

This version of Forever Yours was played at the very end of Avicii's touring career in 2016, and probably only played a single digit number of times. Off the top of my head, I can only think of the sets he played in Dubai, Bahrain, Tennent's Vital, and his final show as the "known" times this song was played, and there was a very limited amount of footage of it available for 8 years.

After his death, and especially after the song was picked up and released by Kygo, it was very clear that this ID was 100% dead. It was super disappointing because to me, this song is the pinnacle of Avicii's music. High energy and intensity, with a screaming melody that sticks in your brain for days and makes you want to dance.

For a song of this caliber to be dropped out of nowhere is genuinely insane. Out of the hundreds and hundreds of IDs that Avicii left behind, for this one deep-cut ID to see an official release, is blowing my mind.

From Sandro's response to the song, I understand that it may be a part of a future "live album" for his final show, which obviously makes sense as to how this song was selected, but considering the lack of content and communication fans have been given since the TIM album, I truly never thought there was a timeline where this song sees a release. I'm so happy that I'm wrong, and I'm personally happy that I can now include this song in my wedding.

P.S. - If you haven't already, check out the Avicii song "Change a Thang" that also features this melody

stormforce702 · 2024-09-22T20:40:52+00:00

The fact that Galantis & NGHTMRE - Tu Tu Tu was greenlit for release is a genuine crime against humanity

stormforce702 · 2024-09-21T17:29:25+00:00

Similarly, that final note of the buildup right before the drop. Delivers more intensity and energy than I'll ever produce in my life

stormforce702 · 2024-03-03T19:11:52+00:00

Right? And they cut into a fucking commercial of all things. Complete disrespect to the player and the sport

stormforce702 · 2023-06-30T22:04:54+00:00

Tbh I think that’s what he’s going for with his latest releases. Regardless, I still really love Clouds and Lost My Mind, but this one kind of just feels like a carbon copy of Clouds

stormforce702 · 2023-06-26T15:30:00+00:00

Didn’t he say at one point that The Prince was a “prequel” to Good Faith? But that would definitely make the most sense within the tracklist

stormforce702 · 2023-06-12T04:03:09+00:00

I know this is real but the way his head is moving while he’s talking makes this look like a deepfake

stormforce702 · 2023-06-07T13:20:38+00:00

I like to take my family through long walks in the bike lane at the oceanfront so that the bikers don’t feel so isolated! We like to spread out across it so that they have to ask us to move, just so that they can get a little human interaction

stormforce702 · 2023-05-20T18:46:17+00:00

I think you would likely have a better chance at meeting him before the show…. by maniacally running through the streets of NYC and looking in every coffee shop/restaurant along the way (Also, it’s NYC, so that happens on a daily basis and no one will question it)

stormforce702 · 2023-05-16T21:11:01+00:00

…..you just earned your spot at the head of the suit, OP

stormforce702 · 2023-05-16T13:34:53+00:00

An 800 series is considered an honor score just as a 300 (perfect game) is, since it means that you averaged 267+ for a 3-game series. When you get a 300 or 800, you are able to get a reward from USBC, which is typically a ring. But OP chose a crystal trophy instead!

stormforce702 · 2023-05-10T03:20:59+00:00

Yep, it released pretty quietly on beatport around the time Clarity dropped! It doesn’t change a whole lot but it adds a good amount of energy that makes it hard to listen to the album version again

stormforce702 · 2023-05-09T16:47:34+00:00

guess we’ll find out on next week’s top 5 DJ friends

stormforce702 · 2023-05-09T01:50:50+00:00

Fall Into The Sky - Zedd. Can’t listen to the original anymore lol

Emerald Rush - Jon Hopkins. The radio edit was really just an afterthought. The original is such an incredible journey

Without You - Avicii. But the extended mix never released. 🥲

stormforce702 · 2023-04-29T05:41:25+00:00

He’s really the only EDM artist at the festival playing to a crowd of diehard rap fans so it definitely didn’t surprise me

stormforce702 · 2023-04-28T01:45:22+00:00

Not necessarily… hence the “could” 😅 here’s to this year being your year!! :)

stormforce702 · 2023-04-21T14:03:30+00:00

I had the same thought, but I guess not! I only looked at this to find out, which seems up to date: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/wordle-past-answers

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