{"id":2095641,"date":"2025-10-16T15:57:13","date_gmt":"2025-10-16T15:57:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2095641"},"modified":"2025-10-16T15:57:13","modified_gmt":"2025-10-16T15:57:13","slug":"spotify-is-reportedly-copying-one-of-tidals-best-features-for-discovering-new-music-and-as-a-musician-i-think-thats-great","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/spotify-is-reportedly-copying-one-of-tidals-best-features-for-discovering-new-music-and-as-a-musician-i-think-thats-great\/","title":{"rendered":"Spotify is reportedly copying one of TIDAL&#8217;s best features for discovering new music, and as a musician I think that&#8217;s great"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<hr id=\"d364020b-04a9-455a-9e6b-84db15e30c60\"\/>\n<ul id=\"f146e23f-ff26-45e7-8a91-b0dacd61ef57\">\n<li><strong>References to SongDNA information found inside the Spotify app<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Designed to deliver visual navigation of songs&#8217; contributors<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>May resemble TIDAL Credits, so you can find new music from the makers of what you already like<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr id=\"c9969787-3171-4571-bce8-3285d55ffa6c\"\/>\n<p id=\"16f6c5d2-c5b0-434a-9b68-df7716f5ab83\">Spotify appears to be working on a feature that looks very much like TIDAL Credits, which enables you to discover and find more music from all the people behind your favorite songs.<\/p>\n<p>The feature, called SongDNA, was discovered in the Spotify app code by reverse engineer Jane Manchun Wong, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/wongmjane\/status\/1976807113537339527\" data-url=\"https:\/\/x.com\/wongmjane\/status\/1976807113537339527\" target=\"_blank\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\">who thankfully managed to get the image below onto X<\/a> before Spotify removed the relevant code from the app. It appears to offer a new way to discover music, by navigating through the credits of songs.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" id=\"elk-seasonal\" href=\"\" data-url=\"\" target=\"_blank\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\"\/><\/p>\n<aside data-block-type=\"embed\" data-render-type=\"fte\" data-skip=\"dealsy\" data-widget-type=\"seasonal\" class=\"hawk-root\"\/>\n<p id=\"16f6c5d2-c5b0-434a-9b68-df7716f5ab83-2\">As a musician, that&#8217;s a rabbit hole I&#8217;ll happily fall down, because I love to learn the connections between songs and the people who make them \u2013 and I&#8217;ve discovered some of my very favorite artists through their work with others.<\/p>\n<aside data-component-name=\"Recirculation:ArticleRiver\" data-recirculation-type=\"inline\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"Trending Bar\" data-nosnippet=\"\" class=\"clear-both pt-3 pb-4 mb-4 border-solid border-y border-neutral-300\">\n<span class=\"font-article-heading block pb-3 !text-base font-bold uppercase sm:text-sm text-[#333]\"><br \/>\nYou may like<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<p>For example, I fell in love with Paula Cole&#8217;s voice thanks to her live work with Peter Gabriel, and I sought out more records featuring producer Jack Antonoff after hearing his work with Taylor Swift.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s particularly fun in genres such as hip-hop and pop, where an entire cast of people are behind some of your favorite bangers as well as many others \u2013 so if you like the new Taylor Swift album produced by Swedish supremo Max Martin, following the thread of his collaborations takes you through The Weeknd&#8217;s <em>Can&#8217;t Feel My Face<\/em>, Britney&#8217;s <em>Baby One More Time<\/em> and Backstreet Boys&#8217; <em>I Want It That Way<\/em>. And that, clearly, is time very well spent.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure inline-layout\" data-bordeaux-image-check=\"\" id=\"f8176f5a-ae82-4ef7-b892-c2fd3fb2dd42\">\n<div class=\"image-full-width-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"image-widthsetter\" style=\"max-width:3240px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:68.06%;\"> <picture data-new-v2-image=\"true\"><source type=\"image\/webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/xUu6MRsePG5GQftifcai3m-1200-80.jpg.webp 1200w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/xUu6MRsePG5GQftifcai3m-1024-80.jpg.webp 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/xUu6MRsePG5GQftifcai3m-970-80.jpg.webp 970w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/xUu6MRsePG5GQftifcai3m-650-80.jpg.webp 650w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/xUu6MRsePG5GQftifcai3m-480-80.jpg.webp 480w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/xUu6MRsePG5GQftifcai3m-320-80.jpg.webp 320w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1000px) 970px, calc(100vw - 40px)\"\/>\n<\/picture><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\" class=\" inline-layout\"><span class=\"credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: X.com \/ Jane Manchun Wong)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" id=\"elk-acd0b5d3-2f21-45d8-b5c7-1902cca12dcd\" href=\"\" data-url=\"\" target=\"_blank\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\"\/><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"what-do-we-know-about-spotify-songdna-3\">What do we know about Spotify SongDNA?<\/h2>\n<p id=\"465588b3-e7c6-4a91-806e-e1ca852527cb\">As <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2025\/10\/15\/spotify-spotted-working-on-a-songdna-feature-that-showcases-the-people-behind-your-favorite-music\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-url=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2025\/10\/15\/spotify-spotted-working-on-a-songdna-feature-that-showcases-the-people-behind-your-favorite-music\/\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\">TechCrunch<\/a> reports, the feature enables you to do things such as see what else artists have appeared on; Wong&#8217;s example was to discover what other songs Rei Ami from <em>KPop Demon Hunters<\/em> had appeared on.<\/p>\n<p>Another engineer, Chris Messina, found more information: the lines of code indicate that SongDNA will feature the whole network of contributors, not just the performers.<\/p>\n<div id=\"slice-container-newsletterForm-articleInbodyContent-W88M4uyyM6QQTiT45D3dzd\" class=\"slice-container newsletter-inbodyContent-slice newsletterForm-articleInbodyContent-W88M4uyyM6QQTiT45D3dzd slice-container-newsletterForm\">\n<div data-hydrate=\"true\" class=\"newsletter-form__wrapper newsletter-form__wrapper--inbodyContent\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form__container\">\n<section class=\"newsletter-form__top-bar\"\/>\n<section class=\"newsletter-form__main-section\">\n<p class=\"newsletter-form__strapline\">Sign up for breaking news, reviews, opinion, top tech deals, and more.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Features like this aren&#8217;t just good for fans, and for powering recommendations. They&#8217;re also useful for artists and their people too: if you&#8217;re looking for someone to make beats, or to contribute a very particular style, or to sprinkle their production magic on your songs, this kind of discovery can help you find collaborators worldwide.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/reviews\/tidal\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/reviews\/tidal\">TIDAL<\/a> got there before Spotify, so its <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/tidal.com\/credits\" target=\"_blank\" data-url=\"https:\/\/tidal.com\/credits\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\">TIDAL Credits<\/a> feature gives us an indication of what we might expect: it enables you to check out who played the guitar, who recorded the song, who sat behind the mixing desk, who wrote the lyrics and more.<\/p>\n<p>As TechCrunch points out, you can go even further with data: Pandora&#8217;s Music Genome project classifies songs not just by their credits but by hundreds of different &#8220;traits&#8221; including how much of a groove the song has, what gender the main vocalist is, whether the guitar is clean, crunchy or turned up to eleven and so on. That data then powers the personalization engine for pop\/rock, hip-hop\/electronica, jazz, world music and classical music.<\/p>\n<p>Spotify has now removed the SongDNA code, but when the streamer was approached for comment it declined to make a statement \u2013 which indicates that this is indeed a live project, albeit one still shrouded in mystery.<\/p>\n<p id=\"d6ae7c15-2625-4b17-a4cd-15e68bab475f\"><em\/><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/publications\/CAAqKAgKIiJDQklTRXdnTWFnOEtEWFJsWTJoeVlXUmhjaTVqYjIwb0FBUAE?hl=en-GB&amp;gl=GB&amp;ceid=GB%3Aen\" target=\"_blank\" data-url=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/publications\/CAAqKAgKIiJDQklTRXdnTWFnOEtEWFJsWTJoeVlXUmhjaTVqYjIwb0FBUAE?hl=en-GB&amp;gl=GB&amp;ceid=GB%3Aen\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\"><em><strong>Follow TechRadar on Google News<\/strong><\/em><\/a> and<em> <\/em><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=techradar.com\" target=\"_blank\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=techradar.com\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\"><em><strong>add us as a preferred source<\/strong><\/em><\/a><em> to get our expert news, reviews, and opinion in your feeds. 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