On Wednesday, Spotify announced<\/a> new features designed to showcase the people behind users\u2019 favorite music, including producers, engineers, songwriters, background vocalists, and more. The company will also release tools that show how songs are connected and what inspired them.<\/p>\n The second set of tools is showcased in a new, interactive feature called SongDNA, which shows which songs are being sampled in a given track, who has covered the tune, and what other projects the song\u2019s collaborators may have been involved in.<\/p>\n TechCrunch reported in October<\/a> that Spotify was developing the SongDNA feature as a way to help users discover music through a song\u2019s credits, after references to the feature were spotted<\/a> in the app\u2019s code by reverse engineer Jane Manchun Wong. With SongDNA, Spotify users could explore the other projects that the artists, musicians, and others who worked on a track are involved with. <\/p>\n Previously, the Song Credits feature had only featured the topline performance, songwriting, and production credits.<\/p>\n References to the sampled music, meanwhile, come from the online community-built database WhoSampled, which Spotify has acquired. Notably, the streaming service TIDAL also offers\u00a0interactive credits<\/a> that let users explore music through the contributors behind the songs.<\/p>\n Spotify has also planned a feature called \u201cAbout the song,\u201d which will allow listeners to explore swipeable cards in the \u201cNow Playing\u201d view. Those cards will offer details like what inspired the song, the stories behind the music, the cultural impact, and more. These stories are sourced from third-party resources, which will be linked in the cards.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/SongDNA.png?w=680\")
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