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Spotify launches SongDNA to map creative connections behind tracks globally today.

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On Tuesday (Mar 24), the streaming giant announced its global rollout of "Song DNA," a new immersive feature designed as an interactive Wikipedia-style exploration tool for music fans who get lost in related articles and samples, covers, or other artists involved with their favorite songs; this beta release aims to reveal complex webs of inspiration spanning genres by connecting listeners directly behind every great track.

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    Spotify has launched SongDNA as a new beta feature available on iOS and Android for Premium subscribers.
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    The tool allows users to explore samples, covers, and other components beyond just listening to their favorite tracks.
Mar 25, 09:37 'Immersion' Spotify test lets users discover everyone involved in a song via SongDNA feature.
Mar 24, 13:12 Spotify's new 'rabbit hole'-like music exploration tool is now available as beta on iOS and Android for Premium subscribers to trace relationships between songs.

Spotify has launched SongDNA as a beta feature for Premium subscribers on iOS and Android, allowing users to trace components beyond just their favorite songs.

— [Mar 24, 13:09] The new feature lets you explore samples, covers, and more about the people behind your favorite songs, says Spotify. (Techcrunch)

SongDNA is designed as an 'immersive' test that complements existing app features by revealing creative connections between artists across genres.

— [Mar 25, 09:37] It's in the SongDNA: an 'immersive' Spotify test that lets you discover everyone involved (Androidcentral)

The feature works similarly to going down a Wikipedia rabbit hole by showing listeners how different songs are related through shared influences.

— [Mar 24, 13:12] Spotify's new feature will send you down the music rabbit hole (9to5mac)
It's in the SongDNA: an 'immersive' Spotify test that lets you discover everyone involved

Spotify has launched "Song DNA," an immersive beta feature for global Premium users that reveals songwriters and their collaborations alongside details like samples and interpolations. This tool complements existing features by allowing listeners to interactively explore the network of creators behind specific tracks, similar in concept but distinct from Spotify's personal-focused "'About this Song'" section.

Qué es SongDNA de Spotify: la nueva función para descubrir los secretos de tus canciones favoritas
Spotify’s new feature will send you down the music rabbit hole

Spotify has launched SongDNA, a beta feature for Premium subscribers on iOS and Android that displays the relationships between songs through collaborators, samples, interpolations, and covers within its mobile app's Now Playing view. The interactive tool allows users to explore how artists intersect across eras by following these connections from one track or creator to another before fully rolling out in April via a gradual rollout plan for all subscribers starting today on both platforms

The new feature lets you explore samples, covers, and more about the people behind your favorite songs, says Spotify.
Meet SongDNA, a New Beta Feature That Reveals the Creative Connections Behind Your Favorite Tracks

Spotify has launched "SongDN," an immersive feature available globally only on Premium users, which reveals writers, producers, samples, and covers behind songs directly within the mobile app's Now Playing view. This interactive tool allows listeners to trace creative connections between artists while giving eligible creators a direct role in managing how their musical stories are presented through Spotify for Artists during its beta phase.