Spotify has been spotted developing a ‘SongDNA’ feature that would allow users to discover music by credits – writers, collaborators, singers, engineers, songwriters, producers, composers and others who have worked on a particular track or album.
It was the advantage find out In the application code by reverse engineer Jin Manchun Wong, who was able to is born Screenshots of how SongDNA looks in the app. Based on its findings, SongDNA will offer a visual experience where you can essentially step through the credits, see how people relate to each other, and explore their different works.
For example, Wong showed how one artist, Ray Ami From the “KPop Demon Hunters” crew, she lent her voice to tracks other than those in the movie.
If Spotify releases the feature to the public, it could pose a challenge to streaming service TIDAL Interactive creditswhich also lets you explore music through contributors to songs you love. The addition could be useful to music industry professionals looking for collaborators, as well as anyone who wants to learn more about the people who work behind the scenes in creating music.
Shortly after the screenshots were posted on social media, Wong He said The Spotify app has been updated to remove references to the SongDNA feature. Reached for comment, Spotify declined to share further details but did issue a denial.
Following Wong’s post, another reverse engineer and technologist, Chris Messina, was able to confirm SongDNA exists by finding references to the feature within the application code. According to Messina, lines of code indicate that the feature could be used to reveal the network of contributors behind songs, allowing users to explore more of their work.
While some have wondered if SongDNA would be Spotify’s answer to Pandora’s Music Genome Project, it appears that’s not quite the case. the Genome Project It uses hundreds of different details, or “themes,” that correspond to a particular characteristic of the music to classify pieces and determine how they relate.
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SongDNA, at least for now, seems to be more focused on just the people behind the music, rather than the music itself.