A live-action Samurai Champloo is in the works
A live-action Samurai Champloo is in the works

Though the live-action Cowboy Bebop was a big disappointment, Shinichirō Watanabe is ready to give it another go with one of his other iconic pieces of IP. Variety reports that Watanabe has given his blessing and agreed to work on a new live-action Samurai Champloo adaptation from Tomorrow Studios, the same production house behind Netflix’s […]

Yamaha launches Creator Pass for music makers and podcasters
Yamaha launches Creator Pass for music makers and podcasters

Yamaha is taking a big leap into subscription services with its new Creator Pass, which bundles a bunch of different services and apps focused on music and podcast production under a single umbrella. Yamaha doesn’t actually make much software of its own, so it’s partnered with several other companies to help flesh out the bundle. […]

ChatGPT now lets you identify songs on your phone without launching Shazam app

ChatGPT now lets you identify songs directly using Shazam without opening the Shazam app on your phone. Once connected, the feature can recognize music playing nearby and show song details inside the chat.
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Listen to this: Mabe Fratti’s experimental cello pop
Listen to this: Mabe Fratti’s experimental cello pop

The opening notes of “Kravitz,” which kicks off Mabe Fratti’s 2024 record Sentir Que No Sabes, are lodged in my brain permanently. It’s not a showy album, by any means. But there’s something about the buzzing of her cello, plucked as you might an upright bass. The way the notes ring out before coming to […]

What we’re listening to, watching, and reading right now.

There is so much art out there that it’s absolutely impossible to keep up. Whether it’s a slept-on post-punk album from the ’80s, a new sci-fi novel, or a cult classic horror movie, we’re always finding new obsessions here at The Verge — and we want to share those obsessions with you. Sometimes that might […]

Apple Music adds optional labels for AI songs and visuals
Apple Music adds optional labels for AI songs and visuals

Apple is asking artists and record labels on its music streaming platform to voluntarily label songs that were made using AI. The new “Transparency Tags” metadata system for Apple Music was announced in a newsletter to industry partners yesterday, according to Music Business Worldwide, and covers four categories, including track, composition, artwork, and music videos. […]

Apple Music to add Transparency Tags to distinguish AI music, says report

The label or distributor has to opt in to tagging their music as AI, so it’s unclear how effective this intervention will be.

AI music generator Suno hits 2M paid subscribers and $300M in annual recurring revenue

Suno lets users create music using natural language prompts, making it possible for people with little experience to generate audio with little effort.

Jimi Hendrix Was a Systems Engineer
Jimi Hendrix Was a Systems Engineer

3 February 1967 is a day that belongs in the annals of music history. It’s the day that Jimi Hendrix entered London’s Olympic Studios to record a song using a new component. The song was “Purple Haze,” and the component was the Octavia guitar pedal, c…

This Chainsmokers-approved AI music producer is joining Google
This Chainsmokers-approved AI music producer is joining Google

ProducerAI, an AI-powered music-making platform, is joining Google. As part of the deal, Google will fold ProducerAI under the Labs umbrella and power the tool with a preview version of its new Lyria 3 music-making AI model. ProducerAI is a music-making platform that allows users to work with an AI agent to generate sounds, workshop […]