Spotify has been spotted developing a “SongDNA” feature that would allow users to discover music through the credits – the writers, collaborators, singers, engineers, lyricists, producers, composers and others who worked on a particular track or album.
The feature was discovered in the application code by reverse engineer Jane Manchun Wong, who was able to produce screenshots of how SongDNA looks in the app. Based on its findings, SongDNA would introduce a visual experience where you could essentially browse through titles, see how people connected to each other, and explore their various works.
For example, Wong showed how an artist, Ray Amy from the cast of ‘KPop Demon Hunters’, she had lent her voice to other tracks besides those in the film.
If Spotify releases the feature to the public, it could challenge streaming service TIDAL interactive creditswhich also allows you to explore music through the contributors behind the songs you love. The plugin could be useful for music industry professionals looking for collaborators, as well as those who want to learn more about the people who work behind the scenes in creating music.
Shortly after posting screenshots 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 more details, but did not deny it.
After Wong’s publication, another reverse engineer and technologist, Chris Messina, was able to confirm The existence of SongDNA by finding references to the feature in the application code. According to Messina, the lines of code suggest the feature could be used to reveal the network of contributors behind songs, allowing users to explore more of their work, he said.
While some wondered if SongDNA would be Spotify’s answer to Pandora’s Music Genome Project, it seems that’s not quite the case. THE Genome Project it uses hundreds of different details, or “features,” that correspond to a particular characteristic of the music to classify tracks and determine how they relate.
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SongDNA, at least for now, seems to only focus more on the people behind the music, not the music itself.
