Apple Music is Now on Chocolate Bars in Germany; Gorillaz x Spotify Ads are Hiding Something Cool
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These Gorillaz x Spotify ads are hiding something really cool
In today's advertising world, plain ol' billboards don't seem to cut the mustard anymore. With this in mind, Spotify has teamed up with virtual brand Gorillaz to create an immersive treasure-hunt campaign, marking their new album, The Mountain.
DTS Autostage Portal Expands to 300 U.S. Markets
Xperi's connected car analytics program added approximately 3,000 new stations.
Spotify’s new Smart Reorder tool gives one of its best features a handy upgrade
Your one-way ticket to pitch perfect transitions.
Apple Music is Now On Chocolate Bars in Germany
Apple has teamed up with German confectionery brand Ritter Sport for a sweet treat of an Apple Music promotion: albums on Ritter Sport’s 100g square chocolate bars with a QR code on the back of each bar with a link to the album on Apple Music. Each code also provides a free trial to the music streaming service.
ElevenLabs Expands Enterprise Footprint Via Google Cloud
ElevenLabs and Google Cloud have announced a multi-year extension of their collaboration agreement, which they said is intended to make AI voice tools more accessible to businesses.
‘Dance gen model’ mvntStudio turns songs into dance animations
It’s the work of a startup called MVNT which, according to its CEO Joon Jung’s post on Product Hunt, is “building the world’s best dance gen model”. mvntStudio is a showcase for its current iteration.
Finance platform Pipeline acquires catalogue valuation service Clarty Partners
The transaction will mob Clarty’s proprietary valuation technology, royalty ingestion systems and analytical infrastructure into Pipeline’s platform, while excluding any proprietary client data or confidential information relating to Clarty’s past projects.
Audiomack Is Where Fandom Becomes Fun, Active, and Social
Artists can get on the waitlist now for Audiomack Pro — which comes out later this year — and fans are already making hundreds of millions of playful remixes.
What seven years of No.1s on Spotify’s India chart tell us about listenership patterns
We took a close look at each of that chart’s No.1 songs so far—there have been 68 until date—to explore how listenership has evolved for different music segments and genres, both on the DSP and in the country as a whole.
Ghostnote Offers Musicians a Life After Streaming
Founder Brett Allen says Portland was the perfect place to start building Ghostnote, a website where artists can sell their archives—and get paid again and again.
German Music Industry Experiences 2025 Growth Slowdown
Due to modest streaming gains and an almost 6% year-over-year (YoY) physical slip, the German market experienced a recorded music sales slowdown during 2025.
AI Slop Coming for Music
Here’s a mind-boggling fact: some of the songs topping Spotify and Billboard charts are 100% AI-generated. They have zero human involvement. As the movie Mulholland Drive famously put it: “No hay banda.” There is no band.
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