ElevenLabs’s new music generation model can switch genres mid-track

Voice AI company ElevenLabs launched Music v2, a music-generation model that can switch genres mid-track, such as transitioning from opera to heavy metal, and allows artists to edit specific song sections without affecting others. The model, built on licensed data and cleared for commercial use, arrives as AI labs including Google and Stability AI race to release professional-grade music tools amid ongoing copyright lawsuits against competitors like Suno and Udio.

Voice AI company ElevenLabs https://elevenlabs.io/ launched https://elevenlabs.io/blog/introducing-music-v2 a new version of its music-generation model, called Music v2, that can switch genres mid-track. The company said that the model is designed to handle both complexity in vocals and composition. The new release comes nearly 10 months after the startup launched the first version of its music generation model https://techcrunch.com/2025/08/05/elevenlabs-launches-an-ai-music-generator-which-it-claims-is-cleared-for-commercial-use/ . ElevenLabs noted that the model can go from opera to heavy metal and back, deliver fast rap without losing coherence, and can add non-musical sound effects to a track. With the new model, artists can pick a part of a song and recreate it using prompts without touching other parts of the track. Plus, instead of generating short clips, artists can build a song by sections, including the intro, verse, and chorus, then stitch them together. ElevenLabs added that the model performs more reliably across languages, lyrics, vocals, and arrangements. In the last few months, AI labs have been racing to release models that can generate professional-grade music. Google https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/25/google-launches-lyria-3-pro-music-generation-model/ , Stability AI https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/20/stability-ai-release-a-new-audio-model-that-can-create-six-minute-songs/ , and Suno https://suno.com/blog/v5-5 have also released new music generation models with capabilities to generate longer and more complex tracks. At the Google I/O developer conference, Google added the ability to easily create covers, edit songs by sections, and generate music videos using its Flow Music https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/models-and-research/google-labs/flow-updates/ tool. ElevenLabs emphasized that the new model is built on licensed data and cleared for commercial use, so users can freely use the tracks. Striking https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/26/universal-music-group-and-tiktok-renew-agreement-to-combat-unauthorized-ai-music/ deals https://newsroom.spotify.com/2026-05-21/universal-music-group-spotify-licensing-agreements-fan-made-covers-remixes/ with labels is key, given that other AI music startups, like Suno https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/umg-and-sony-seek-to-add-61000-copyrighted-works-to-suno-lawsuit-after-discovery-reveals-suno-trained-on-millions-of-their-recordings/ and Udio https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/sony-music-moves-to-add-more-than-30000-copyrighted-recordings-to-its-lawsuit-against-udio/ , faced court cases over copyright issues. The new model is available on ElevenLabs’ ElevenCreative tool for marketing and branding teams, along with its newly launched ElevenMusic platform for creating AI-generated songs https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/02/elevenlabs-releases-a-new-ai-powered-music-generation-app/ , with availability on ElevenAPI coming soon.