It has been noted that Spotify is developing a ‘SongDNA’ feature that will allow users to discover music through the credits: the writers, collaborators, vocalists, engineers, lyricists, producers, composers and others who worked on a particular song or album.
The function was discovers in the app’s code by reverse engineer Jane Manchun Wong, who was able to do that generate screenshots of how SongDNA would appear in the app. Based on its findings, SongDNA would introduce a visual experience where you can essentially navigate through the credits, see how people are connected, and explore their different works.
For example, Wong showed how one artist, Rei Ami from the cast of “KPop Demon Hunters,” had lent her voice to songs other than those from the film.
If Spotify releases the feature to the public, it could challenge the streaming service TIDAL interactive creditswhich also lets you explore music through the contributors behind the songs you love. The addition could be useful for music industry professionals looking for collaborators, as well as anyone who wants to learn more about the people who work behind the scenes in making music.
Shortly after posting screenshots on social media, Wong said The Spotify app has been updated to remove references to the SongDNA feature. Reached for comment, Spotify declined to share further details but issued no denial.
Following Wong’s post, another reverse engineer and technologist, Chris Messina, said managed to confirm The existence of SongDNA by finding references to the function in the app’s 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 discover more of their work, he said.
While some wondered if SongDNA would be Spotify’s answer to Pandora’s Music Genome Project, it appears that isn’t quite the case. The Genome Project uses hundreds of different details, or “properties,” that correspond to a particular characteristic of the music to classify songs and determine how they relate to each other.
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SongDNA, for now at least, seems to be more focused on just the people behind the music, not the music itself.
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