ElevenLabs launches Music v2

ElevenLabs announced Music v2 on May 26, 2026, calling it a next‑generation music model that upgrades vocal realism, arrangement, and long‑form composition capabilities for creators and brands.

The company framed Music v2 as a leap on vocals and musical complexity — saying the model can sustain fast rap, mid‑track genre shifts, and denser lyrical delivery while keeping musical coherence.

A headline feature is section‑by‑section inpainting: creators can select a bridge, verse, or chorus and regenerate only that slice without changing the rest of the track, which ElevenLabs says preserves structure and continuity across a full song.

ElevenLabs also emphasized multi‑genre arrangements and improved multilingual support, positioning Music v2 as able to move from opera to heavy metal in one track and to handle lyrics reliably across several languages.

Music v2 is the engine behind three product lines the company lists for different use cases: ElevenMusic for creators and listeners, ElevenCreative for licensed music used in ads and branded content, and ElevenAPI for developers who want programmatic access.

Alongside the model launch, ElevenLabs said it reduced pricing for music generation: cutting Music v1 and Music v2 pricing by up to 50% for ElevenAPI and up to 40% for ElevenCreative self‑serve customers, a move the company framed as lowering the cost of commercial use.

The blog and product pages state Music v2 is available today across ElevenMusic and ElevenCreative, with ElevenAPI access coming soon and early access available through the sales team. ElevenLabs also notes the model was trained on licensed data and cleared for commercial use.

For developers, ElevenLabs published example SDK usage and a Music API preview that shows how to call a music.compose method, control length, and supply detailed prompts for tempo, instrumentation, and mood. That code example signals the company expects programmatic, production use once API access expands.

Industry watchers say lower per‑track and per‑API costs could accelerate adoption by brands and small studios that previously found licensing and production costs a barrier. ElevenLabs’ May price moves follow broader API cuts the company rolled out across voice and audio products in recent weeks.

ElevenLabs highlighted rights and monetization features that target commercial use at scale: ElevenCreative offers fully licensed tracks for ads and content without sync fees, and the company is building a Music Marketplace to let creators publish and earn from generated tracks. Those elements aim to make AI music a quicker fit for marketing and video workflows.

The company also flagged a caveat on self‑serve licensing: while commercial use is permitted for most online and offline use cases, ElevenLabs limits some categories on self‑serve plans — for example, film, TV, and certain studio game uses may need enterprise arrangements. That distinction matters for companies with large licensing requirements.

What to watch next: whether Music v2’s vocal and inpainting gains match human editors in real campaigns, how fast ElevenAPI opens broadly, and whether the price cuts bring a new wave of branded audio production. ElevenLabs says the model is cleared for commercial deployment and invites teams to contact sales for early API access.