New York, NY – ElevenLabs, a prominent AI audio company, announced on August 5, 2025, the launch of "Eleven Music," a groundbreaking prompt-to-song artificial intelligence model. This new service distinguishes itself in the burgeoning AI music landscape by being trained on fully licensed data, a strategic move that addresses industry-wide copyright concerns. Tech influencer Justine Moore highlighted the model's capabilities in a recent tweet, stating, "New music model just dropped... It can generate in a ton of different genres, styles, and languages. And you can write the lyrics..."
Eleven Music empowers users to create complete musical tracks, including both instrumentals and vocals, directly from text prompts. The model offers extensive creative control, allowing specification of genre, style, structure, and even song length. Users can also provide their own lyrics and define precise timing cues for vocal placement within the generated track, ensuring a high degree of customization for their compositions.
A key differentiator for ElevenLabs is its proactive approach to intellectual property rights. The company has secured licensing deals with major independent music rights organizations, including Merlin Network and Kobalt Music Group, to train its AI model. This strategy stands in stark contrast to competitors like Suno and Udio, which are currently facing lawsuits from major record labels over alleged copyright infringement. ElevenLabs CEO Mati Staniszewski emphasized this commitment, stating, "the model is strictly created on data that we have access to."
The licensing agreements with Merlin and Kobalt are designed to ensure fair compensation for artists and songwriters whose works contribute to the training data. Participants in the Kobalt deal, for instance, will receive a "pro-rata share of a royalty pool based on how many of [the artist/songwriters’] works were used to train the [Eleven Music] model relative to others." This innovative royalty structure aims to provide a transparent and equitable revenue stream for rightsholders in the evolving AI music ecosystem.
Eleven Music is cleared for commercial use, opening avenues for creators and businesses in various sectors, including film, television, gaming, and mobile applications. The company has already provided early access to a select group of customers, demonstrating the model's versatility. Moore's personal experience, where she "made a rapping robot who vibe codes," further illustrates the creative possibilities now available to users.