ElevenLabs Music v2 API Goes Live with Genre-Switching and Inpainting

ElevenLabs

Audio official + media 3 src. ~1 min

ElevenLabs opened its Music v2 model via the public API in mid-June 2026. The model supports section-by-section song construction, mid-track genre switching (e.g., opera to heavy metal in one piece), and inpainting of individual song segments. API pricing dropped up to 50% versus Music v1. Commercial licensing is included.

Why it matters

Music v2's chunk-based composition API and commercial licensing make it the first developer-accessible music generation model with structured song-building primitives, directly competing with Suno's v5.5 on both quality and integration flexibility.

Importance: 3/5

First music generation API with structured song-building primitives (section-by-section, genre switching, inpainting) plus commercial licensing; 50% price drop vs v1.

elevenlabs music-generation audio api

Sources

official Introducing Music v2 — ElevenLabs

official Changelog — ElevenLabs Documentation

media ElevenLabs Launches Music v2 With Mid-Track Genre Switching and Commercial Clearance