Sing along to Apple Music Sing
By Shawn Chung - Singapore
Tis the season for pervasive Christmas songs - in the cab, at the supermarket, and in the elevator, but as you are singing along to Mariah Carey’s version of “All I Want For Christmas Is You”, are you sure you’ve got the lyrics correct?
As comedian Bec Hill demonstrates, Christmas songs are very frequently misheard.
Apple has just announced the launch of an exciting new feature - Apple Music Sing, which allows users to sing along to their favorite songs with adjustable vocals and real-time lyrics, so you’ll always pronounce the lyrics to “Dynamite” by BTS correctly.
Apple Music Sing offers multiple lyric views to help fans take the lead, perform duets, sing backup, and more - all integrated within Apple Music’s unparalleled lyrics experience. Coupled with an ever-expanding catalogue that features tens of millions of the world’s most singable songs, Apple Music Sing makes it fun and easy for anyone to participate, however and wherever they choose.
Apple Music Sing will be available later this December to Apple Music subscribers worldwide, and can be enjoyed on iPhone, iPad, and the new Apple TV 4K.
“Apple Music’s lyrics experience is consistently one of the most popular features on our service,” said Oliver Schusser, Apple’s vice president of Apple Music and Beats. “We already know our users all over the world love to follow along to their favourite songs, so we wanted to evolve this offering even further to enable even more engagement around music through singing. It’s really a lot of fun, our customers are going to love it.”
The new lyrics experience and vocal adjustment feature in Apple Music Sing displayed on iPhone 14.
With adjustable vocals and real-time lyrics, Apple Music Sing gives fans more control and even more precise timing while they sing along to their favorite tunes.
Apple Music Sing includes:
Adjustable vocals: Users now have control over a song’s vocal levels. They can sing with the original artist vocals, take the lead, or mix it up on millions of songs in the Apple Music catalog.
Real-time lyrics: Users can sing along to their favourite songs with animated lyrics that dance to the rhythm of the vocals.
Background vocals: Vocal lines sung simultaneously can animate independently from the main vocals to make it easier for users to follow.
Duet view: Multiple vocalists show on opposite sides of the screen to make duets or multi-singer tracks easy to sing along to.
Apple Music will also be launching a suite of more than 50 dedicated companion playlists featuring all of the epic songs, duets, choruses, and anthems that have been compelling people all around the world to sing — fully optimised for the Apple Music Sing experience.