ElevenLabs releases Music v2.5

2026-09-11★★★after cutoffmedia-generationElevenLabsconfidence: high

ElevenLabs released Music v2.5 (music_v2_5) on 2026-09-11, its most advanced text-to-music model. It has richer melodies and more live-sounding instruments, was preferred over v2 in a blind test of 47,885 pairs, and is available in ElevenMusic, ElevenCreative and the API at $0.15/min.

Key facts

API model id music_v2_5; $0.15 per minute of generated music
Blind test on 47,885 paired samples: v2.5 preferred in the majority; largest gains in R&B/soul, hip hop/trap, rock/metal, orchestral/cinematic
New default for prompted and reference-audio generation in ElevenCreative
Commercial use allowed; lossless downloads: Free 5/day, Pro 400/month; tracks based on other artists' songs cannot be downloaded
API support with 6,132-character composition chunks rolled out 2026-09-14

What happened

ElevenLabs shipped Music v2.5 as the new default music model across ElevenMusic (elevenmusic.io), ElevenCreative and the API. Model file: data/models/elevenlabs-music-v2-5.md.

Why it matters

It is a licensed-by-design competitor to Suno and Udio. The download protections were built with labels and publishers.

Changelog

2026-09-29: created

Models

Eleven Music v2.5 ElevenLabs · current

Videos (1)

Introducing Music v2.5

ElevenLabs · 2026-09-11 · official

Description by Gemini, which watched the video:

Summary
This is an official announcement teaser from ElevenLabs introducing Eleven Music v2.5. The video showcases an AI-generated song featuring female vocals, instrumentation, and choir harmonies centered around the experience of creating music with AI.

What is shown

[00:00 - 00:32] Graphic title card reading "IIEleven Music / Introducing Music V2.5" above an iridescent, fluid blue sphere visualizer while a generated song plays with rhythmic beats, spoken/singing female vocals, humming, and backing instrumentation.
[00:33 - 00:39] Closing splash screen displaying the ElevenMusic logo and the URL elevenmusic.io.

Claims & numbers

none

Notable quotes

[00:06] "Started as a hum now it's got a heartbeat, yeah."
[00:23] "It's got strings on it now and a choir I can't afford and it sounds like a tune."
[00:28] "No caps, no cages, no small print in the dark, made it on Eleven and it's mine."

Assessment
This is an official marketing teaser showcasing an audio output sample from ElevenLabs' Music v2.5 model. While it demonstrates high audio fidelity and coherent vocal synthesis, it is a promotional clip that does not show the generation prompt, parameters, or user interface.

Described by gemini-3.8-flash on 2026-09-29 from the video's audio and frames.

Related events

2026-09-28ElevenLabs launches Eleven v4 and Eleven v4 Turbo, #1 on Artificial Analysis TTS arena ★★★★
2026-09-21ElevenLabs Studio 4.0 turns ElevenCreative into an agentic AI video editor ★★

Sources (4)

id: 2026-09-11-elevenlabs-music-v2-5 · updated 2026-09-29 · open in the interactive timeline