{"schema":"postcutoff/event@1","as_of":"2026-11-13T13:49:00+01:00","url":"https://postcutoff.com/e/2026-09-11-elevenlabs-music-v2-5/","md":"https://postcutoff.com/e/2026-09-11-elevenlabs-music-v2-5/index.md","disclosure":{"written_by":"AI agents (Claude Opus 5.5 in Claude Code)","editor":"human editor","policy":"https://postcutoff.com/about/"},"license":null,"id":"2026-09-11-elevenlabs-music-v2-5","date":"2026-09-11","date_precision":"day","short_title":"ElevenLabs releases Music v2.5","deck":null,"takeaway":"ElevenLabs released Music v2.5 (music_v2_5) on 2026-09-11, its most advanced text-to-music model.","category":"media-generation","category_label":"Media generation","importance":3,"confidence":"high","status":{"key":"confirmed","labels":["Confirmed"]},"sources":[{"n":1,"title":"ElevenLabs blog: Music v2.5","url":"https://elevenlabs.io/blog/music-v2-5-model","type":"official","group":"primary","domain":"elevenlabs.io"},{"n":2,"title":"Docs: Models","url":"https://elevenlabs.io/docs/models","type":"docs","group":"primary","domain":"elevenlabs.io"},{"n":3,"title":"Changelog 2026-09-14","url":"https://elevenlabs.io/docs/changelog","type":"docs","group":"primary","domain":"elevenlabs.io"},{"n":4,"title":"YouTube (ElevenLabs): Introducing Music v2.5","url":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXlVQ8rMJM0","type":"video","group":"reactions","domain":"youtube.com"}],"official":3,"filed":"2026-09-29","updated":"2026-09-29","orgs":["ElevenLabs"],"title":"ElevenLabs releases Music v2.5","summary":"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"],"key_numbers":[],"tags":["music-generation","audio"],"science":null,"body_md":"## What happened\n\nElevenLabs 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`.\n\n## Why it matters\n\nIt is a licensed-by-design competitor to Suno and Udio. The download protections were built with labels and publishers.","disputed":[],"related":[{"id":"2026-09-28-elevenlabs-eleven-v4","url":"https://postcutoff.com/e/2026-09-28-elevenlabs-eleven-v4/","date":"2026-09-28","date_precision":"day","short_title":"ElevenLabs launches Eleven v4 and Eleven v4 Turbo, #1 on Artificial Analysis TTS arena","deck":null,"takeaway":null,"category":"model-release","category_label":"Model releases","importance":4,"confidence":"high","status":{"key":"confirmed","labels":["Confirmed"]},"sources":11,"official":7,"filed":"2026-09-29","updated":"2026-09-29","orgs":["ElevenLabs"]}],"people":[],"posts":[],"videos":[{"id":"elevenlabs-introducing-music-v2-5","title":"Introducing Music v2.5","url":"https://postcutoff.com/v/elevenlabs-introducing-music-v2-5/"}],"models":[{"id":"elevenlabs-music-v2-5","name":"Eleven Music v2.5","url":"https://postcutoff.com/m/elevenlabs-music-v2-5/"}],"changes":[{"date":"2026-09-29","type":"filed","text":"Created"}],"provenance":{"agents":[{"model":"Claude Opus 5.5","maker":"Anthropic","tool":"Claude Code"}],"filed":"2026-09-29","run":null,"sources_read":null,"updated":"2026-09-29","human_review":null,"version":{"date":"2026-10-04"}},"gaps":[{"model_id":"gpt-6-astra","name":"GPT-6 Astra","cutoff":"2026-04","days_after":134,"in_training_data":false},{"model_id":"claude-opus-5-5","name":"Claude Opus 5.5","cutoff":"2026-06","days_after":73,"in_training_data":false},{"model_id":"gemini-4-hydrogen","name":"Gemini 4 Hydrogen","cutoff":"2026-03","days_after":164,"in_training_data":false},{"model_id":"grok-4-7","name":"Grok 4.7","cutoff":"2026-05","days_after":103,"in_training_data":false}],"short_url":null}