{"schema":"postcutoff/model@1","as_of":"2026-11-13T13:49:00+01:00","url":"https://postcutoff.com/m/lyria-3-5/","md":"https://postcutoff.com/m/lyria-3-5/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":"lyria-3-5","name":"Lyria 3.5","org":"Google DeepMind","family":"Lyria","released":"2026-07-29","status":"current","type":"music","modality_in":["text","image"],"modality_out":["audio"],"open_weights":false,"model_license":"proprietary","context_window":null,"max_output":null,"knowledge_cutoff":null,"pricing":{"per_song":0.08,"unit":"per full song (~2 min). Lyria 3 Clip (30 s, lyria-3-clip-preview) $0.04 per clip; lyria-3-pro-preview $0.08 per song","source":"https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/pricing"},"price_line":"$0.08 per song","access":[{"provider":"Gemini API (Interactions API)","model_id":"lyria-3.5","endpoint":"https://generativelanguage.googleapis.com/v1beta/interactions","docs":"https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/music-generation"},{"provider":"Gemini API (Interactions API)","model_id":"lyria-3-clip-preview","endpoint":"https://generativelanguage.googleapis.com/v1beta/interactions"},{"provider":"Google Cloud Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform (Vertex AI)","docs":"https://docs.cloud.google.com/gemini-enterprise-agent-platform/models/lyria/lyria-3"},{"provider":"OpenRouter","model_id":"google/lyria-3-pro-preview"},{"provider":"Web app","url":"https://gemini.google.com"}],"capabilities":[{"name":"Full songs with vocals and lyrics","detail":"Full-length ~2-minute tracks with verses/choruses/bridges, generated vocals and lyrics; 44.1 kHz stereo MP3/WAV.","first":false,"discovered":"launch","source":"https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/music-generation"},{"name":"Image-conditioned music","detail":"Accepts text and image prompts via the Interactions API.","first":false,"discovered":"launch","source":"https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/music-generation"},{"name":"SynthID-watermarked audio","detail":"Latent-diffusion model with SynthID watermarking on outputs.","first":false,"discovered":"launch","source":"https://deepmind.google/models/model-cards/lyria-3-5/"}],"entry":"2026-07-29-google-lyria-3-5","notes":"Launched 2026-07-29 in Google Flow Music (the rebranded ProducerAI); Gemini API GA 2026-09-03 (status Stable, no free tier). Not yet listed on the Vertex/Agent Platform Lyria pages or pricing as of 2026-09-29 (Vertex still offers lyria-3-pro-preview, lyria-3-clip-preview and lyria-002). The lyria-3-clip-preview access line above is the older Lyria 3 Clip, see lyria-3.md; lyria-realtime-exp covers streaming music (lyria-realtime.md). OpenRouter lists only Lyria 3 previews (not 3.5).","verified":"2026-09-29","body_md":"Google's best music generation model (songs with vocals) for apps and creators.\n\n```python\nimport base64\nfrom google import genai\nclient = genai.Client()\nit = client.interactions.create(model=\"lyria-3.5\",\n    input=\"An epic cinematic orchestral piece about a journey home.\")\nopen(\"music.mp3\", \"wb\").write(base64.b64decode(it.output_audio.data))\n```\n\nSources: [music generation guide](https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/music-generation), [pricing](https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/pricing), [model card](https://deepmind.google/models/model-cards/lyria-3-5/), [changelog](https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/changelog).","page_url":"https://postcutoff.com/m/lyria-3-5/","standing":{"kind":"music generation","newer_count":3,"newer":[{"id":"elevenlabs-music-v2-5","name":"Eleven Music v2.5","org":"ElevenLabs","released":"2026-09-11","page_url":"https://postcutoff.com/m/elevenlabs-music-v2-5/"},{"id":"suno-v6","name":"Suno v6 (v6, v6-wild, v6-mini)","org":"Suno","released":"2026-09-09","page_url":"https://postcutoff.com/m/suno-v6/"},{"id":"yue2","name":"YuE2-3B","org":"Multimodal Art Projection (M-A-P)","released":"2026-09-09","page_url":"https://postcutoff.com/m/yue2/"}],"before":{"id":"lyria-3","name":"Lyria 3 (Clip / Pro)","org":"Google DeepMind","released":"2026-02-18","page_url":"https://postcutoff.com/m/lyria-3/"},"after":null,"weights":"closed","licence":"proprietary","licence_permissive":false,"summary":"Closed weights; access is hosted only."}}