YouTube Shorts adds music video remixing as UMG goes silent on TikTok

YouTube now lets creators add and remix music movies of their Shorts. In its publish saying the characteristic, YouTube factors out that creators can use music movies from artists like Beyoncé and Maggie Rogers — even as TikTook fights with the file label representing them. The timing suggests it’s a direct response to TikTook’s present music licensing battle.

The new choice is a win for YouTube, which at present provides customers entry to UMG’s libraries as TikTook battles with the label. TikTook at present doesn’t provide the power to remix music movies both, which provides YouTube an edge over its largest short-form video rival.

The new remixing choice provides creators the power to make a Short alongside the music video, add the music video as a background, as properly as use its sound. Creators may also lower and incorporate clips from the music video of their Shorts.

To entry the characteristic, customers can faucet the “remix” button immediately on a music video and select how they wish to remix it.