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Concepts you can make today

Spotify Canvas ideas for every kind of track

Twelve loops that work behind a song, sorted by who you are and what the track sounds like. Each one is a photo, a style and a trim, which is the whole input Muzie needs.

First video free to try. A Canvas is the cheapest thing you will make for a release.

Videos people have already made with Muzie

Music video made with Muzie: Mythos

Mythos

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Music video made with Muzie: Halloween

Halloween

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Music video made with Muzie: Slim Shady

Slim Shady

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Music video made with Muzie: Mr. Cheddar

Mr. Cheddar

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How to turn an idea into a Canvas

Every concept below is the same four steps with a different photo and style.

Step 1

Pick the hook

Trim the track to the line the Canvas should perform. The chorus, usually. Spotify plays it silently, so the audio only drives the lip sync.

Step 2

Pick the photo

The press shot, the cover art, the band photo, or a scene with no one in it. The concept decides which.

Step 3

Pick the style

Photoreal for a press-shot look, cinematic film for mood, anime or comic book for a stylised profile.

Step 4

Trim and upload

Muzie exports portrait. Keep the 5 to 8 seconds that repeat cleanly, then upload the file in Spotify for Artists.

Twelve Canvas concepts, by genre and mood

Six here, six more in the guides below. Pick the one that matches the song.

Singer: the chorus close-up

Your press shot performing the hook in photoreal, framed tight. The most shared Canvas format because the listener sees the exact line they are hearing.

Rapper: the stare

A held look straight down the lens, a slow push in, one line of the verse on the lips. Cinematic film style. It loops because nothing moves except the camera.

Band: the line-up

One photo of the whole band, everyone performing. Works as a loop because a line-up does not have to move much.

Producer: the room

No face, no lyrics. A studio at night, a street in rain, a beach at dawn, with a slow drift. For instrumental tracks and anonymous projects.

Any genre: the cover art, alive

The artwork in the style it was made in, with subtle motion. The safest Canvas, because it cannot clash with the cover it replaces.

Pop: the stylised you

You as anime or claymation for eight seconds. A style switch on the Canvas makes a small profile look like a big one.

Pick the look of the loop

Six concepts above, six looks here. Most combinations work.

Anime style for a Spotify Canvas

Anime

Cartoon style for a Spotify Canvas

Cartoon

Comic book style for a Spotify Canvas

Comic book

Claymation style for a Spotify Canvas

Claymation

Pixel art style for a Spotify Canvas

Pixel art

Cinematic film style for a Spotify Canvas

Cinematic film

Spotify Canvas idea questions

The things artists ask when choosing a concept.

For an artist with a face on the cover, the chorus close-up: the listener sees you perform the line they are hearing. For instrumental or anonymous projects, the cover art moving or a mood scene. Match the concept to how the track is already presented.

Yes. The Canvas replaces the cover on screen, so a loop in a different palette or style looks like a glitch. Either animate the artwork itself or shoot the artist in the same look.

Yes. Use the cover art, a scene with no one in it, or a stylised character. A faceless Canvas still moves the profile and still gets the share and save uplift.

Ideally. One concept per release keeps each song distinct and makes the discography read as intentional. The same session can produce one per track.

Minutes. Upload the photo and the track, pick a style, trim to 5 to 8 seconds. Because a Canvas is so short it is also the fastest thing in Muzie to iterate on.

Your first video is free to try. Longer or higher quality videos use tokens, and a Canvas is the shortest thing you can make, so it is also the cheapest.

Pick one idea, make it in minutes

The photo is already on your phone and the track is already mastered. Choose a concept, trim to the hook, and upload the loop that does not restart.