You wrote the lyrics.
An AI tool made the beat and the vocals.
That is AI-assisted.
It is AI-assisted on Spotify and the other stores. Only YouTube Music calls it Fully AI.
On Oct 15 we said this was Fully AI everywhere. That was too strict. We fixed it.
Your words are a human part
The lyrics are yours. A person wrote them.
That is real work. It shows up in the song.
So when you pick AI-assisted and tap Original lyrics, it stays AI-assisted.
Same if you arranged it, wrote the prompts, mixed it or mastered it. Or if you just tell us what you did in your own words.
We never switch you to Fully AI. Fully AI is only when you pick it.
The YouTube Music exception
YouTube Music has its own labels. Fully Gen AI. Partly Gen AI. No Gen AI.
For Partly Gen AI, they want a person in the audio.
You sang. You played. Or you wrote the melody that plays in the final mix.
A lyric sheet alone does not meet their bar. So YouTube Music may label lyrics over an AI recording as Fully Gen AI.
That is their call. It does not change how we treat your song.
What we send
We send AI-assisted.
We tell the stores your lyrics are human. The music and vocals are marked as AI.
That is the honest picture. Every store gets the same facts.
Tell the truth on upload
Pick how the song was made.
Tap everything a person did.
Write it in your own words if you want.
We save it with your song. You can see it on your artist profile.
We still deliver Fully AI too. Even if a store will not pay for it. Delivery is not a paycheck.
Words artists should not have to guess
AI-assisted. Fully AI. Partly Gen AI. Fully Gen AI.
They are easy to mix up. Here is the short version.
You wrote the lyrics, AI made the recording: AI-assisted. YouTube Music may say Fully Gen AI.
You sang or played in the final mix: AI-assisted. YouTube Music says Partly Gen AI.
You typed a prompt and did nothing else: Fully AI, if that is what you pick.
Your move: fill the field, then release. The boxes are on what a human did. YouTube's three labels are on YouTube Music drew the line.
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