Eleven Music v2.5
Announced 2026-09-11 (blog + YouTube). music_v2 and music_v1 remain available (v1 'outclassed by v2/v2.5'). Preferred over v2 in a blind test of 47,885 sample pairs; biggest gains in R&B/soul, hip hop/trap, rock/metal, orchestral/cinematic. Downloads: Free 5 lossless/day, Pro 400/month; tracks based on other artists' songs cannot be downloaded (protections built with labels/publishers).
- Input
- text, audio
- Output
- audio
- License
- proprietary
- Pricing
- per minute: $0.15 (per minute of generated music (API)) source
- Verified
- 2026-09-29
How to call it
| Provider | Model id | Endpoint / URL | Docs |
|---|---|---|---|
| ElevenLabs API | music_v2_5 | https://api.elevenlabs.io/v1/music | docs |
| Web app (ElevenMusic) | — | elevenmusic.io | — |
Notable capabilities (3)
- Commercially cleared music generation: Richer melodies and live-sounding instruments, built for commercial use; lossless downloads on every plan incl. Free. source
- Composition plans and audio reference: Music v2 line supports structured composition plans and reference-audio generation (v2.5 default for prompted and reference generation). source
- Composition-plan chunks via API (found after launch): API support rolled out 2026-09-14 with 6,132-character composition chunks; waveform visual data via with_waveform_visual (2026-08-03). source
Text-to-music (vocals or instrumental) via API or ElevenMusic.
curl -X POST https://api.elevenlabs.io/v1/music -H "xi-api-key: $ELEVENLABS_API_KEY" -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"prompt":"upbeat indie pop, female vocals, summer road trip","music_length_ms":30000,"model_id":"music_v2_5"}' -o song.mp3
Launch video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXlVQ8rMJM0
Sources: https://elevenlabs.io/docs/models , https://elevenlabs.io/pricing/api , https://elevenlabs.io/blog/music-v2-5-model , https://elevenlabs.io/docs/changelog
Timeline entry
- ElevenLabs releases Music v2.5 ★★★
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.
Other ElevenLabs models
Eleven v4 / Eleven v4 Turbo · Eleven v3 Conversational · Scribe v2 / Scribe v2 Medical · Scribe v2 Realtime · Eleven Sound Effects v2 · Eleven v3 · Eleven Flash v2.5 / Flash v2 · Eleven Multilingual v2 · Eleven Multilingual STS v2 (Voice Changer) · Eleven Voice Design v3 (Text to Voice) · Eleven Dubbing v2 · Scribe v1 · Eleven Turbo v2.5 / Turbo v2