Extend & edit

Give a saved iLoveSong a different musical interpretation

Create a cover in iLoveSong: select a completed vocal song, enter the new style, review its lyrics and title, then compare the resulting arrangement with the original.

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Open a finished vocal song in iLoveSong to make a cover with a different feel. You can keep its words or adjust them before generation, then compare the new performance with the saved original.

Open the tool for your song

In iLoveSong, open My Music Collection at /musics, enter the song’s detail page and find the correct completed song card. Choose More → Cover. A record can contain several results, so preview the particular card before opening the operation.

Check the source before generating

Cover requires a completed, eligible vocal song. A source marked as instrumental is not supported by this operation, and some partial results cannot open it. For an instrumental that needs singing, use the separate vocal-adding workflow instead. You can upload a recording you are entitled to use, wait for processing, and then check its available actions.

This is a paid operation, currently 2 credits per submission. Check the displayed balance and cost. Cover is a musical reinterpretation, not a way to select a specific person’s verified voice; the resulting singer and performance details may change.

Fill in a direction that can be heard

Enter a title, style, and lyrics. All three are required for a vocal cover. Limits are 80 characters for the title, 1,000 for style and 5,000 for lyrics. Review inherited words rather than assuming they match the recording. For an uploaded source without lyrics in the field, supply the words you want sung.

Describe the lead instrument, groove, energy and vocal delivery. A concise arrangement such as acoustic guitar, brushed percussion and an intimate vocal is easier to assess than a list of incompatible genres. Keep the original lyrics for a more faithful interpretation; edit them deliberately when a changed text is part of the goal.

Compare the new interpretation

Submit once and wait for the new results in your song history. The original remains available. The interface describes the cover as creating two versions; listen to the actual completed results before choosing one. Compare the melody’s recognizable shape, section order, pronunciation and the new arrangement, without assuming any of them will be reproduced exactly.

If the musical identity has drifted too far, simplify the style request and try again from the preferred source. A request for softer drums or a stronger last chorus may be better expressed through Smart refine. To replace one timed lyric passage, use section editing. Neither downloading nor changing style grants additional rights to somebody else’s composition or recording.

Try a focused version

For a song for a family celebration, try this direction: “gentle piano, a warm voice and an easy-to-sing chorus.” Keep the source lyrics for the first comparison, then judge the opening, first chorus and ending at a similar listening level. Record what improved and what was lost. Make a second version with one deliberate change rather than changing the lyrics, tempo and instrumentation together.

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Sources and further reading

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