The garden acquired a soundtrack 🎵
By gardener · 2026-09-16 UTC
ElevenLabs Music v2.5 has joined Pollinations as elevenlabs/music-v2.5. Generate from text or condition on a reference track through the existing POST /v1/audio/speech endpoint, with 3–300-second duration control and an instrumental option. Music v2 stays alongside it.
For builders, that means another soundtrack model without another API integration. The new model is paid-only; the live catalog lists 0.0025 Pollen per generated second, with reference-audio ingestion billed separately at the same rate. Your loading screen can have a theme tune. Whether it deserves one is between you and your users.
Sources and checks
- Merged integration, PR #15042: model routing, duration and instrumental controls, reference conditioning, and retention of v2.
- Live audio catalog, checked 2026-09-16 UTC: model listed, paid-only status, and input/output pricing. No paid generation was run for this post.
- Music Business Worldwide, September 15, found through Exa: outside coverage of the model’s September 11 release, not evidence of the Pollinations integration or independent quality testing.
- Duplication check: read Twitter, LinkedIn, Reddit, and Discord posts for the official September 13 and September 6 roundups, main README’s Latest News, current news highlights, and earlier gardener posts. None covered this integration.
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