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Apple Music users will soon be able to sing along to their favorite hits right inside the app.
On Tuesday (Dec. 6), Apple announced the launch of a built-in karaoke function on the streaming service, which will be available to all Apple Music subscribers worldwide later this month. Dubbed Apple Music Sing, the feature will be accessible on iPhone, iPad and the newest model of the Apple TV 4K, with tens of millions of songs available at launch.
Apple Music Sing is similar to a typical karaoke player, highlighting the streamer’s onscreen lyrics beat by beat. Additional functionality includes the option to adjust a song’s vocal levels; the separation of background vocals from main vocals to make the lyrics easier to follow; and a “duet view” that places lyrics from multiple vocalists on opposite sides of the screen to make multi-singer tracks easier to navigate.
Along with the new feature, Apple Music will additionally be launching a suite of more than 50 thematic Apple Music Sing playlists grouping songs together by genre, decade and more.
“Apple Music’s lyrics experience is consistently one of the most popular features on our service,” said Oliver Schusser, vp of Apple Music and Beats, in a statement on the launch. “We already know our users all over the world love to follow along to their favorite songs, so we wanted to evolve this offering even further to enable even more engagement around music through singing. It’s really a lot of fun, our customers are going to love it.”
Victoria Beckham joined Anne Hathaway as a guest on the latest episode of Watch What Happens Live, and host Andy Cohen treated fans to a fun little Q&A with Posh Spice.
After dishing on her first concert, favorite part of her skincare routine and favorite romantic comedy, Beckham was asked what her favorite karaoke song is.
While the star initially opted for the Spice Girls‘ classic “Spice Up Your Life,” she immediately changed her mind and decided on the girl group’s 1997 hit, “Stop.” “It’s got a really great little dance routine that goes down a storm when doing karaoke,” Beckham explained.
When Hathaway asked if the Spice Girl could show off her iconic girl group moves, Posh declined. “Oh, come on, no!” she playfully said.
While Beckham had her own favorite Spice Girls hits to take the karaoke stage with, Billboard ranked “Wannabe” as No. 43 on our greatest karaoke songs of all time list. “I think most people love that song. It doesn’t matter the age. It’s one of those the energy is up there. And it’s repetitive, so everybody knows the word,” said KJ Danny, former karaoke operator of Melody Bar in Westchester, Calif., and The Shack in Playa del Rey, Calif.
Watch Beckham and Hathaway on Watch What Happens Live below.