YouTube has just launched a new feature that allows and turn them into shorts. This allows you to adjust various parameters of an entire music video to create something totally unique. Does this sound like TikTok? It definitely sounds like TikTok.
Is that how it works. Just tap “remix” on a music video. You will be presented with four options: Sound, Green Screen, Cut, and Collaborate. You can only choose one, so choose wisely. The Sound tool does what you think. It removes the audio and allows you to use it in your own YouTube short. This is the kind of thing that is very popular on TikTok, where many users lip sync to various audio clips. This sound tool is available for any music video and most songs that were automatically uploaded to the platform.
Green Screen goes one step further. It turns the video into a background, in front of which you can then dance or whatever. The Crop tool simply trims a five-second portion of the video that you can add to any Clip. Finally, Collab creates a side-by-side video that places your short alongside the original content. YouTube says this is the perfect option when “you and your friends” want to show off choreography alongside the original artist.
The feature is now available on the mobile app, although it may not have been rolled out to all users yet. If you want to check it out, simply open the app, click on a music video and look for the “remix” option. It's worth noting that they were already there, but not in a useful tab.
YouTube Shorts was already similar to TikTok when it came out, but these features make it even more, er, more TikTok. With that in mind, YouTube chose the perfect time to officially launch the toolset. Universal Music pulled its TikTok roster after a breakdown in financial negotiations. UMG artists include Taylor Swift, Drake, Billie Eilish and many more.
This has forced TikTok creators to change music tracks, as everything coming from Universal is automatically muted. The record label accused TikTok of wanting to pay a “fraction” of the rates offered by other social media sites. YouTube's Remix tool has access to Universal's entire roster.
