Suno launches v6 AI music models trained with licensed label data

The v6 lineup consists of three models: v6, the company's new flagship offering, which Suno describes as reliable and capable of delivering polished music across genres; v6-wild, an experimental model for users seeking unexpected results; and v6-mini, a faster version available to free accounts. Pro and Premier subscribers can access v6 and v6-wild, while Suno said it will retire its older models.

According to Engadget, the new models are faster and add several features. Users can edit specific sections of a song using natural language, create mashups by instructing the model to pull vocals from one song and drums from another, and replace a single lyric without regenerating the whole track. Sampling is more precise, and the models can generate songs from text, images, video or other audio. They can also translate a described mood into a track. "They're looking for a brainstorming partner, and so v6-wild is our most creative model yet," Jack Brody, Suno's chief product officer, told Engadget. He declined to give technical specifics, saying only that v6 was trained from the ground up with a dataset that includes licensed partner data and user data, plus internal fine-tuning.

The launch formalizes Suno's relationship with labels after years of tension. In 2024, a group of major labels including Warner Music sued Suno, accusing it of copyright infringement at a massive scale, Engadget noted. Warner dropped its lawsuit in 2025 in exchange for a licensing agreement that, per Engadget, gave its artists full control over how their voices and music are used in AI tracks. Suno also struck a deal with BMG last month, according to TechCrunch. Brody said on launch day that the partnership begins generating revenue for partners immediately, and he told TechCrunch the release opens additional revenue streams for rights holders and artists. Suno is also building an opt-in program with labels that would let users remix songs from participating artists.

Suno still faces lawsuits from Sony Music, Universal Music Group and artists including Jason Isbell, according to TechCrunch. The day before the v6 announcement, the company admitted to training earlier models on YouTube videos, TechCrunch reported; Engadget additionally cited a 2026 leak that found Suno had scraped years of music and podcasts from YouTube, Deezer and other platforms for previous training data. The company has raised more than $819 million, according to PitchBook data cited by TechCrunch.