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MiniMax releases MiniMax-Music3, an open-weights model that generates five-minute songs from lyrics
MiniMax has released MiniMax-Music3, an open-weights music model that generates complete five-minute songs from lyrics and a structured caption. The release extends MiniMax's open-source push into AI music generation.
MiniMax has released MiniMax-Music3, a new open-weights music model.
According to MarkTechPost, the model generates complete five-minute songs from lyrics and a structured caption describing the track.
That means creators can provide lyrics plus a structured description of style and arrangement, and the model outputs a full song rather than short fragments.
With open weights, developers can download the model and deploy or fine-tune it in their own projects.
Music generation is one of the fastest-warming areas of generative AI, and full-song capability has direct value for creator tools, music production, and content platforms.
For a Chinese AI company, the release continues a pattern of open-source deployment from text, image, and video into the audio and music track.
Watch next: availability of the weights and demos, quality feedback from early users, and community-built applications on top of the model.
Why it matters
MiniMax-Music3 pushes open-source AI music generation to full-song length, potentially accelerating AI-powered music creation tools and content production.
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