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# Pinterest adds music from WMG, Merlin, BMG
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/pinterest-adds-music-from-wmg-merlin-bmg/
- Published: 2022-10-19T13:05:17.000Z
- Updated: 2022-10-19T14:16:06.000Z
- Description: Pinterest is expanding the music catalog available to users of its TikTok-like short video feature “Idea Pins” via new licensing deals with Warner Music Group, Warner Chappell Music, Merlin, and. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2022/10/pinterest-adds-music-from-wmg-merlin-bmg.html]
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: DIY Advice & Tips, Music Marketing, DIY musicians, music, Music Business, music industry, Music Tech, musician, musicians, Pinterest, Spotify, TikTok, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 09:44

Pinterest is expanding the music catalog available to users of its TikTok-like short video feature “Idea Pins” via new licensing deals with Warner Music Group, Warner Chappell Music, Merlin, and BMG.

Pinterest’s existing royalty-free music library comes via 7Digital.

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/3a/95/3a957c06-c825-4057-9939-0a274cc16d23/content/images/spcdn-shortpixel-ai/spio/ret_img-q_cdnize/www-hypebot-com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/pinterest-adds-music.webp)

In addition to the expanded music catalog now available on iOS and Android, Pinterest also rolled out a new music user experience to make it easier to find and add tracks to Idea Pins. It gives users the ability to search for a track by song title, artist, or keyword.

### How To Add Music And Audio to Pinterest Idea Pins

**To add music to Idea Pins:**

● Open Idea Pins

● Click on the music icon

● Search track

● Add track

● Record

● Publish

**In addition to adding music tracks to content, users can also tap a suite of existing publishing tools to make inspiring content:**

● Video recording and editing for up to 20 pages of content

● Voice-over recording so creators can add their own personal voice

● Ghost mode transition tools (perfect for those before-and-afters!)

● Detail pages for instructions or ingredients

● Interactive elements like people tagging and stickers

● Multi-draft save so Creators can publish more ideas

● Export options to share content beyond Pinterest

● Topic tagging, a publishing feature that helps connect content to relevant interests

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**Bruce Houghton* is Founder and Editor of [Hypebot](https://www.hypebot.com/) and [MusicThinkTank](http://www.musicthinktank.com/?ref=hypebot.com) and serves as a Senior Advisor to [Bandsintown](https://www.bandsintown.com/?ref=hypebot.com) which acquired both publications in 2019\. He is the Founder and President of the[ Skyline Artists Agency](https://skylineonline.com/?ref=hypebot.com) and a professor for the [Berklee College Of Music](https://online.berklee.edu/courses/touring-101?ref=hypebot.com).*