Twitter rolled out a new feature enabling users to upload and share audio only tweets. Called Voice Tweets, the feature is limited to 140-second clips giving tweeters the opportunity to record their tweets as audio.
You can Tweet a Tweet. But now you can Tweet your voice!
Rolling out today on iOS, you can now record and Tweet with audio. pic.twitter.com/jezRmh1dkD
— Twitter (@Twitter) June 17, 2020
Several musicians have become early adopters of audio tweets sharing messages to fans, previewing new music, and in one case, writing a song about it.
Liz Phair is such a huge fan of the new Voice Tweet function that she penned a song dedicated to it.
“Twitter has a new sound feature and I like it very much,” she sings. “I like it a lot, I’ll probably use it too much.”
“Oh yeah, Twitter shouldn’t do this to people/Who can’t keep their hands off instruments, can’t stop making ditties in their minds.” She continues, “Wake up from sleep with a song in their heads/Don’t be surprised if you never hear from me again because I’m just playing with the sound feature…”
New toy :)🥰 pic.twitter.com/CTlNGC7KEv
— Liz Phair (@PhizLair) June 17, 2020
If Liz Phair opts to make an entire album of Voice Tweets, she’s certainly off to a great start.
Other artists taking part in the new feature include Cardi B, who used a silly voice while testing it out. John Legend posted a preview of his duet with Jhene Aiko “U Move, I Move” from his upcoming album. Lin-Manuel Miranda “tested” out the new feature by playing “Helpless” from Hamilton on the piano.
Voice Tweets are currently being tested out to a limited group of users on iOS to begin with. However, anyone with a Twitter account will be able to see, hear, and reply to the tweets.
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