Spotify Clips ended: upload a 1080p full-length video instead

If you are a music artist who used Spotify Clips, the replacement is a full-length landscape video, and you can build the file with one Sume Timeline render: your song as the audio spine, your footage as 16:9 slots, output 1920x1080 at 30 fps. Spotify's page says that as of June 17, 2026, new Clips uploads are no longer available, and existing Clips stay live.

Spotify's page also says eligible artists can upload videos directly in Spotify for Artists. The feature is in a gradual rollout, so check your own account before you plan a release around it.

What changed for artists?

Spotify's Clips article says new Clips uploads ended on June 17, 2026. Clips that are already live remain, and the Clips inside Countdown Pages are now called countdown videos. In their place, eligible artists can upload full-length videos: official music videos, live performances, studio sessions and covers. Spotify says these can be royalty-bearing and potentially chart-eligible.

The upload requirements page describes the program as a beta with tens of thousands of artists and a waitlist. Admins and Editors on the Artist and Label team can upload.

What does a Spotify video file need?

The same page lists the shape of an eligible file. The right column shows how a Sume Timeline render lines up with it.

How do I build it?

Import the master audio and your footage so they are media.sume.com files. Then one render covers the whole video. Slots must start at 0 and increase, and a slot's source_in picks the in-point of its file. Set output.fps to 30 so the render does not resample from a mixed set of sources.

curl -X POST https://api.sume.com/v1/timeline-1.0/render \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $SUME_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Idempotency-Key: spotify-video-001" \
  -d '{
    "audio": { "url": "https://media.sume.com/artifacts/artf_song/master.wav", "duration_seconds": 180 },
    "output": { "width": 1920, "height": 1080, "fps": 30 },
    "video": [
      { "source_url": "https://media.sume.com/artifacts/artf_a/verse.mp4", "start": 0, "duration": 90 },
      { "source_url": "https://media.sume.com/artifacts/artf_b/chorus.mp4", "start": 90, "duration": 90,
        "transition": { "type": "dissolve", "duration": 0.5 } }
    ]
  }'

What if my footage is longer than the song?

Cut it first with video trim: one job takes start plus end or duration and returns a new MP4 for $0.02. Timeline itself prices at $0.10 per output minute, so a 3-minute video is $0.30 for the render plus $0.02 for each trim. Use fit: "cover" (the default) to fill the frame, or blur if a clip is not 16:9 and you would rather not crop it.

What does Spotify still do with short promo video?

Spotify's countdown pages show countdown videos next to pre-save, tracklist and merch. Spotify says to publish at least 7 days before release, and that artists who do see nearly 2x more pre-saves. That is Spotify's figure about timing, not about video, so use it as a calendar rule: build the 1080p file for the release and a shorter vertical cut for the countdown page.