Facebook is about to get a lot more musical.
The social network is coming for Musical.ly with a new feature called Lip Sync Live that is sure to deliver the LOLs. Unveiled Tuesday, Lip Sync Live "lets you lip sync to songs from forever favorites like 'Welcome to The Jungle' by Guns N' Roses to new hits like 'Havana' by Camila Cabello," Facebook's Head of Music Business Development and Partnerships Tamara Hrivnak and Head of Music and Rights Fred Beteille wrote in a blog post. Check out the video below to see how it works.
Lip Sync LivePosted by Facebook on Tuesday, June 5, 2018
To try it out, tap the Live button inside the Facebook app, choose the Lip Sync option, select a song from the list—like Ed Sheeran's "Happier" or Drake's "God's Plan"—and give it your best shot. You can add a description to your video and customize it with masks or a background, if you like.
Friends who view your rendition will see the artist and song highlighted on the video.
Meanwhile, Facebook is also working with the music industry to start letting people include copyrighted music in other videos they post to the platform. Facebook said it's currently testing this in "several markets" and plans to make it available more broadly at some point "soon."
In the near future, you may also be able to add your favorite jams to your Facebook stories. Facebook plans to start testing options for that "in the coming months."
"We're looking forward to continuing to work with the music industry to create new ways for people to connect and express themselves through music across our family of apps," Hrivnak and Beteille wrote.