Facebook launches bars to create and share rap music
Facebook's internal R&D group called NPE Team has launched its next beta app, Bars.
And the app allows rappers to create and share their raps using professional beats over 60-second videos.
This is the second app that the NPE Team has launched in the music industry after the introduction of the music video app Collab.
And while Collab focuses on making music with others online, Bars instead targets potential rappers looking to create and share their own videos.
Within the application, users choose from hundreds of professional rhythms, then write their own words and record a video.
And Bars can also suggest rhymes automatically while writing the lyrics, while providing various audio and visual filters to accompany the videos, as well as an auto-tuning feature.
You can then post the videos to a TikTok-style feed, where people can watch and tag it, or share it on other social media platforms.
The app also promises studio-quality sound effects, including the AutoTune audio processor.
The app also promises an automatic rhyme dictionary for those who classify themselves as beginners upon registering for the app.
Despite the focus on music and rap in particular, the new app could somehow be considered another attempt by Facebook to develop one of TikTok's competitors, at least in this content category.
Bars is currently publishing a beta version of the iOS app store in the US and is opening its queue.
Facebook says:
It tends to open access to bar invitations in batches, starting in the US, and updates and news about the invitations are announced, meanwhile, on the Instagram platform.
The epidemic played a large role in the development of the application, and the announcement said:
Like Collab from the NPE Team, the pandemic has played a role in creating bars, blocking access to live music and places where rappers can conduct experiments.
Created in collaboration with a team of aspiring rappers, the app was launched today in a closed beta version.