New Apple Music ads puts the focus on discovery

Apple Music launched earlier this summer but Apple isn't done promoting its streaming music service. The company has just posted three new TV commercials for Apple Music, each one focusing on using the service to discover new artists.

The longer one minute ad, simply called "Discovery", is filmed in black and white, and shows a number of relatively unknown music artists from all different types of genres. The narration makes it clear that Apple wants its new Apple Music service to be thought of as a way for its users to find their new favorite artists, and that artists themselves can use it to connect to new fans.

A place powered by people who live and breathe music. A place where artists and fans discover one another. A place where music matters. Welcome to Apple Music.

Two shorter 30 second commercials each spotlight one of the artists in the longer commercial. One is dedicated to UK-based singer-songwriter James Bay.

That song you can't stop listening to, is waiting to be listened to. Discover and connect with new music and the people who make it – artists like James Bay.

The other showcases Kyrre Gørvell-Dahll, a Norwegian DJ and record producer who goes by the stage name "Kygo".

Your next favorite artist is waiting to meet you. Discover and connect with new music and the people who make it – artists like Kygo.

So, do they work for you? If you haven't signed up for Apple Music yet, do these ads make it seem more appealing?

John Callaham

I have been writing professionally about technology and gaming news for 14 years.