Universal Music Group and Supersocial Announce 'Beat Galaxy' on Roblox - A Groundbreaking Music Hub featuring Artists and Music from UMG

15 December 2023 - Press release

UMG leads the expansion of music on Roblox in partnership with Supersocial, to help pioneer metaverse-native music discovery. 

Beat Galaxy brings some of the world's most popular artists, labels and music to the platform for Roblox users to experience in game.    

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Universal Music Group (UMG), the world leader in music-based entertainment, and Supersocial, a pioneer in virtual world development, have today announced the launch of Beat Galaxy, an innovative new music hub on Roblox, the immersive platform for communication and connection.

Building on several successful activations on Roblox by UMG artists and labels, Beat Galaxy is a next-generation social experience centered around music discovery, featuring a fully interactive social space where fans and newcomers can meet, discover, and share their favorite artists and music. From towering amplifiers to a 24/7 virtual club and themed UMG artist takeovers, every aspect of the immersive space encourages discovery. The experience launches today (12/14) in the U.S. with further markets to follow.

The Beat Galaxy experience on Roblox is architected to become the virtual epicenter for a wide range of UMG labels and artist integrations, launching with Interscope Records Artist, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, activist and actor YUNGBLUD. Each new label integrated into the persistent experience will feature an in-experience takeover including exclusive content from their featured artists, such as custom track runners, dedicated world spaces, and limited virtual items including avatar fashion items and accessories.

Michael Nash, Chief Digital Officer and Executive Vice-President, Universal Music Group said, "We're excited to partner with Roblox and Supersocial on Beat Galaxy, which aspires to take the experience of music in the metaverse to the next level in terms of scope, creativity and commercial opportunity. UMG is committed to driving innovation to expand our portfolio of influential platforms such as Roblox, which our artists can use to connect with and engage audiences as technological change continues to transform the consumer landscape."

"For UMG, Beat Galaxy represents a dynamic step forward in entertainment innovation, allowing us to change the way that music fans, artists and labels interact with one another. Beat Galaxy is a living, breathing music experience, and alongside Supersocial, we believe that we've created the go-to music getaway on Roblox," said Alvaro G. Velilla, Senior Vice President, New Business at UMG.

Beat Galaxy features songs and labels from UMG's catalog on the Roblox platform and allows users to socialize and immerse themselves in the music, with fully integrated "track runner" style rhythm gameplay capable of supporting multiple players at once in real-time. Beat Galaxy launches with one of the largest song catalogs of any experience on the Roblox platform, with tracks spanning a wide range of popular music genres from EDM and Pop to Rock and Urban and include hit songs by Glass Animals, Kid Cudi, Becky Hill and more.

"In collaboration with UMG we've been able to bring something unique to the industry. Beat Galaxy creates a next-generation music discovery experience on Roblox that not only provides an opportunity for a fun social gameplay, but creates true utility for music discovery beyond the algorithm in a community-driven way that's never been done before," said Yonatan Raz-Fridman, founder and CEO of Supersocial.

In addition to acting as a rhythm game and music discovery hub for new music and artists, Beat Galaxy will also serve as a future venue for live concerts and themed pop-up shops centered around live performances in-experience. Future expansion includes the ability for users to travel to other virtual UMG worlds and experiences on Roblox via in-experience portals, creating the ultimate interconnected UMG galaxy.