Pika's music model takes text, lyrics, a voice reference, a music reference — or any mix of those — in one shared decoder. It already sits in SunoMV's model list next to MiniMax Music, so you can generate the song and get a lyric-synced music video out of the same session. Free to preview.
If you already have lyrics plus a vocal take, or a reference track whose feel you cannot name, Pika Music is the model that was built for that combination — one decoder, not a chain of separate tools. If you mainly want cleaner Mandarin vocals and named guitar techniques, MiniMax 3.0 is still the more specific pick. If you already have a Suno song URL, skip generation and go straight to the video step. Sound quality is subjective: run the same lyrics through Pika and MiniMax and listen.
Pika's own write-up is explicit: this is not a chain of separate tools. Text, lyrics, vocal character and reference 'vibe' meet inside one latent-diffusion decoder and resolve as a complete track.
A style prompt, finished lyrics, a short vocal take, an existing track, or a combination. You do not switch models when the starting material changes.
A vocal clip can steer timbre and delivery. A music reference can carry the feel you cannot name. Both compose with lyrics instead of replacing them.
Pika documents a six-minute ceiling — long enough for a full song, not just a hook. Length is a real parameter on the API, so a longer lyric sheet can ask for a longer arrangement.
Pika published a fixed-lyrics Audiobox Aesthetics run covering 15 creative directions. The scores sit in Suno's top tier. Speed and price are the other two axes — and they are Pika's numbers, not ours.
Content Enjoyment 7.403 (Suno 7.412) and Production Quality 8.064 (Suno 8.151) on Pika's fixed-lyrics benchmark. That is a rounding-error gap on enjoyment, not a different league.
About 14.5× faster than playback, in Pika's own local tests. That is their hardware, not SunoMV's queue — treat it as a speed claim from the vendor, then A/B it in the picker.
Pika prices Music at $0.015/min and claims up to 10× cheaper than comparable models. In SunoMV it bills at the same 1-credit baseline as MiniMax, not a premium commercial-license row.
Most places let you generate a song and stop there. SunoMV treats the song as raw material: pick Pika Music, write a line, and the lyrics get split into shots and turned into a music video you can post.
Pika Music is a selectable model alongside MiniMax 3.0, Suno V5.5 and the rest — no waitlist, no API key, no extra setup. MiniMax stays in the list if you prefer its character.
Write full lyrics if you have them, or a single sentence and let the AI expand it. Instrumental-only works too — skip the lyrics and describe the style.
Every line is auto-timed to the music and each section gets its own generated scene, so the finished video reads even with the sound off.
Nothing to install, no editor to learn, and no separate song-generation account.
Open the create page and select Pika Music from the model list — it sits next to MiniMax 3.0. Describe the style; attach a reference audio if you are covering a track.
Paste finished lyrics, or write a single sentence and let the AI expand it. For an instrumental, skip the lyrics entirely.
The lyrics are timed to the beat and each section gets a generated scene. Preview the whole video free, then export vertical, square or widescreen.
No model is universally better — only better fitted. These are the cases where Pika Music is the one to reach for.
Lyrics plus a vocal clip, or a style prompt plus a reference track. Pika's decoder was designed to compose those signals, not run them as separate jobs.
Pika's own local test generated a 90-second song in 6.25 seconds. Even if SunoMV's queue is slower than that, the model is built for trying another lyric or arrangement without leaving the loop.
API list price is $0.015/min, and in SunoMV it costs the same 1 credit as MiniMax. It sits on the cheap full-length row, not a premium commercial-license one.
Pika Music is Pika Labs' music generation model, introduced in August 2026. It generates a complete track from text, lyrics, a voice reference, a music reference, or a combination, using one shared latent-diffusion decoder rather than a chain of separate workflows.
On Pika's Audiobox numbers it is statistically next to Suno, not ahead of it. The reason to pick it is the input mix (voice + music reference in one model), the six-minute ceiling, and the price — not a claim that it 'beats Suno'. Listen to both.
Generate it inside SunoMV. Pick Pika Music in the model list, write your lyrics, and SunoMV times each line to the beat and generates a scene per section, exporting a vertical, square or widescreen music video. Previewing the finished video is free.
Capability claims, Audiobox scores and the 6.25-second local-test figure on this page come from Pika. We have not substituted our own generation-time measurement.
Pika Music accepts text, lyrics, voice-condition and music reference — individually or in combination — in one shared latent-diffusion decoder. Local tests generated a 90-second song in 6.21–6.25 seconds on average (~14.5× faster than playback). Tracks run up to six minutes.
Pika — Introducing Pika Music ↗On the fixed-lyrics Audiobox Aesthetics benchmark, Content Enjoyment was 7.403 (Suno 7.412) and Production Quality was 8.064 (Suno 8.151), across 15 creative directions.
Pika (@pika_labs) — 2026-08-20 thread ↗Model ID pika/pika-audio/pika-music. Modes: text_to_music, voice_conditioned_text_to_music, music_cover. Pricing $0.015 per minute, charged only on success. Output MP3, async job + poll.
Pika API Club — Pika Music ↗FAQ'S
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Pick it in the model list next to MiniMax, write one line, and watch SunoMV turn it into a lyric-synced music video — free to preview, ready for TikTok, Reels, Shorts and YouTube.
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