{"id":23773,"date":"2026-09-25T20:26:16","date_gmt":"2026-09-25T19:26:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.arronhirst.com\/blog\/?p=23773"},"modified":"2026-09-25T21:58:45","modified_gmt":"2026-09-25T20:58:45","slug":"apple-music-has-a-new-look-and-its-a-pretty-big-departure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.arronhirst.com\/blog\/2026\/09\/25\/apple-music-has-a-new-look-and-its-a-pretty-big-departure\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple Music Has a New Look \u2014 And It\u2019s a Pretty Big Departure"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"p2 wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/apps.arronhirst.com\/?app=1108187390\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Apple Music<\/a> appears to be getting a new logo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"p3 wp-block-paragraph\">And, well\u2026 <strong>this is <em>different<\/em>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"p2 wp-block-paragraph\">The familiar Apple Music mark has been stripped back, with the classic Apple logo now sitting alongside a lowercase <strong>\u201cmusic\u201d<\/strong> wordmark. Gone is the familiar capital <strong>M<\/strong> \u2014 replaced by something much <em>softer<\/em>, simpler and considerably more modern.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.arronhirst.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_1209-819x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-23772\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.arronhirst.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_1209-819x1024.jpeg 819w, https:\/\/www.arronhirst.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_1209-240x300.jpeg 240w, https:\/\/www.arronhirst.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_1209-768x960.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.arronhirst.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_1209-1229x1536.jpeg 1229w, https:\/\/www.arronhirst.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_1209.jpeg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 819px) 100vw, 819px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/share\/1MghbfRewe\/?mibextid=wwXIfr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">AppleHub<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"p2 wp-block-paragraph\">It\u2019s a small change on paper, but logos have a funny way of making an entire service feel fresh again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"p4 wp-block-paragraph\">The new mark also feels very much at home alongside Apple\u2019s increasingly minimal visual language, while keeping the instantly recognisable Apple silhouette front and centre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"p2 wp-block-paragraph\">The lowercase treatment is the headline here. It gives Apple Music a much more relaxed, contemporary personality \u2014 and makes the old logo suddenly look very <strong><em>2015<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Apple Music appears to be getting a new logo. And, well\u2026 this is different.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2786,174,2131],"tags":[3782,3775,3827,3832,201,731,3829,3830,427,3828,1526,2358,3831],"class_list":["post-23773","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-apple-blog","category-blog","category-music-app-store","tag-apple-music","tag-apple-music-hall","tag-apple-music-logo","tag-apple-silhouette","tag-change","tag-logo","tag-lowercase","tag-modern","tag-music","tag-rebrand","tag-streaming","tag-visual","tag-visual-language"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.arronhirst.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23773","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.arronhirst.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.arronhirst.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.arronhirst.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.arronhirst.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23773"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.arronhirst.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23773\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23777,"href":"https:\/\/www.arronhirst.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23773\/revisions\/23777"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.arronhirst.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23773"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.arronhirst.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23773"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.arronhirst.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23773"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}