Important Update About Music in IMVU Classic

Posted about 2 months ago by Saturi

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Saturi Admin

We want to share an update regarding music services used in IMVU Classic rooms.


IMVU currently partners with Vervelife, a third party music licensing and distribution provider that supplies the music catalog used in IMVU Classic. Vervelife manages licensing with music rights holders and handles the vendor payments and legal compliance required to make this music available on the platform.


Vervelife has made the decision to discontinue support for the music services they provide. Because this service, including its licensing, infrastructure, and continued operation, is entirely owned and managed by Vervelife, this change is outside of IMVU’s control, and we do not have the ability to maintain or extend it.


We know music plays an important role in many IMVU rooms and experiences, and we understand this news may be disappointing. Our team is actively exploring alternative music solutions that could be compatible with IMVU Classic’s legacy technology.


In the meantime:
• Music purchases through the Vervelife system have already been disabled.
• Radio streaming remains supported on other platforms, including IMVU Web, Desktop, and Mobile.
 • Existing Flash radio streaming products are not expected to be affected.


We understand many of you have invested in music for your rooms, and we’re taking steps to support impacted users during this transition. We will be accommodating refunds for recent music streaming purchases where applicable. Eligible users will be contacted directly in the coming weeks with more information.


We will continue to share updates as we learn more about the timeline for this transition and evaluate possible solutions.


Thank you for your understanding and for continuing to make IMVU a place full of creativity, expression, and great music.

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Yum3i posted 13 days ago

well been here for years and this change is not right to just take things from people that have purchased music  and not even a email to some im one of them and still waiting on a refund on at least some of my music  been here since 2012  off and on  so imvu u need to get busy this is crazy how you all just took our music  then u cant even talk to anyone  u even not taking calls cant make tickets refund spent to much with u all for u to just take something from me 

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Amara9Baller posted 14 days ago

Over a million credits spent, and also music bought after October 2025, still no offer of a refund. Users dropping off more and more, going to other platforms. Some I know are even refusing to update at all because they don't want to deal with this radio streaming. I will never use Desktop/Next/Mobile, I've been with classic in one way or another since the site began and we all had giant heads. This is such a crappy way to treat the people that basically helped build and shape the community and kept you all afloat. 

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Avengelyne posted 15 days ago

ok so am in a friends room and i cant hear the url they have on, its seems to be blocked, im in uk theyre in usa, so how is this gonna work, also there the issue of only room owner and mods adding music?, so i cant add a stream for music i would like in the room.... theres a disconnect here, i have people who came to my rooms ik who cant upgrade because they have older pcs, so where does that leave, them, before they could at least hear music lists no matter what, luckily i have youtube players and preset music so they can listen to something....

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Bammcrime posted 16 days ago

Can i also get a refund on all the web radio products and players i bought trough the years, because non of them works anymore. SMH.  I cant get that stupid stream radio to work. most links it says failed! . Only 1 or 2 works but isnt the music i want ofc.. so now im dressed up in 70's disco clothes and avi in my Boogie Nights room ( P.C.)  wanting to dance on my disco music. But now im in disco fit in a disco room listening to :  Guns 'n'Roses - Paradise city. .. Make it make sense !!! WTF !!!!  

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KyleeLynnMoonLight posted 16 days ago

I TAKE BACK MY EARLIOR STATEMENT AN RANT, IMVU TY TY TY FOR THE AMAZING RADIO YOU ADDED, GRANTED IT ONLY PLAYS MP3' STATIONS BUT DAMN I LOVE IT, I CAN LISTEN TO MUSIC I COULDNT EVEN FIND OR GET IN MUSIC SHOP, OR ID GET THROUGH HALF A LIST AN LOSE MUSIC SO I HAD TO RELOAD THE ROOM TO HEAR IT, AFTER A WILE IT GOT BOTHERSOME, OR SONGS WOULDNT PLAY AT ALL, THIS IS EPIC TY TY TY, IT HAS ALL THE SONGS IVE HAD BEFOR ON MY MIXS, GRANTED ITS NOT MY MIX'S BUT TBH WHEN ANOTHER PLATFORM PULLS THERE CONTRACTS YOUR LEFT WITH ALOT OF ANGRY PPL AN I UNDERSTAND THIS, AT FIRST I DIDNT THIS MAKES UP FOR THE MIX'S I COULD NEVER LISTEN TO IN MY ROOMS CAUSE YOU HAD TO HAVE TWO PPL, NOW I CAN ACTUALLY LISTEN TO MUSIC IN MY ROOMS AN PPL REALLY ENJOY THE SONG SALECTIONS AN MY ROOMS ARE FILLING UP FAST AN NOW EMPTY ROOMS ARE FULL AGAIN , TY TY TY LOVE THIS TY TY TY. 

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BambieDreamz posted 16 days ago

I been buying music for years, I expect a complete refund, through credits at the least. Otherwise I will file a complaint with the Better Business Bureau.  

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MrsJaneKing posted 16 days ago

KitanaKang ..We already have youtube and mp3 players i use them in my rooms .I'm on classic always have been and will be until they mess us up complete;y then its Adios IMVU

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Ajay posted 17 days ago

I agree with Kitana, since customized radio streaming where you want a choice to listen to your favourite songs are costly. I agree with having a Youtube Player or MP3 Player on IMVU Classic Client. But the sad thing is on IMVU Desktop Version they removed YouTube player, I checked earlier.

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KitanaKang posted 17 days ago

What I don't understand is... why don't you add a YouTube tab on classic client or MP3 tab on classic client? so we can listen the songs we want to listen, since me and my mother run a Kingdom in the roleplay world in IMVU. We're now missing our music. Radio streaming is not good because they're all costly and I don't like paying for Radio streaming.

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Ajay posted 17 days ago

I been on IMVU 18 years and this is how IMVU treats us online users? Well IMVU remember you banned music for 12 countries in 2012 and now you decided to remove the music store? THAT'S DUMB!

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Kaydennz posted 17 days ago

Long-Time Creator & User Concerns About IMVU’s Direction

I’ve been on IMVU for over 18 years. Maybe not on this account specifically, but I’ve invested nearly two decades into this platform—as a user, creator, and customer. I’ve spent thousands of dollars over the years supporting IMVU, and I’m writing because many long-time members feel ignored.

One of the biggest current issues is music. We’ve dealt with this before when music content disappeared years ago, and now it feels like history is repeating itself. Users are reporting music endlessly loading or not working at all. Many of us paid real money and credits for music through IMVU, yet now there’s no clear way to prove ownership because even the music tabs and records of purchases have changed or disappeared.

Rooms without music lose activity. People don’t stay. Music creates atmosphere, and without it, room owners and creators receive complaints from visitors about products they purchased that no longer function as expected. As creators, our names are attached to those products even when platform changes break them.

This isn’t only about music. It’s about a larger pattern of control over creators and users:

  • Features are removed or changed without adequate transparency.
  • Older products stop functioning due to platform decisions.
  • Creator payout requirements and Diamond/VIP expectations are not always clearly communicated.
  • Earnings and credits feel heavily controlled despite creators generating income for the platform.
  • Support options have become increasingly limited; many of us remember when we could speak with actual representatives.
  • Forum concerns often feel dismissed, redirected, or closed rather than addressed.

Creators and buyers built this platform. Without creators producing content and users purchasing it, IMVU would not be what it is today. Long-time members increasingly compare IMVU to other virtual worlds because they feel unheard.

I’m also concerned about the overall direction of the platform. The content environment appears far more adult-focused than in earlier years, while moderation standards seem inconsistent compared to how accounts were treated in the past. This creates confusion about expectations and community standards.

Many veteran users have noticed lower engagement and fewer active users than years ago. Whether that perception is accurate or not, it reflects a concern: people leave when they no longer feel valued.

I’m asking IMVU to genuinely listen to long-term members and creators regarding:

  1. Transparency about purchased music and unavailable content
  2. Better communication before major platform changes
  3. Fair treatment and support for creators
  4. Improved payout clarity and creator policies
  5. Stronger customer support options
  6. Consistent moderation and clearer standards
  7. More consideration for preserving creator products and investments

I’m frustrated because I care about this platform. I’ve spent years creating, buying, and contributing here. Long-time users want IMVU to succeed—but success requires listening to the people who helped build the community.

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PamelaAnderson posted 17 days ago

@Bammcrime..I could not agree with you more...You hit it right on the head..100%..THESE PEOPLE KILLED THIS WEBSITE DOING THIS !!!! The music and our mixes were the MOST IMPORTANT PART OF THIS SITE...They dont seem to get that..I cant have birthday parties for friends anymore, because all of my birthday mixes are gone...all my holiday mixes and our Christmas parties, Halloween parties, themed parties we loved having like 60's  or 70's parties,ALL THAT IS GONE !!!!! And of course my most important mixes, mixes I made when dear friends of ours passed away that were members and friends on IMVU and when they died I made remembrance mixes in honor of them,THEY ARE NOW ALL GONE......They think putting in radios and any other crap is going to satisfy us???NO IT ISNT IMVU...AS @Bammcrime just stated...GIVE US OUR DAMN MUSIC WE PAID FOR BACK AND OUR MIXES BACK THE WAY THEY WERE !!!!! This website is not even worth using anymore without that..WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO WISE UP AND REALIZE THIS????? You might as well just end this and stop trying to cover up cancer with your band aids...I never thought I would get to this point....but since you dont care about us anymore, we dont care about you either....Nobody is going to ever buy a damn thing from this website ever again, you might as well fold up and go out of business....we dont care anymore at this point if you do...We as members can only take so much before you lose us, and thats happening..AND YOU ARE TO BLAME..NOT VERVELIFE !!!!! You should have had something in place well before this happened to save our paid music and mixes that we PAID YOU FOR !!!! Nobody goes into rooms to hear streaming radios that we have no choice or say whats played and half the people cant hear them anyways.I actually have my good friends now muting the radio constantly and complaining about what radio stations I put on because I no longer have control of whats played and these stations are horrible...and the commercials are a joke that we have to listen to..It ruined our rooms and nobody stays in them anymore.If people are muting the radio we cant even have conversations about the music anymore because I might as well talk to myself about it..THEY ARE NOT LISTENING TO A RADIO AND THE CRAP AND COMMERCIALS ON IT !!!!! YOU BETTER FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET OUR MUSIC AND OUR MIXES BACK THE WAY THEY WERE BEFORE...RIGHT NOW THINGS ARE IN THE WORKS BREWING BEHIND THE SCENES LEGALLY AND ITS COMING.....YOU CANT JUST STEAL PEOPLES MONEY LIKE THIS AND TAKE NO RESPONSIBILITY ABOUT IT AND TREAT US LIKE GARBAGE ONCE AGAIN WITHOUT REPERCUSSIONS....WE HAVE HAD ENOUGH !!!!!!

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Bammcrime posted 17 days ago

" you can now listen to your fav music in your room with everyone !! bla bla bla !!! "  oh yeah... side not. it only works on windows. " // Jesus,  do you people even read what you are posting ? So you can not listen to your fav music because its a radio station that decides what songs are going to play so it is NOT MY fav music. and NO you can not listen to music with everyone because its only for windows computers. I can not host an event with theme and themed music because i can NOT play MY music. The links dont even work on that player SMH and when i did find one that worked it was stupid music with a lot commercials and i was the only one that heard it !!!!!! No one else could joing in it didnt work for them. SO THEY LEFT the room.  Now my rooms are EMPTY ! People always complimented me for my mysic i had tons ! something for everyone. They even asked me to park and put my mixes on when i had to leave imvu to go sleep or whatever. So i parked in a DJ booth spot and put a few mixes on with like 150 songs in each mix. and when i came back it was still playing and people still dancing and having fun in the room and new people came in too and STAYED and became regulars or even close friends. NOW PEOPLE COME IN AND LEAVE !!!! or just sit there and dont say nothing. NOBODY DANCES ANYMORE. THE VIBE IS GONE. WHY WOULD YOU GO INTO A DANCE CLUB IF YOU CANT HEAR MUSIC AND THE SAME MUSIC AS EVERYONE ELSE IN THE ROOM ?? WHY WOULD YOU GO INTO A DANCE SPOT IF YOU CANT HEAR MUSIC ?????? WHY WOULD I GO INTO A DJ BOOTH SPOT IF I CANT PLAY MY MUSIC AND EVEN IF I CAN GET IT TO WORK ITS NOT ME SELECTING THE SONGS AND PLAYING THE MUSIC ???????? I CAN DELETE ALL THE DJ BOOTH SPOTS AND FURNI THEY ARE OF NO USE ANYMORE. I CAN DELETE ALL DANCE POSES THEY ARE OF NO USE ANYMORE NOBODY GOES IN THEM ANYMORE SINCE YOU STOLE AND TOOK MY MUSIC MIXES !! I CAN DELETE ALL MY DANCE CLUB ROOMS BECAUSE THERE IS NO MUSIC !!!! PEOPLE COME IN LOOK AROUND AND POOF LEAVE !!! NOW ALL MY ROOMS ARE EMPTY AND NOBODY COMES TO THEMED PARTY'S AND EVENTS ANYMORE THAT I HOSTED. NOT EVEN PC EVENTS ( SO WE ARENT BOTHERED BY MOBILE PHONE KIDS ) ONLY A FEW SEND MESSAGE FOR INVITE TO PC AND AFTER A FEW MINUTES THEY LEFT BECAUSE THERE IS NO VIBE NO MUSIC . YOU KILLED THAT IMVU. YOU AND NOBODY ELSE. YOU KILLED MY ROOMS MY EVENTS MY PARTYS MY DANCE POSES MY ROOMS ARE USELESS NOW AND EMPTY. THANSK AGAIN FOR TAKING AWAY SOMETHING THAT ALLREADY HALF WORKED MOST OF THE TIME LATELY AND INSTEAD OF FIXING IT DELETING IT TOTALLY AND GIVING US SOMETHING IN RETURN THAT DOESNT WORK AT ALL !!!!!!!!!!!! GIVE ME MY MUSIC BACK THAT I PAYED FOR. AND ALL MY MIXES THAT I PUT TOGETHER. IN ORDER AND THEMED ., I WANT EVERY LAST SONG BACK AND ALL MY MIXES PUT BACK IN THE WAY I MADE THEM. OR GIVE ME MY MONEY BACK  . JESUS FF-ING CHRIST !!  

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ASultryWoman posted 18 days ago

Apparently my music meant nothing to the powers that B so to show them they mean nothing to me I have downgraded my membership,  and it won't take much to put my other foot out the door and not look back. While I'm at it that streaming thing won't even take the web addresses I have put in it one being station 181 all the sites can get that station Why can't IMV you know who?

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Avengelyne posted 19 days ago

this decision didnt take in to consideration many imvu users who cannot upgrade on classic (nor do they want to use Next) because their respective pcs cannot handle much, how is this fair on those that cannot upgrade because they cannot afford newer pcs, there was not thought behind this action other than to try and shunt everyone to desktop/mobile/next despite the fact thet they have systems that cannot cope with the hog that imvu is on newer versions, a friend of mine on an older pc is in this position, they are a long time user on here, the streaming is of NO benefit to them or many others, as well as i have notice that some streams do not work in certain countries and areas so how is this a universal service?

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