Ryan Seacrest claims he's using Twitter's much-rumored music app -- and is loving it.
The American Idol host posted a tweet Wednesday evening indicating that he was playing with the unreleased app, confirming its existence.
According to Seacrest, Twitter’s entre into the music scene shows what artists are currently trending, and includes popular as well as up and coming artists.
If Seacrest is to be believed, the app also offers the ability to play tracks, a feature that caused a "serious dance party" to break out on the set of Idol.
playing with @twitter's new music app (yes it's real!)...there's a serious dance party happening at idol right now— Ryan Seacrest (@RyanSeacrest) April 11, 2013
lovin the app...shows what artists are trending, also has up and coming artists... spinning u now @frankturner— Ryan Seacrest (@RyanSeacrest) April 11, 2013
Seacrest's claims fall in line with rumors that circulated in March about the purported app. Those rumors claimed Twitter is launching its own music app for iOS called Twitter Music.
The app allegedly helps users discover new artists as well as stream music through Soundcloud, and overs a way to view what tunes are popular on Twitter as a whole as well as popular with just your friends. At the time the app was expected to be released within the next month.
We reached out to Twitter about Seacrest's tweets, and while the company did not confirm that Seacret was using the app it did point us to a tweet confirming its acquisition of social music service We Are Hunted.
Welcome to Twitter! “@wearehunted: We want to share some news with you. We Are Hunted has joined Twitter. wearehunted.com”— Twitter Comms (@twittercomms) April 11, 2013
Recently rumored to have been acquired by Twitter, We Are Hunted responded to Seacrest's tweets, also seemingly confirming he has the app.
.@ryanseacrest so glad you're enjoying it! cc @twittermusic— We Are Hunted (@wearehunted) April 11, 2013
This isn't the first time Seacrest has claimed he had special access to a yet-to-be-released app. In March, the star tweeted images from Draw Something 2, an app he claims to have been the first to use. Draw Something 2 has yet to be released.
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