# Replace fields with another value like the genre field rock with hard rock or pop with latin pop etc

**URL:** <https://discourse.beets.io/t/replace-fields-with-another-value-like-the-genre-field-rock-with-hard-rock-or-pop-with-latin-pop-etc/765>\
**Category:** Help\
**Created:** [May 22, 2019, 8:37am UTC](https://discourse.beets.io/t/replace-fields-with-another-value-like-the-genre-field-rock-with-hard-rock-or-pop-with-latin-pop-etc/765 "2019-05-22T08:37:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![kyrios](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/discourse.beets.io/kyrios/32/242_2.png) [@kyrios](https://discourse.beets.io/u/kyrios)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2019, 8:37am UTC](https://discourse.beets.io/t/replace-fields-with-another-value-like-the-genre-field-rock-with-hard-rock-or-pop-with-latin-pop-etc/765/1 "2019-05-22T08:37:21Z")

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Looking for a way to replace fields with another value  
Trying to replace some genres like metal with heavy metal, rock with hard rock, pop with latin pop etc…  
Also except genre fields i would like to know if this can be used for replacing feat. with featuring or  
a separator like , with :

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**Author:** ![adrian](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/discourse.beets.io/adrian/32/4_2.png) [@adrian](https://discourse.beets.io/u/adrian)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2019, 12:50pm UTC](https://discourse.beets.io/t/replace-fields-with-another-value-like-the-genre-field-rock-with-hard-rock-or-pop-with-latin-pop-etc/765/2 "2019-05-22T12:50:21Z")

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Hello! Have you explored the `modify` command? For example, you might want something like `beet modify -a genre:metal genre="Heavy Metal"` or similar.

For more systematic modifications, you might be interested in this feature design:

> <https://github.com/beetbox/beets/issues/488>