diff --git a/packages/web/src/pages/upload-page/forms/UploadTrackForm.test.ts b/packages/web/src/pages/upload-page/forms/UploadTrackForm.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e5763dfb480
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/web/src/pages/upload-page/forms/UploadTrackForm.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+import { TrackMetadataForUpload } from '@audius/common/store'
+import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest'
+
+import { getTrackEditInitialMetadata } from './UploadTrackForm'
+
+const makeMetadata = (
+  overrides: Partial<TrackMetadataForUpload> = {}
+): TrackMetadataForUpload =>
+  ({
+    title: 'leftover szn - Run It Back',
+    genre: 'Electronic',
+    ...overrides
+  }) as TrackMetadataForUpload
+
+describe('getTrackEditInitialMetadata', () => {
+  it('seeds blank values for a fresh upload', () => {
+    const result = getTrackEditInitialMetadata(makeMetadata())
+
+    expect(result.description).toBe('')
+    expect(result.tags).toBe('')
+    expect(result.stems).toEqual([])
+    expect(result.isrc).toBe('')
+    expect(result.iswc).toBe('')
+    expect(result.field_visibility).toEqual({
+      genre: true,
+      mood: true,
+      tags: true,
+      share: false,
+      play_count: false,
+      remixes: true
+    })
+  })
+
+  it('seeds from initialMetadata when the track has nothing yet', () => {
+    const result = getTrackEditInitialMetadata(makeMetadata(), {
+      description: 'seeded description',
+      tags: 'seeded,tags'
+    })
+
+    expect(result.description).toBe('seeded description')
+    expect(result.tags).toBe('seeded,tags')
+  })
+
+  // Regression: EditTrackForm runs with `enableReinitialize`, and
+  // `formState.tracks` is rewritten with the user's edits on every submit. When
+  // this function blanked description/tags unconditionally, that reset wiped
+  // them and the track published with no description and no tags.
+  it('preserves user-entered values when the form reinitializes', () => {
+    const edited = makeMetadata({
+      description: 'Stream elsewhere & follow on IG',
+      tags: 'dubstep,bassmusic,bass',
+      isrc: 'USX9P1234567',
+      iswc: 'T-123.456.789-0',
+      stems: [{ metadata: {} } as any],
+      collaborators: [{ user_id: 12345 } as any]
+    })
+
+    const result = getTrackEditInitialMetadata(edited)
+
+    expect(result.description).toBe('Stream elsewhere & follow on IG')
+    expect(result.tags).toBe('dubstep,bassmusic,bass')
+    expect(result.isrc).toBe('USX9P1234567')
+    expect(result.iswc).toBe('T-123.456.789-0')
+    expect(result.stems).toHaveLength(1)
+    expect(result.collaborators).toEqual([{ user_id: 12345 }])
+  })
+
+  it('preserves a user-disabled remixes visibility across reinitialization', () => {
+    const result = getTrackEditInitialMetadata(
+      makeMetadata({
+        field_visibility: {
+          genre: true,
+          mood: true,
+          tags: true,
+          share: false,
+          play_count: false,
+          remixes: false
+        }
+      })
+    )
+
+    expect(result.field_visibility?.remixes).toBe(false)
+  })
+
+  it('is stable across repeated calls so the form does not reset spuriously', () => {
+    const metadata = makeMetadata({ description: 'kept', tags: 'a,b' })
+
+    expect(getTrackEditInitialMetadata(metadata)).toEqual(
+      getTrackEditInitialMetadata(metadata)
+    )
+  })
+})
diff --git a/packages/web/src/pages/upload-page/forms/UploadTrackForm.tsx b/packages/web/src/pages/upload-page/forms/UploadTrackForm.tsx
index 280422c2a74..5757bfdec5b 100644
--- a/packages/web/src/pages/upload-page/forms/UploadTrackForm.tsx
+++ b/packages/web/src/pages/upload-page/forms/UploadTrackForm.tsx
@@ -5,10 +5,12 @@ import {
   TrackForUpload,
   TrackMetadataForUpload
 } from '@audius/common/store'
-import dayjs from 'dayjs'
 
 import { EditTrackForm } from 'components/edit-track/EditTrackForm'
-import { TrackEditFormValues } from 'components/edit-track/types'
+import {
+  SingleTrackEditValues,
+  TrackEditFormValues
+} from 'components/edit-track/types'
 
 type UploadTrackFormProps = {
   formState: TrackFormState
@@ -25,6 +27,41 @@ const defaultHiddenFields = {
   // REMIXES handled by a separate field
 }
 
+/**
+ * Seeds the edit form for one track.
+ *
+ * `EditTrackForm` runs with `enableReinitialize`, so this value is not just the
+ * first render's defaults — Formik resets the whole form to it whenever it
+ * deep-changes. `formState.tracks` is rewritten with the user's edits every
+ * time the form is submitted (see `onSubmit` below, and `EditPage.onContinue`,
+ * which calls `setFormState` while still on the edit phase), so a recompute is
+ * routine rather than exceptional.
+ *
+ * That makes it critical to prefer what's already on `track.metadata` over the
+ * `initialMetadata` seed. Blanking `description`/`tags`/`stems` unconditionally
+ * discarded whatever the user had typed on every reset, and publishing after
+ * that point uploaded a track with an empty description and no tags.
+ */
+export const getTrackEditInitialMetadata = (
+  metadata: TrackMetadataForUpload,
+  initialMetadata?: Partial<TrackMetadataForUpload>
+): SingleTrackEditValues =>
+  ({
+    ...metadata,
+    ...initialMetadata,
+    description: metadata.description ?? initialMetadata?.description ?? '',
+    tags: metadata.tags ?? initialMetadata?.tags ?? '',
+    field_visibility: {
+      ...defaultHiddenFields,
+      ...initialMetadata?.field_visibility,
+      ...metadata.field_visibility,
+      remixes: metadata.field_visibility?.remixes ?? true
+    },
+    stems: metadata.stems ?? initialMetadata?.stems ?? [],
+    isrc: metadata.isrc ?? initialMetadata?.isrc ?? '',
+    iswc: metadata.iswc ?? initialMetadata?.iswc ?? ''
+  }) as SingleTrackEditValues
+
 export const UploadTrackForm = (props: UploadTrackFormProps) => {
   const { formState, onContinue, initialMetadata } = props
   const { tracks } = formState
@@ -33,23 +70,9 @@ export const UploadTrackForm = (props: UploadTrackFormProps) => {
     () => ({
       trackMetadatasIndex: 0,
       tracks: tracks as TrackForUpload[],
-      trackMetadatas: tracks.map((track) => ({
-        ...track.metadata,
-        ...initialMetadata,
-        description: initialMetadata?.description ?? '',
-        releaseDate: initialMetadata?.release_date
-          ? new Date(initialMetadata.release_date)
-          : new Date(dayjs().toString()),
-        tags: initialMetadata?.tags ?? '',
-        field_visibility: {
-          ...defaultHiddenFields,
-          ...initialMetadata?.field_visibility,
-          remixes: true
-        },
-        stems: initialMetadata?.stems ?? [],
-        isrc: initialMetadata?.isrc ?? '',
-        iswc: initialMetadata?.iswc ?? ''
-      }))
+      trackMetadatas: tracks.map((track) =>
+        getTrackEditInitialMetadata(track.metadata, initialMetadata)
+      )
     }),
     [tracks, initialMetadata]
   )