Checking music beneath spoken narration

[Lucasfubs]

I am editing a short podcast introduction with music underneath the first sentence. The cue sounds acceptable alone, but the overlap is harder to judge. I want to avoid confusing a mixing problem with an export problem. My first comparison would keep the narration and music levels unchanged. I would also retain the original cue so every change remains reversible. The narrator has a soft delivery, and the cue includes a sustained background layer. I would listen to the opening both on headphones and on a small speaker, noting whether individual words remain easy to follow at a comfortable volume. I came across suno fix while looking for possible approaches to this question. I have not made a processed comparison and do not know whether it would help. A quieter texture would not be useful if it weakened the entrance. What would you compare first when speech and generated music compete for attention?