A slop of AI is Flooding every single digital platformStreaming music services have become increasingly popular. no exception—so much so, even someone who generally avoids AI might find themselves unknowingly listening to a robot hornily singing about butts.
You can read the horrendous story of “Make Love to My Shitter,” an AI-generated track from an artist called BannedVinylCollection. Brace Belden is the host of popular podcast Politics. TrueAnonSpotify queued the sleazy song up after Lucinda Williams 1992 alt-country album was finished. Sweet Old World. “I didn’t realize the song was AI at first,” “He says” “I thought it might’ve been some obscene joke record from the ’80s or ’90s.”
The person behind BannedVinylCollection, who goes by “JB” AI is used to create the X-rated songs, according to a source who refused other identification. Other tunes in BannedVinylCollection’s butt-erotica-themed oeuvre include “Grant Me Rectal Delight” The following are some examples of how to get started: “Taste My Ass.” He admits that he makes some money with his music. The majority of this profit is from Patreon, Bandcamp or Spotify. “I think it’s fair to make money from it,” “He says” “Each song can take hours to make.” According to him, his Spotify monthly income is around $200.
Tim Ingham founded and published the music business trade magazine Music Business Worldwide. documented Last week, he had his own experience with AI-generated music. Belden’s first AI-generated song on Spotify also fell under adult novelty. Instead of country butt songs, it was 1970s soul music about drug use. “I Caught Santa Claus Sniffing Cocaine.” Ingham, a writer for Ingham, writes about his experience browsing Spotify and identifying 13 artists who appear to have been AI-fueled. “with approximately 4.1 million cumulative monthly listeners between them.” Not all of this music was overtly goofy—some of it simply imitates popular genres like country.
Spotify declined to comment on any of the requests.
Spotify isn’t the only place where AI music has become mainstream. Deezer, a French streaming music app, has been tracking the number of AI tracks on its platform. In recent months, it found that their AI detection system flags around 18% of songs uploaded each day. This is about 600,000 tracks per month. Deezer has tools that flag some AI and take it down, but like other streaming services there is no way to block AI songs through algorithms. “I fully believe that all streaming platforms shouldn’t allow the music to be uploaded,” says Belden. There’s currently no AI-banned streamer. Spotify and YouTube, for example, prohibit AI-generated music that mimics actual artists. YouTube also requires the creators of such AI-generated content to label their work. “realistic” AI content. Spotify doesn’t have any rules about labeling AI content.
Belden originally shared his story with X on last week. media reports Reporters highlighted the success that Velvet Sundown had achieved in just a few weeks since its debut on Spotify. Both the images used by the group to market itself as well as its music were deemed AI-generated.
