From Sensual Ass Songs to Santa’s so-called Coke Habits: AI Slop Music is getting harder to avoid
AI Slop is Drowning every digital platform and music streaming service is no exception – so even people who usually avoid AI may find themselves unknowingly hearing a robot about the butt.
With the dirty legend of “Make Love Love”, this is an AI-generated track from an artist named Bannedvinyl Collection. Brace Belden, many popular political podcasts TrueanonSays Spotify recently queued up for the song after listening to Alt-Count Legend Lucinda Williams’ 1992 album Sweet old world. “I didn’t realize at first that the song was AI,” he said. “I think it might be some obscene joke record from the 80s or 90s.”
The person behind BannedvinylCollection is “JB”, otherwise you wouldn’t have been sure the output of your own X-rated novelty song was made by AI. Other works by Bannedvinylcollection’s tunes with ass theme include “Grant Me Rectal Joy” and “Taste My Ass”. He said he is making money from music, although most of the profit comes from Patreon and Bandcamp, not Spotify. “I think it’s fair to make money from it,” he said. “Every song can take a few hours to produce.” He said he earns about $200 a month on Spotify.
Tim Ingham, the founder and publisher of the music business of global trade publications, recorded his experience tracking AI-generated music on Spotify last week. Like Belden, the first AI-generated music Spotify provides him with falling under an umbrella for adult novelty. It’s not a butt-themed country music, but a 70s-inspired song about the substance use of “I Catch Santa Sniff Cocaine.” Ingham wrote during a Spotify browsing that he quickly identified 13 artists who appeared to be AI-burning, “there are about 4.1 million cumulative monthly listeners among them.” Not all of this music is stupid, some of which just mimic popular genres like the country.
Spotify did not respond to a request for comment.
The mainstreaming of AI music does not include a separate Spotify. French music streaming app Deezer tracks the volume of AI songs on its platform and has found in recent months that 18% of tracks uploaded daily by its AI detection system, about 600,000 songs per month. Deezer’s tool logo and deleted some AI content, the service also removed content marked as AI from its suggestion. Other major streamers have not yet provided listeners with a way to proactively block AI-generated songs through algorithmic suggestions.
“I totally believe that all streaming platforms should not allow uploading of music,” said Beldon. Currently, there is no such ban on streaming and blanket AI. Major platforms like Spotify and YouTube ban AI music from attracting real artists, while YouTube requires creators to tag “realistic” AI content. Spotify has no disclosure rules around AI tagged content.
Belden initially shared his story on X last week after media reports highlighted the overnight of Velvet Sundown, a psychedelic rock band that quickly amassed over half a million monthly listeners on Spotify, making its music debut on the platform a few weeks later. The reporter described the images the band used to promote themselves and their music as apparently generated by AI.
