The Velvet Sundown - a non-existent ‘band’ releasing AI music and amassing 750,000 monthly listeners on Spotify - will probably not enter the industry annals for their creative output.
Such a rich, layered read, equal parts concerning and compelling.
The rise of AI-generated music feels like we’re watching a slow collision between creativity and computation.
On one hand, you have artists battling for visibility, fair compensation, and even recognition that their real work exists in a sea of synthetic sound.
On the other, there's this eerie efficiency: AI serving up algorithm-optimized earworms that do just enough to keep us listening while we fold laundry or write emails!
Such a rich, layered read, equal parts concerning and compelling.
The rise of AI-generated music feels like we’re watching a slow collision between creativity and computation.
On one hand, you have artists battling for visibility, fair compensation, and even recognition that their real work exists in a sea of synthetic sound.
On the other, there's this eerie efficiency: AI serving up algorithm-optimized earworms that do just enough to keep us listening while we fold laundry or write emails!