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From Sensual Butt Songs to Santa’s Alleged Coke Habit: AI Slop Music Is Getting Harder to Avoid

Kate Knibbs

created: July 3, 2025, 12:55 p.m. | updated: July 8, 2025, 9:06 a.m.

Tim Ingham, the founder and publisher of the trade publication Music Business Worldwide, documented his own experience tracking AI-generated music on Spotify last week. The mainstreaming of AI music is not contained to Spotify alone. Deezer’s tools flag and remove some AI content, and the service also removes content flagged as AI from its recommendations. Other major streamers do not yet offer a way for listeners to proactively block AI-generated songs from appearing through algorithmic recommendations. Major platforms like Spotify and YouTube prohibit AI music that deepfakes actual artists, while YouTube requires creators to label “realistic” AI content.

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