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Spotify boss defends move to AI music, saying it is better than ‘slop’
(www.theguardian.com)
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this post was submitted on 27 May 2026
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Which songs? You're saying it sounded identical, but was listed as a cover, meaning the albums they came from were different from the original versions? I have YT Music, can you link some?
The one that really caught my ear was "(I Just) Died In Your Arms", originally by Cutting Crew. I cannot give you a link to that specific track because my wife started the playlist via our old (no screen) Google Home, but it doesn't take much to find them if you kick off a generic "radio station" based on older music.
They are the same songs as in the album but with an AI based voice modulation on the vocal stem. Pitch shifting the track ever so slightly can also disguise it.
Cool, thank you. I'll look. My morbid curiosity is immense.