AI technology is encroaching upon multiple music genres, producing lifeless and formulaic variations. Genres like lo-fi and vaporwave have succumbed to AI manipulation. YouTube channels such as Masters of Prophecy and The Velvet Sundown illustrate this trend, blurring the lines between human and machine-created music. City pop, a nostalgic Japanese genre, has seen a surge of AI-generated content, leading to confusion among fans regarding authenticity. Online forums are filled with discussions analyzing music and cover art to differentiate between genuine and AI-produced works.
Every month, a new genre falls to the ever-encroaching siege of AI dreck. The infestation began with lo-fi beats, which mercenaries ransacked and rewired into a black hole of mindless loops.
Suddenly, one of the biggest channels on YouTube was Masters of Prophecy, which amassed over 31 million subscribers with synthwave shite and "singers" whose "every note whispers with starlight."
As AI improved, producers ventured beyond instrumental music. The Velvet Sundown, a "band" with over 1.2 million Spotify monthly listeners, scored actual press coverage as people puzzled over whether it was human or machine.
Type "city pop" on YouTube and nearly everything will be AI-generated, fitted with seemingly doctored images of gleeful Japanese women, often standing in front of cars.
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