By Eamonn Forde
Publication Date: 2025-12-16 10:00:00
TThis was the year AI-generated music went from a jokey curiosity to a mainstream force. Velvet Sundown, a fully AI act, generated millions of streams; AI-created tracks topped the Spotify viral charts and one of the US Billboard country charts; AI “artist” Xania Monet has “signed” a record deal. BBC Introducing is usually a platform for flesh-and-blood artists trying to make it big, but recently an AI-generated song by Papi Lamour was played on the West Midlands Show. And at the top of the UK top 20 this month is “I Run”, a track by dance band Haven, which has been accused of using AI to imitate British singer Jorja Smith (Haven claims they only asked the AI for “emotive vocal samples” and did not respond to an earlier request for comment).
The worry is that AI will eventually absorb all the creative works in history and spit out endless crap that will replace human-made art and drive artists into misery. These concerns are compounded by the major labels that once feared…
