Holding Absence frontman Lucas Woodland has publicly blasted an AI-assisted band for allegedly modeling their sound on his group — and overtaking them in Spotify month-to-month listeners within the area of simply two months.
Taking to social media final night time, Woodland wrote (as captured by The PRP): “So, an AI ‘band’ who cite us as an affect (ie, it is modelled off our music) have simply overtaken us on Spotify, in solely TWO months. It is surprising, it is disheartening, it is insulting – most significantly – it is a get up name. Oppose AI music, or bands like us cease present.”
Whereas Woodland stopped wanting naming names, hypothesis rapidly centered on Bleeding Verse — an AI-assisted act who describe their output as “AI-assisted vocals and instrumentation.” The band at present boast 897,349 month-to-month Spotify listeners, in comparison with Holding Absence‘s 847,638 on the time of writing. Bleeding Verse‘s breakout observe If You Beloved Me Then has already been streamed greater than 2.6 million occasions. Hearken to that proper right here.
In follow-up posts shared on October 1, Woodland urged followers and the broader trade to demand transparency from streaming platforms: “What can we do? – I imagine we are able to solely foyer for transparency now. These artists ought to have ‘AI’ on their Spotify paintings, in order that playlists cannot sneak them onto playlists. In any other case, violently assist actual music. Purchase merch. Attend exhibits. That is essentially the most we are able to do for now.”
He additionally hit again at solutions that Holding Absence ought to merely “make higher music” to compete: “‘Make higher music’ was my favorite take btw. These fashions are LITERALLY TRAINED OFF MY BAND lmao. After which releasing songs at a tempo bodily inconceivable to copy. Chess robots have been beating human world champions for 30 years now. ‘Get good’ is a petulant opinion.”
And yeah – Spotify is “taking a stand” towards AI music, however not likely.
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