A song created using generative artificial intelligence (AI) has entered the recognition charts. Nevertheless it has attracted attention not for its musicality, but for its racist lyrics.
German media outlet Diffuse recently reported that the AI-created parody song ‘Verknallt in einen Talahon’ ranked forty eighth on the German singles chart.
This can be a retro-style song created by producer Joshua Waghubinger, who goes by the pseudonym Butterbro, by inputting his own lyrics into ‘Udio’, which might generate vocals and instrumental performances. It’s the primary AI-produced song to enter the charts in Germany, the world’s fourth-largest music market.
It also reached 3.5 million streams on Spotify lower than a month after its release, peaking at number three on the streaming platform’s global viral chart.
But some say that this popularity is a much bigger problem, because the song has racist connotations.
The term “talahon” within the song is alleged to check with youth and young adults of immigrant backgrounds who attract attention by wearing excessive clothing and fascinating in negative behavior comparable to violence and degrading behavior. It is alleged that far-right groups use the term to advertise Islamophobia and xenophobia.
Butterbro said on TikTok that he “wrote the song for fun, not knowing the issue with the term,” but that as songs like this change into popular, it naturally helps spread these offensive terms.
The same kind of AI-generated song that mixes a sweet, retro sound with explicit or problematic lyrics has also been reported to be spreading on German social media.
Meanwhile, the primary song to climb the charts using AI was the Beatles’ final single, “Now and Then,” released in November last yr.
The song is predicated on a mid-Nineteen Nineties tape left by John Lennon, with vocals synthesized by Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr, and was released at primary within the UK charts.
Although comedians and others have gained popularity on social media with parody songs, that is the primary time that a purely AI-generated song with none participation from existing singers or entertainers has appeared on the official charts.
Suno recently identified that major labels view AI-generated music as a “threat to their market share.” Suno and Udio are currently being sued by Universal and others over copyright issues.
Reporter Im Dae-jun ydj@aitimes.com
