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Comment by RyanOD | Hacker News Reader

I'm dreading the day I discover a new "band" I'm totally into only to discover it's entirely AI.

Hope your favorite new band is not "The Velvet Sundown"

Recently happened to me on Spotify with the "discover weekly" playlist. Some random Russian indie singer songwriter stuff slid into my playlist. Sounded kinda clean but boring text-wise. Checked the cover, and it looked sus. Checked the artist's page and the publisher (they even have an Instagram), and it was indeed AI-enabled.

I worry how often that is happening already on Spotify.

At least I still have all my old CDs.

But you were enjoying the experience..

Oh boy, do I ever have bad news about how pop music is currently created...

this would only be bad news for that commenter if they're into pop music

Increasingly I can't get into new music. For a while, I couldn't understand why as I've been a rabid musician / music lover my entire life. Even music I thought was cool, I couldn't really get into. I always preferred the music I grew up with.

Eventually, the reason why became obvious. I grew up listening to all that music with my closest friends. It's the memories I associate with that music that keeps me coming back. I moved away 30 years ago and never established friendships like that again. New music feels hollow to me because I don't have buddies to share it with and build associated memories.

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