A lot of these platforms are actually generating the content themselves to stick into playlists so that when users listen to them, they get 100% of the royalties.
One recommendation that came up on YouTube music for me was Ella Langley and I had a hell of a time working out whether she was a clanker or not. I think she’s real but there are Ella Langley AI generators now and half the music videos of her songs are clanker morgs.
It’s getting confusing and annoying but country music itself might have to share some of the blame for making itself so homogenous.