Spotify Reportedly Pulls ‘Tens of Thousands’ of Boomy Songs

Spotify has reportedly removed “tens of thousands” of Boomy songs after it was suspended for days due to an alleged fake stream.

These latest details about the deadlock between Boomy and Spotify (and AI’s rapidly evolving industry role) come after the former platform revealed it would resume “curating” tracks to Spotify over the weekend. The Times article revealed

However, during the announcement, Boomy said users can create “original songs in seconds” even if they have “never made music before,” according to a listing on the Stockholm-based service. I have chosen not to disclose the number of works.Of these tracks, how many have been deleted. For reference, according to the data shown on Boomy’s website, the AI ​​technology at hand has been used to produce an average of over 23,000 songs per day since last Monday.

Meanwhile, the aforementioned FT article claims that after Universal Music Group identified and reported (to all major platforms) questionable streaming activity in the content of a certain AI developer, Spotify took down Boomy’s uploads. It represents the exclusion of about 7% of the music that was included, or tens of thousands of works. .

Needless to say, there are plenty of incentives for profit-oriented individuals to pump their songs through Boomy (and various AIs) and try to ramp up stream numbers to collect more royalty payments.Boomy’s website users will receive 80% of the project’s streaming royalties “minus delivery fees,” according to the company.

Boomy Pro subscribers can release an unlimited number of tracks, and Boomy’s products also include options for auto-generated song titles, artist names, and cover art. As a result, no real investment (financial, creative, or time-wise) is at stake, and the banning of Spotify is likely to discourage these same enterprising people from taking similar steps forward. It is unclear whether it will discourage

Indeed, many observers point to numerous “artist” profiles with seemingly AI-generated “songs” pouring into streaming services. Generally, these profiles are given random names and generic pictures, but many of their works seem to have substantial similarities in sound, length, etc.

In the long run, it goes without saying that even if we succeed in demonstrating suspected fake streams in just a fraction of one company’s AI projects, the inclusiveness brought about by endless streams of machine-made music. is not a viable solution to any problem. Universal Music (he funded an AI music company in 2022) and Warner Music Group (WMG) have said they are working with the streaming service on reforms, although both companies have Spotify as partners in the initiative. not publicly named.

Beyond the proliferation of AI songs resulting from new artist profiles, artificial intelligence is powering productions made to sound like releases by Drake, The Beatles, Kanye West, and many others. Additionally, Grimes has rolled out a platform where her fans can create songs featuring her voice in her AI in exchange for a share of royalties.