r/Music • u/Kaiser_Allen • Jun 28 '25

music "There's not a shred of evidence on the internet that this band has ever existed": This apparently AI-generated artist is racking up hundreds of thousands of Spotify streams

https://www.musicradar.com/music-tech/theres-not-a-shred-of-evidence-on-the-internet-that-this-band-has-ever-existed-this-apparently-ai-generated-artist-is-racking-up-hundreds-of-thousands-of-spotify-streams
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u/FrozenForest Jun 28 '25

There actually is a band called The Algorithm, and they rock.

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u/xibipiio Jun 28 '25

Might as well mention the newish track Puscifer - The Algorithm which is a really cool music video as well, because it slaps

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u/rndmnsty Jun 28 '25

The French chap who mixes metal with electronic?

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u/FrozenForest Jun 28 '25

Indeed. Technically The Algorithm isn't a band, I'm just used to using that term.