The new artist that is triumphing on the charts in the United States is called Breaking Rust, but it is not a person, but an AI. Your song’Walk My Walk‘ has become number one on the Billboard list of song sales of the genre countryand we are not surprised because it is wonderful. And that raises again an increasingly loud debate.
Why is it important. Music generated with artificial intelligence platforms has already sowed other controversies in the past, such as the one we experience with famous fake Drake song. Models and services like Suno AI They have evolved so much in recent months that today the results that can be obtained are as good as those of songs played and sung by human artists. And if not, tell this song by Breaking Rust, which has managed to convince people enough to make it number one in the prestigious Billboard magazine of hits in the US.
Who is Breaking Rust?. In Newsweek they claim to have contacted the person behind the virtual artist Breaking Rust, but he has not made any statements. The artist has a profile in Linktree and on Instagramwhere 39,000 people are currently following him. In that account, videos made with AI appear in which the image of a cowboy is presented in different situations and with his songs in the background. Meanwhile, on Spotify has Right now more than two million monthly listeners. It is not clear who is behind said virtual artist, although some analyzes have tried to reveal that mystery.
It is not the first and it certainly will not be the last hit of AI. What ‘Walk My Walk’ has achieved is striking, but in recent months we had already seen some virtual artists with songs generated by AI They end up being a hit on Spotifyalthough there are suspicions in this success (and probably, many bots). Replicating any style has long seemed like a piece of cake for AI models… even before ChatGPT appeared and it will change everything.
We can no longer distinguish if a song was made by AI. It is already difficult to detect whether a text or an image has been created by an AI. The video seemed to be somewhat easier to identify, but the latest versions of Veo or Sora make it really complicated. With music we have reached a point where human music is indistinguishable from that generated by AI. This is what it indicates a recent study linked in Scientific American. It became clear that the majority of participants in this study could not distinguish creations made with Suno AI from human compositions.
Rejection and worry. Music generated by AI, as in other types of content, is generating rejection in certain sectors. Josh Antonuccio, from Ohio University, explained that AI-generated content “creates more noise (…) The only thing that will continue to distinguish human artists is those who have remarkable music, a captivating perspective and a story that attracts fans.” Meanwhile, the truth is that this makes it more difficult for artists, especially independent ones who are trying to be successful in this segment. They also wonder if AI will ultimately I shouldn’t pay them a commission considering that he has (probably) trained with his works.
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