{"id":24384,"date":"2026-08-13T17:37:19","date_gmt":"2026-08-13T15:37:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/13\/i-feel-like-im-at-war-are-we-losing-the-battle-against-machine-made-music\/"},"modified":"2026-08-13T17:37:19","modified_gmt":"2026-08-13T15:37:19","slug":"i-feel-like-im-at-war-are-we-losing-the-battle-against-machine-made-music","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/13\/i-feel-like-im-at-war-are-we-losing-the-battle-against-machine-made-music\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018I feel like I\u2019m at war\u2019: are we losing the battle against machine-made music?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Despite outcry from musicians, AI slop is creeping into the charts as record labels scramble to adapt to a new normal where hits can be made at the click of a button<\/p>\n

This year, the battle for song of the summer has been eclipsed by a much more complicated \u2013 some would even say disturbing \u2013 debate. That\u2019s because we find ourselves asking not \u201cWhat\u2019s the song of the summer?\u201d but rather \u201cIs the song of the summer even real<\/em>?\u201d<\/p>\n

Among the top contenders for the title is Fenix Flexin\u2019s Rubberz<\/a>, a single released in June that has ascended to No 58 on the Billboard <\/em>Hot 100 and racked up more than 35m Spotify streams. It\u2019s not the sort of fare Fenix usually cooks up. The artist is known for his trap music as part of the rap duo Shoreline Mafia, but Rubberz is a mildly noirish, 80s-inspired synth-pop track featuring a voice nothing like his. The song has drawn comparisons to Morrissey, but it more closely resembles Men at Work\u2019s Down Under, or a Weird Al Yankovic parody of Men at Work. It\u2019s pretty awful. But more importantly, it has an uncanny quality to it. It sounds off.<\/em><\/p>\n

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\nDespite outcry from musicians, AI slop is creeping into the charts as record labels scramble to adapt to a new normal where hits can be made at the click of a button
\nThis year, the battle for song of the summer has been eclipsed by a much more complicated \u2013 some would even say disturbing \u2013 debate. That\u2019s because we find ourselves asking not \u201cWhat\u2019s the song of the summer?\u201d but rather \u201cIs the song of the summer even real?\u201d
\nAmong the top contenders for the title is Fenix Flexin\u2019s Rubberz, a single released in June that has ascended to No 58 on the Billboard Hot 100 and racked up more than 35m Spotify streams. It\u2019s not the sort of fare Fenix usually cooks up. The artist is known for his trap music as part of the rap duo Shoreline Mafia, but Rubberz is a mildly noirish, 80s-inspired synth-pop track featuring a voice nothing like his. The song has drawn comparisons to Morrissey, but it more closely resembles Men at Work\u2019s Down Under, or a Weird Al Yankovic parody of Men at Work. It\u2019s pretty awful. But more importantly, it has an uncanny quality to it. It sounds off. Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Despite outcry from musicians, AI slop is creeping into the charts as record labels scramble to adapt to a new normal where hits can be made at the click of a button This year, the battle for song of the summer has been eclipsed by a much more complicated \u2013 some would even say disturbing …<\/p>\n

\u2018I feel like I\u2019m at war\u2019: are we losing the battle against machine-made music?<\/span> Read More »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":24385,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24384"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24384"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24384\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24385"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24384"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24384"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24384"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}