"Acclaimed Australian prog rock band King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard joined a growing number of artists when it left Spotify in July. At the time, band leader Stu Mackenzie took aim at Spotify CEO Daniel Ek, excoriating him for investing in an AI weapons company. "We've been saying f*** Spotify for years," Mackenzie told the Los Angeles Times. "In our circle of musician friends, that's what people say all the time, for all of these other reasons which are well documented.""
"But in a technological twist, impersonators are now using generative AI to clone the band's iconic sound. A user on Reddit was recently recommended a track on his Release Radar that was a clear knockoff of the real King Gizzard, alerting them to the scheme. The track spotted by the Reddit user, called "Rattlesnake," is listed under an artist with the incredibly similar name "King Lizard Wizard" - which is striking, because the real King Gizzard also has a song called "Rattlesnake.""
"The similarities don't end there: the fake version of the song, which is clearly AI-generated, has identical lyrics to King Gizzard's original version, along with a notably similar composition. In fact, every song uploaded by the knockoff "King Lizard" artist on Spotify has the same title as an actual King Gizzard song, with its corresponding lyrics ripped straight from the source, suggesting the perpetrator fed the lyrics into an AI music generator and instructed it to copy the band's sound."
King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard exited Spotify in July, with band leader Stu Mackenzie criticizing CEO Daniel Ek for investing in an AI weapons company. Impersonators have begun using generative AI to imitate the band's sound and recreate songs. A Reddit user discovered an AI-generated knockoff of "Rattlesnake" under the artist name "King Lizard Wizard," mirroring the original lyrics and composition. Every track from the knockoff account shares titles and lyrics with real King Gizzard songs, implying the perpetrator fed source lyrics into an AI music generator. The knockoff profile has amassed tens of thousands of streams while the band's official profile remains abandoned on the platform.
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