Billboard's Top Country Song Is Currently AI Slop

"The song, titled "Walk My Walk," by a fictional group called Breaking Rust, tells an incredibly generic story about a man who has "been beat down" and got "mud on my jeans," yet perseveres through it all. The song was accompanied by an AI slop video on Instagram, showing a man in a cowboy hat heroically walking into the sunset."

"Despite the song's generic and uninspired nature, Breaking Rust has accumulated over two million monthly listeners on Spotify, where it's listed as a "verified artist," despite having no bio. Several of its songs have been played over a million times. One single, which was released last month, has over 4.5 million listens. Spotify lists an individual named Aubierre Rivaldo Taylor as the group's "composer" and "lyricist.""

"The news comes after Billboard announced earlier this month that at least one AI or AI-assisted artist has charted over each of the preceding four weeks, a "streak suggesting this trend is quickly accelerating." The industry hasn't held back, signing multi-million-dollar deals with AI artists. Even Universal Music Group, a major label that has been caught up in fierce copyright infringement lawsuits over the use of AI, announced that it had struck a licensing deal with AI music generation app Udio for an upcoming AI creation platform."

An AI-generated country song titled "Walk My Walk" by fictional group Breaking Rust topped Billboard's Country Digital Song Sales chart in the United States. The track features generic lyrics about hardship and an AI-generated Instagram video of a cowboy walking into the sunset. Breaking Rust has over two million monthly Spotify listeners, appears as a verified artist with no bio, and has multiple tracks exceeding one million streams, including a recent single with over 4.5 million listens. Spotify lists Aubierre Rivaldo Taylor as the group's composer and lyricist; he reportedly also releases raunchy AI tracks under the name Defbeatsai. Billboard reported AI or AI-assisted artists charted in each of the past four weeks, major labels are signing deals with AI artists, and Universal Music Group licensed the AI app Udio while Spotify announced new policies to protect artists amid rising AI-generated content.

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