Spotify is being flooded with AI-generated music, ghost artists, and fake tracks appearing on real musicians’ pages. What’s going on behind the algorithm? We investigate.
00:00 – AI Music Is Hijacking Spotify
01:18 – Real Artists, Fake Tracks: The Sweet Enoughs Case
04:06 – The Scam Economy of AI Slop
06:01 – Spotify’s Business Model: Exploit, Deny, Repeat
07:33 – Ghost Artists & Royalty-Free Fakery
09:00 – Spotify’s History of this behaviour
11:56 – How to tell if it’s AI Music
13:08 – Growth At All Costs
15:49 – How to Fix It (And Why Spotify Won’t)
Josh is a journalist, musician and cameraman who is working with Michael West Media to develop The West Report and other visual content across major social media channels, as well as researching and writing articles.
