There’s a new country star in town, and he’s not even real.
Cain Walker‘s “Ain’t My Problem” surged to the top of the Spotify Viral charts, and listeners quickly realized that the popular song is sung by an AI artist.
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The song has well over a million streams on Spotify, and nearly half a million streams on YouTube.
His other song, “Don’t Tread on Me,” came in at No. 3 on the Billboard Country Digital Song Sales Chart recently. It’s unclear who is behind the Cain Walker account as of right now.
The “artist” already has over 1.1 million monthly listeners on Spotify alone as well. Not everyone is excited about AI artists dominating the charts, though.
“To creators, AI is scary and it’s existentially scary. In this instance, it’s ignited a conversation that I’ve never seen in my 28 years in this job,” said Bart Herbison, executive director of Nashville Songwriters Association International to Axios.
Listen to “Ain’t My Problem” and read the lyrics…
Listen to “Don’t Tread on Me” and read the lyrics…
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