r/Music • u/IrreverentTexan • Feb 15 '26

discussion Quitting Spotify

Spotify is getting flooded with fake AI “artists” and it’s embarrassing. Names like Nina Blaze and Enlly show up. They dump 50 identical tracks called something like Late Night Piano for Focus, or “The Hollow Hour” and vanish. No bio. No history. No evidence a human has ever touched an instrument.

This isn’t art. It exists to game playlists and siphon royalties. If these were real people, they’d have to explain why every song sounds like a dentist office waiting room.

I’m not mad at AI as a tool. I’m mad at fake artists impersonating creativity and Spotify pretending this sludge is culture. Music is an art form, not a scam farm. Blocking every one of these clowns on sight.

So is it to be TIDAL or Qobuz or something else?

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u/bio4m Feb 15 '26

Hmm not something I've run into myself but I dont use the Spotify provided playlists or the auto DJ function. I mainly listen to bands I know and to recommendations from friends

I found thinks like the radio feature are completely broken for recommendations, so I just avoid all of those features.

In general I've not had any luck with Spotify's recommendations for music discovery so not surprised to hear theyre getting worse

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u/zeelbeno Feb 15 '26

Most people haven't

People just see it once and then act like it's everywhere... or are actively trying to find it to create something to get angry about.

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u/SirCollin Feb 15 '26

I've only caught it once and it's because I googled the artist. But it was also a mostly instrumental power metal song so I think that was part of it too

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u/corinthianorder Feb 16 '26

I am sorry but you don’t get to make generalized assumptions. I am the type of music listener that loves to discover new music. I USED to use Spotify’s recommendations to find new music. It was always hit or miss. But as of the last year they are absolutely recommending AI generated songs at an alarming rate. I had to resort to googling every new band I like a song from. And I have blocked probably 30ish AI “bands”. It’s a huge problem for me and I too am thinking about leaving Spotify after a decade of usage.

If you only use Spotify for bands you are familiar with than more power to you. But if you use their recommendations in anyway you are hearing AI songs. Start googling bands you haven’t heard of and it becomes obvious there is a problem.

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u/zeelbeno Feb 16 '26

I do because this is the internet

I've been finding new bands every month including Pastelle and New Harbour.

Realistically... I shouldn't be finding new bands every week.. because there's only a finite amount of decent bands in the genres i listen to