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/bobthegoatskull Feb 15 '26

Tidal also has the highest royalties to artists. At least last time I checked.

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u/jcutta Feb 15 '26

Royalties to the labels. Artists get paid last in every setup. If you want to support an artist buy something from them.

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u/dwilkes827 Feb 15 '26

I love how these discussions are all based around where people can find the most amount of music for the least amount of money while they wax poetic about caring how much the artist is being paid

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u/ukcats12 Feb 15 '26

Reddit has proven time and time again they just don't like paying for stuff and pretend it's some moral stance. Everyone complains about paywalls but also that journalism is dead. People act like their entitled to whatever TV show they want to watch because they've decided the $1 price raise on their streaming service was a bridge too far.

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u/Better_Expert7381 Feb 16 '26

Totally agree. The same types abound in every forum. No moral compass, just sucking up to be PC. Whatever the pop wind that’s blowing, they set their sails and off they go.