The New York Times

The Bands and the Fans Were Fake. The $10 Million Was Real.

Federal prosecutors charged a North Carolina musician with gaming the system to win royalties from streaming services including Spotify, Apple Music and Amazon Music. By Maia Coleman A North Carolina ...
Gizmodo

Spotify Purges Thousands of AI Songs to Stop Bots From Streaming Them

In addition to fake music, artificial intelligence has created a big new problem for Spotify: fake listeners. It's an infinite loop of "artificial streaming." Reading time 3 minutes Spotify recently ...
Gizmodo

10 Best Fake Songs From Fake Movie Bands

With 'KPop Demon Hunters' charting, we look at some of our faux music act favorites from genre movies of the past 30 years. Reading time 3 minutes This summer has seen some pretty catchy needle drops ...
The New York Times

8 Really Great Songs From Fake Movie Bands

In honor of a new film about the (real) Bruce Springsteen, revisit tracks from Spinal Tap, Sex Bob-Omb, Stillwater and more. By Lindsay Zoladz Over the weekend, to commemorate the upcoming release of ...