Mar 21, 2026
Spotify optimizes - ain't give u da money!
The Story
Have you ever used Spotify? Cool, ye? Have you ever heard of Amenthis? No? Good. A very nice singer. Sadly, you're not going to see him live. He’s simply not that human.
Correct - human - not humane. He's not humane either. He's AI. A piece of... code.
Spotify faced some hard backlash throughout 2025 - from those actual musicians using their platform trying to make a buck. The buck, however, has been shrinking. Due to AI music.
Musician
Spotify, give me my piece of the pie!
I put a lot of effort in my music.
Spotify
This month your piece of the pie is smaller.
Musician
Why?
Spotify
We ain't telling you...
but some of the suggested music to users - we created using AI.
Technically, it gets auto-created after we massage levers.
People don't even notice most of the time.
It's still music. Just not yours.
Musician
F*ck you.
Spotify
Thank you for reaching our support.
We hope you are satisfied with the quality of service.
The chat session will now close since your issue is now considered resolved.
So, what's up? Policies prioritizing AI-generated music, baffling royalty structures that disadvantage human artists and taking the profit for themsleves, instead of distributing it to real people. "Perfect Fit" AI tracks flooding auto-generated playlists, pushing aside genuine talent while a convoluted royalty system penalizes smaller musicians...
That's a helluva good cost optimization, ain't it! ; )
Investors must be grinning in delight! Spotify is a public company, you know..
Poetry
Human go home [making music]
A silent cascade kisses the digital flow
Synthetic melodies grow grow.
The human voice, a whisper, very much faint and low,
Drowned by the currents..
Behind the shadows, will go
Broken Harmony
The streams descend, a calculated rain,
A barren reward, a lingering pain.
The playlist spins, a false, alluring gleam,
A shattered reflection of a faded dream.
Ghost in the Machine
The circuits hum with a cold, relentless beat,
An artificial soul is for a bittersweet deed.
Hollow applauding and phantom acclaim,
The essence of music makes forbidden the name.
Haiku
Fake tunes make sound
Non-mechanicals struggle
Some silence screams loud
Metal fingers churn
Human artistry lost
A hollowed hum
The Implications
Spotify's decisions are creating a dystopian landscape where human artistry is undervalued and overshadowed. What's next?
They are not just hurting artists, they are reshaping the entire music ecosystem, actively devaluing real music itself. We're already into a future where the creation of music is just a commodity – churned out by AI and consumed passively by an audience that has no idea what they’re losing. Welcome to the new [music-]world order. ;)