#965 - Rick Beato - AI Bands, Spotify, TikTok & The Death Of Songwriting

Modern Wisdom

Chris Williamson

Society & Culture, Health & Fitness

4.7 • 4.6K Ratings

🗓️ 10 July 2025

⏱️ 121 minutes

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Summary

Rick Beato is a multi-instrumentalist musician, YouTuber, and a music producer. Music and the industry around it have changed dramatically over the past few decades. With the rise of AI, the dominance of streaming platforms like Spotify, and the fading relevance of traditional Popstars, the old model of making and producing music is on its last breath. So what comes next? And who or what will shape the future of music? Expect to learn why Live Nation has become a lot of peoples enemies, what most people don’t understand about the process of making a pop song now, the trends musically that are dominating at the moment and why country is controlling the charts, the impact of TikTok on music generation, the rise of AI artists, bands and the rippling effects it will have on creatives in the music industry, what the future of music monetisation is going to look like, why Popstars are becoming obsolete, and much more... Sponsors: See discounts for all the products I use and recommend: https://chriswillx.com/deals Get the best bloodwork analysis in America at https://functionhealth.com/modernwisdom Get a 20% discount on Nomatic’s amazing luggage at https://nomatic.com/modernwisdom Get a Free Sample Pack of LMNT’s most popular Flavours with your first purchase at https://drinklmnt.com/modernwisdom Get 35% off your first subscription on the best supplements from Momentous at https://livemomentous.com/modernwisdom Timestamps: (00:00) Why Does Everyone Hate Live Nation? (09:36) What Goes Into Making A Pop Song? (17:39) Producer Driven Songs vs. Artist Written Songs (30:56) What Do Pop Stars Bring To The Table Today? (37:07) What Trends Are Dominating Charts Currently? (46:07) Is Music Too Easy To Make Now? (56:39) The Impact Of TikTok On Music & Formula For Making A Hit Song (1:12:16) Why Is Country Music So Popular Now? (1:21:22) Will AI Artists Takeover The Music Industry? (1:29:48) The Ethics Of AI In Music (1:43:20) How Do Artists Make Money Now? (1:48:59) The Good, Bad, & Ugly Of Spotify (1:54:30) The Future Of Music Monetization Extra Stuff: Get my free reading list of 100 books to read before you die: https://chriswillx.com/books Try my productivity energy drink Neutonic: https://neutonic.com/modernwisdom Episodes You Might Enjoy: #577 - David Goggins - This Is How To Master Your Life: https://tinyurl.com/43hv6y59 #712 - Dr Jordan Peterson - How To Destroy Your Negative Beliefs: https://tinyurl.com/2rtz7avf #700 - Dr Andrew Huberman - The Secret Tools To Hack Your Brain: https://tinyurl.com/3ccn5vkp - Get In Touch: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/modernwisdompodcast Email: https://chriswillx.com/contact - Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	I just saw this video of Beyonce the other night.
0:03.3	She was up in the...
0:03.9	Oh, and the car.
0:04.5	And the car started going...
0:06.7	Dude, could you imagine if you were the guy that killed Beyonce?
0:09.9	Oh, she was stood on top of a car.
0:12.4	Beyonce dies in Eddie Guerrera-style catastrophe.
0:16.7	I was thinking...
0:18.2	I was wondering, like, what in the world is she thinking, well, she's up there?
0:22.6	She's got to be scared. I mean, she was up really high. Is she harnessed in? I think that she was.
0:27.6	Got to have some sort of backup. Yeah. I mean, do you imagine the fucking insurance policy on Beyonce?
0:32.0	Has to be. Oh, yeah. It would bankrupt. It would bankrupt a country. That was crazy to see that, to imagine some type of a problem like that.
0:40.5	You know that that's not going to happen again, though.
0:43.2	Ronnie Radke, one of it was his drummer who got second degree burns from flames that came
0:48.6	somewhere and he just fired everybody.
0:52.0	Everybody's fired, except for the band.
0:53.6	Everybody's fired. No one's allowed to do this again. Run it back. We'll fired, except for the band. Everybody's fired.
0:54.4	No one's allowed to do this again.
0:55.9	Run it back.
0:56.8	We'll get somebody new.
0:58.0	You know, when you're dealing with that kind of stuff, any type of pyro.
1:03.2	When I was at the Metallica show, I was 30 feet from the stage, but at the same level.
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