AI music is here

Today, Explained

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🗓️ 9 January 2026

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Most of us don't even realize it, but we're increasingly hearing AI music in the wild. This episode was producer by Danielle Hewitt, edited by Miranda Kennedy, fact checked by Andrea Lopez-Cruzado, engineered by Patrick Boyd and Bridger Dunnagan, and hosted by Noel King. Photo by Ying Tang/NurPhoto via Getty Images. Listen to Today, Explained ad-free by becoming a Vox Member: vox.com/members. New Vox members get $20 off their membership right now. Transcript at ⁠vox.com/today-explained-podcast.⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	We are Charlie Kirk, we carry the blame.
0:07.0	We'll fight for the gospel.
0:11.0	We'll honor his name.
0:14.0	AI music is everywhere.
0:16.0	It's slopping around your algorithm and your platforms.
0:19.0	One of them, Deezer, says 50,000 AI-generated tracks are being uploaded every day.
0:24.9	Spotify is declining to comment, LOLL.
0:27.9	AI music is also charting, breaking rusts, walk-my-walk.
0:32.2	Top Spotify's viral 50 songs in the U.S.
0:39.2	Zanaya Monet debuted on the Billboard Charts.
0:45.3	And yet, many people cannot tell the difference between AI music and music music.
0:50.5	And if, to paraphrase Taylor Swift, that makes you want to die, son, do we have a show for you?
0:54.8	Coming up on today, explained, should music lovers take AI music seriously?
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