AI Country Song Tops US Sales Chart

An AI-generated country song has topped Billboard‘s “Country Digital Song Sales” chart in the United States — once again highlighting how ubiquitous algorithmically generated music is becoming.

The song, titled “Walk My Walk,” by a fictional group called Breaking Rust, tells an incredibly generic story about a man who has “been beat down” and got “mud on my jeans,” yet perseveres through it all. The song was accompanied by an AI slop video on Instagram, showing a man in a cowboy hat heroically walking into the sunset.

Despite the song’s generic and uninspired nature, Breaking Rust has accumulated over two million monthly listeners on Spotify, where it’s listed as a “verified artist,” despite having no bio. Several of its songs have been played over a million times. One single, which was released last month, has over 4.5 million listens.

Spotify lists an individual named Aubierre Rivaldo Taylor as the group’s “composer” and “lyricist.” As Whiskey Riff pointed out last week, he has also been generating raunchy AI slop music under the pseudonym “Defbeatsai,” which has released songs with titles including “Morning Wood,” “Her Blessed Juice,” and “Kreme Queen.”