Erica Siaulnski, Staff Writer
Recently, there has been a trend of music created by artificial intelligence; some people are outraged, but others think it’s fine. What does it mean for the listeners and for the future of music?
The band ‘Bleeding Verse’ came around in 2025, describing themselves as “an emotional post-hardcore band crafting cinematic soundscapes and heartbreak-heavy melodies.” The only thing that separates this band from any other band is that the band does not have any members and does not have any traditional roles. The music is entirely digital.
Some believe that this is completely ridiculous and find it to be a shame that this is how artificial intelligence is being used. Some also believe that this takes away from real, human singers and artists who work much harder than a machine to create music for the public. Some find it betraying when they hear the music, look further into the band only to discover there’s no members, and no artists. While others find no problems in enjoying the music.
The one and only album by the band, I Became What You Broke, was released in July of 2025, and since then has managed to gain 739,900 monthly listeners on Spotify. Their top song, “If You Loved Me Then,” has a total of 3,458,332 streams.
Some have also pointed out the similarities between Bleeding Verse and another band, Holding Absence. Holding Absence is a rock band formed in 2015, Bleeding Verse passed the band in Spotify streams in only two months of Bleeding Verse’s music being available on Spotify.
“So, an AI ‘band’ who cite us as an influence (ie, it’s modelled off our music) have just overtaken us on Spotify, in only TWO months,” A member of Holding Absence, Lucas Woodland posted on Twitter about his disappointment in the situation. “It’s shocking, it’s disheartening, it’s insulting—most importantly—it’s a wake up call.”
Some find it unfortunate and unfair that this has happened; others are warning artists and other professions that they may be next. Spotify announced its plan to crack down on AI generated music, but it seems that this qualifies only “spam” and repetitive tracks. Spotify also claimed to have removed 75 million tracks from the app in the past year; Bleeding Verse does not seem to fall under this category and doesn’t seem to be going anywhere.
Some question what this means for the future of music, musicians and bands. AI theoretically could replace many singers, bands, band members and more. Some question if this is only the beginning of what AI will soon take over in terms of jobs and employment, as well as art.
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