US EditionScammers Share Fake King Gizzard Songs on Spotify
An AI impersonator uploaded cloned King Gizzard songs on Spotify, amassing tens of thousands of streams before detection, highlighting platform content moderation challenges.
- Last month, an impersonator called King Lizard Wizard uploaded tracks to Spotify, accumulating tens of thousands of streams while the releases remained live for weeks.
- A broader moderation problem at Spotify has allowed AI-generated impersonators to proliferate, with King Gizzard targeted last month by copycat uploads including `muzak` versions.
- A Reddit user recently flagged the knockoff after finding it in Release Radar; the fake used identical titles, lyrics, and AI-generated album art, suggesting AI music generator use.
- Some fake releases credited Mackenzie as composer and lyricist, shifting credit from the real band, and Spotify did not reply before the King Lizard Wizard account vanished.
- Although the company announced new safeguards, examples like the King Gizzard impersonator suggest Spotify policies on spam and impersonation have yet to stop copycat AI uploads despite allowing AI-generated music.
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