Lorde Slams AI-Generated Spotify Feature: "Inaccurate"
Spotify said the beta feature uses third-party sources and removed the incorrect text after Lorde said it limited free interpretation.
- On Thursday, Grammy-winning artist Lorde called out Spotify over its About the Song AI feature after the tool incorrectly attributed a performance detail from her song GRWM to Current Affairs on her Ultrasound World Tour.
- Spotify's About the Song is an AI tool in beta released to limited users in February that scrapes third-party sources to compile song context; the streaming platform has increasingly integrated AI into playlists, recommendations, and DJ features.
- The inaccurate description originated from themusic.com.au, which the tool cited as its source, conflating performance details from two separate songs on Lorde's 2025 Ultrasound World Tour; a Spotify spokesperson confirmed the text was removed following her complaint.
- Lorde demanded Spotify allow artists to opt out of the feature, while the company told Pitchfork it moves quickly to address inaccuracies: "Getting it right matters to us."
- Lorde's complaint reflects broader artist resistance to AI in creative industries; SZA told I-D earlier this year that artists face "anti-intellectualism," while Google's AI summaries faced similar criticism when an April New York Times report found they pulled from sources including Facebook posts.
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Lorde takes aim at Spotify’s intelligence feature: ‘We don’t want this’
Lorde is taking aim at Spotify’s latest artificial intelligence feature, saying it gets the facts wrong and risks changing the way fans experience music. Spotify’s AI feature gets one of Lorde’s songs wrong Spotify’s new ‘About the Song’ feature uses AI and third-party sources to summarize tracks. BY: MEGA. The Grammy-winning singer criticized the streaming...
Lorde scolds Spotify over its new AI “About the Song” feature
Lorde has been on an anti-AI tear recently. After delivering a warning last week that railed against Meta’s AI glasses, she took to Instagram yesterday to call out Spotify for its new AI-generated “About the Song” feature. The tool, currently in beta, was introduced in February; it combs third-party sources for background information about the song being played and offers an AI-generated summary of contextual fun facts and “behind-the-scenes mom…
Artist Lorde is criticizing Spotify's new AI feature after it gave an inaccurate description of her song "Current Affairs." The criticism comes as more and more AI-generated summaries are under scrutiny.
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