Charisma Madarang
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Lorde took to social media to call out Spotify over its "About the Song" feature. FilmMagic Spotify has wielded artificial intelligence to curate your perfect playlist, personalize your music recommendations, and even rolled out an AI DJ that talks to you about your music tastes. Now, the streaming platform wants to tell you what your favorite song really means.
Not everyone is pleased with the latest development, however. On Thursday, Grammy-winning artist Lorde took to social media to call out Spotify over its “About the Song” feature and accuse the streaming behemoth of sharing inaccurate information, while also overstepping artistic boundaries. According to Spotify, the new feature is in beta and produces summaries by pulling from “third-party sources to surface interesting details and behind-the-scenes moments.”
On Instagram Stories, Lorde shared a screenshot of a Spotify AI description for her song “Current Affairs,” which read: “On her Ultrasound World Tour, Lorde turns Current Affairs into a full-on performance piece, stripping down to underwear while a dancer pours water over her stomach so the song plays out like the shower scene she talks about on stage.”
In the caption for the post, Lorde tagged the streaming service. “Hey @spotify i’m gonna go out on a limb n say we don’t want this,” wrote Lorde. “Not only is this inaccurate (not the song i did that in) but reducing a song to an ai generated meaning right at the source feels like it limits free interpretation imo. At least make it possible for artists to opt out please.”
