Sienna Rose
Jan. 15th, 2026 05:38 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
paserbypOne of the hottest names in music today very likely doesn’t exist. Meet Sienna Rose, the artist with three songs in Spotify’s Viral 50–USA playlist and all the characteristics of something generated by artificial intelligence(More details: https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/sienna-rose-ai-artist-real-1235499068).
Rose’s Spotify bio(https://open.spotify.com/artist/6wq8iklwcF2dj0jtMpPvOJ), until recently, referred to the “neo-soul singer” with almost no social media presence as “anonymous.” But whatever was left of that anonymity vanished when human artist Selena Gomez posted an Instagram carousel from the Golden Globes to her 415 million followers using a track from Rose, prompting the internet to point out it’s almost assuredly AI.
Aventhis and The Velvet Sundown are AI music creations that attracted attention last summer due to their popularity on Spotify. Probably not coincidentally, Spotify announced stronger protections for flesh-and-blood creators in September that include:
* A new standard for credits to clearly state how AI was used in a track.
* Removing unauthorized voice clones.
* A spam filter that tracks mass uploads that look to game the payout system and prevents them from showing up in your recommendations.
Meanwhile, fellow music streamer Bandcamp announced a stricter policy on Tuesday, stating that music “generated wholly or in substantial part by AI is not permitted.”
However, Spotify struck licensing deals with Sony, Universal, and Warner in October to create “artist-first” AI music “in close consultation with artists, producers, and songwriters.
