AI-Generated Song About Immigrants Enters German Charts, Sparks Controversy [Video]

Key Points:

• An AI-generated song about immigrants called “Verknallt in einen Talahon” has entered the German Top 50 charts.
• The song’s music, vocals, and artwork were created entirely using AI tools.
• The lyrics contain stereotypes about immigrants and use potentially offensive terms.
• The song’s creator, Butterbro, says it was meant as a parody but has drawn criticism.
• This may be the first fully AI-generated song to chart in a major music market.

A new song created entirely by artificial intelligence has entered the German music charts, marking what may be a first for a major music market.

The track, titled “Verknallt in einen Talahon” (In Love with a Talahon), reached number 48 on the German Top 50 list in August 2024.

The song was created by Josua Waghubinger, who goes by the artist name Butterbro. He used an AI tool called Udio to generate the music, vocals, and artwork for the track. Udio is a text-to-music platform that can create songs from simple text prompts.

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