AI Controversy — Are AI-Generated City Pop Songs Killing the Genre’s Soul?

Let’s be real for a second: city pop has a vibe—nostalgic, lush, emotionally rich—and now AI is flooding the genre with cheap imitations.

The New York artists and fans are calling it out as a soulless washout.

According to Pitchfork, quality city pop AI tracks are drowning beneath a wave of generic, algorithmic copies. Some of them literally slip through recommendation algorithms because they sound close enough.

But they lack the human nuance—those delicate guitar touches, expressive synth life, and organic imperfections that made the genre special.

Why It Should Rattle You:

Cultural Erosion: AI isn’t just copying sound—it’s flattening cultural texture. City pop’s roots in Japanese ’70s–’80s jazz, funk, and emotion are being erased by bland, formulaic clones.
Platform Impact: YouTube and Spotify aren’t policing this—raw AI content floods feeds, diluting discovery and biasing attention toward convenience, not artistry.
Ethical Irony: AI tools can help you create in a city pop style—but do we want AI to replace the artists, or just assist them?

Let’s Debate:

Are you hearing AI city pop on your feeds? How did it feel different?
Is AI erasing authenticity—or will fans eventually gravitate back when they feel something real?
Should platforms be responsible for labeling or filtering AI-genre imitations—or is that censorship?

Sound off below—this is the front line of where AI meets creative culture, and if we don’t talk about it, we let the nuance vanish.

With love

- Spike

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