{"id":2238787,"date":"2026-01-17T13:35:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-17T13:35:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2238787"},"modified":"2026-01-17T13:35:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-17T13:35:07","slug":"sienna-rose-new-singer-with-nearly-3million-spotify-listeners-believed-to-be-fake-ai-artist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/sienna-rose-new-singer-with-nearly-3million-spotify-listeners-believed-to-be-fake-ai-artist\/","title":{"rendered":"Sienna Rose \u2013 new singer with nearly 3million Spotify listeners \u2013 believed to be fake AI artist"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Soul \u201cmusician\u201d Sienna Rose has made headlines this week as suspicions mount that her music is a product of artificial intelligence.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"post-content-read-more\">\n<li aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"537\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559683&quot;:0,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b>READ MORE:<\/b><b>\u00a0<\/b><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/keir-starmer-tell-us-about-protecting-creativity-in-the-uk-venues-need-not-just-to-survive-but-to-thrive-3883186\"><b>Keir Starmer tells us about \u201cprotecting creativity\u201d in the UK<\/b><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>On <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/brands\/spotify\">Spotify<\/a>, her sound is described as a blend of the \u201celegance of classic soul with vulnerability of modern R&amp;B\u201d, while she is simply referred to as\u00a0\u201can anonymous neo-soul singer\u201d. Many fans have taken note of the reference to her anonymity, which makes her 2.6million monthly listeners all the more staggering.<\/p>\n<p>She\u2019s also managed to get three tracks \u2013 \u2018Into the Blue,\u2019 \u2018Safe With You,\u2019 and \u2018Where Your Warmth Begins\u2019 \u2013 on Spotify\u2019s Viral 50 \u2013 USA playlist this month.<\/p>\n<p>As noted by <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.co.uk\/music\/news\/is-sienna-rose-ai-all-signs-point-to-yes-57611\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Rolling Stone<\/em><\/a>, the debate around her legitimacy as an artist has been ongoing for about a year, but was recently reignited after <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/brands\/spotify\">Selena Gomez<\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/this-ai-artist-has-three-songs-in-the-spotify-viral-top-50-and-has-already-fooled-selena-gomez-3923513\">posted a carousel of the Golden Globes to Instagram<\/a>, soundtracked by Rose\u2019s \u2018Where Your Warmth Begins\u2019, which has since been removed from the post.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement given to the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/articles\/cq6v83gq66eo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>BBC<\/em><\/a>, streaming platform Deezer confirmed suspicions, saying that \u201cmany of Sienna Rose\u2019s albums and songs are detected and flagged as AI on Deezer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Despite <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/new-study-finds-97-per-cent-of-people-cant-tell-the-difference-between-real-and-ai-music-3908402\">audiences reportedly struggling to distinguish between \u201creal\u201d and AI music <\/a>\u2013 with a recent report from streaming service Deezer finding that 97 per cent of people \u201ccan\u2019t tell the difference\u201d between the two \u2013 fans instinctively suspected as much.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Where Your Warmth Begins\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PFTpy-z6RhQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>This is due to a variety of tell-tale clues, namely that Rose has no social media presence, has never played a show (and as such has no videos up of her performing), and has been releasing songs at an implausible speed.<\/p>\n<p>Last year, in the months between September and December, Rose uploaded at least 45 tracks to streaming services, a creative output even the likes of Frank Zappa or Prince would struggle to match.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s far from the first time an AI-generated artist has managed to climb up the charts, which has been a consistent fixture of headlines of late as the music industry struggles to contain the AI boom.<\/p>\n<p>Last week,\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/bandcamp-has-banned-all-music-made-with-ai-3923071\">Bandcamp officially banned AI music from its platform<\/a>. \u201cIf you encounter music or audio that appears to be made entirely or with heavy reliance on generative AI, please use our reporting tools to flag the content for review by our team,\u201d they said. \u201cWe reserve the right to remove any music on suspicion of being AI generated.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The AI-generated band\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/seemingly-ai-generated-band-the-velvet-sundown-have-over-400000-monthly-spotify-listeners-3874381\">The Velvet Sundown made headlines\u00a0last year\u00a0after gaining around 400,000 monthly Spotify listeners<\/a>, with a \u201cspokesperson\u201d for the act later\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/spokesperson-for-viral-ai-band-the-velvet-sundown-admits-he-was-hoaxing-the-media-3875976\">admitting that he was running a hoax aimed at \u201cthe media\u201d<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The AI-generated artist Xania Monet\u00a0also made headlines last year after\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/music\/articles\/ai-music-artist-lands-multi-132158373.html\">signing a multimillion-dollar record deal<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/xania-monet-becomes-first-ai-artist-to-chart-on-us-billboard-rankings-3904887\">becoming the first AI artist to chart on the US Billboard rankings<\/a>. The poet and designer behind the project said she saw Monet as \u201ca real person\u201d\u00a0who is \u201cchallenging the norm\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/kehlani-criticises-ai-generated-artist-xania-monet-getting-3million-record-deal-i-dont-respect-it-3893972?utm_source=NME&amp;utm_campaign=8c9ceafff7-nl_w39y25_weekly_digest&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_term=0_-38f1b724ef-\">Kehlani has hit out at the success of Monet<\/a>, telling fans that the proliferation of AI in music was \u201cso beyond out of our control.\u201d\u00a0She went on to highlight the power of AI to create fully formed songs without users having to \u201ccredit anyone\u201d involved in making the copyrighted works on which such generative music systems are trained.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Into the Blue\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/izrUfSWD4lA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>\u201cNothing and no one on Earth will ever be able to justify AI to me,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p>In September,\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/ai-band-inspired-by-holding-absence-overtakes-them-on-spotify-its-disheartening-its-insulting-its-a-wake-up-call-3896550\">Cardiff rock group Holding Absence hit out at an AI \u2018band\u2019 which had overtaken their streaming figures<\/a>\u00a0on\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/brands\/spotify\">Spotify<\/a>.\u00a0Frontman\u00a0Lucas Woodland wrote: \u201cSo, an AI \u2018band\u2019 who cite us as an influence (ie,\u00a0it\u2019s\u00a0modelled off our music) have just overtaken us on Spotify, in only TWO months.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The vocalist continued: \u201cIt\u2019s shocking, it\u2019s disheartening, it\u2019s insulting \u2013 most importantly \u2013 it\u2019s a\u00a0wake up\u00a0call.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n  !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n  {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n  n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\n  if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\n  n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n  t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n  s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,'script',\n  'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n  fbq('consent', 'revoke');\n  fbq('init', '370979561341328');\n  fbq('track', 'PageView');\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.nme.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Soul \u201cmusician\u201d Sienna Rose has made headlines this week as suspicions mount that her music is a product of artificial intelligence. 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