r/mildlyinfuriating • u/hgk46 • 20h ago
Dragons aren't real š¢ Spotify using AI to make album covers move
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u/lovelydxsiree 20h ago
it looks creepy
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u/ThereInAFortnight 19h ago
Extremely. And I know a thing or two about creepy.
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u/hatecriminal 19h ago
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u/FragDenWayne 20h ago
Why and what for? Who is looking at the cover while listening?
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u/Forward_Cheek4775 19h ago
Fr tho, I looked at a cover once and I'm like "Oh cool cover" WHY ARE YOU ANIMATING IT NOW
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u/Jor94 18h ago
Genuinely just so they can tell investors how much AI theyāve used
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u/meekermakes 16h ago
Tidal is a dope alternative with a built in AI filter (it filters out the ai tracks)
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u/Panorabifle 19h ago edited 17h ago
I do, I even try to put the cover as large as possible on my screen if I'm just using my computer for music because I love photography... And I hate that. Album covers can be beautiful, and it's the result of a concerted effort by an artist. Disfiguring that cover (and I'm guessing it's done without the consent of the cover artist, too) to please our ai overlords is disgusting, even if it was well made.. but it's not even well made.
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u/Ummmgummy 17h ago
While I don't do what you do, I agree with what you are saying. Album covers to me are a snapshot of the time and place and the artists vision. Why they need to mess with that who knows. Like I don't want to see the beatles walking across abbey road in motion, I want them locked in their intended positions.
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u/SkeletonEternal 10h ago
No one who uses Spotify free that's for sure - they put an ad over it š«”
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u/notthediz 20h ago
You reminded me how much I hate that spotify makes shit move on my screen on an endless loop. Turns out you can turn it off. Go to settings, search "Canvas" then turn it off
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u/StretchFrenchTerry 17h ago
Or you could use an app that pays artists more and doesnāt pay Joe Rogan.
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u/Glori94 14h ago
You gonna list any alternatives or just act smug and righteous?
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u/StretchFrenchTerry 13h ago
Tidal, Qobuz, Deezer. If you use Spotify Connect you'll find Tidal Connect is the best substitute.
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u/Glori94 13h ago
I'll check them out, I've never heard of them. Thanks
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u/StretchFrenchTerry 12h ago
I've used Tidal for a few years after using Spotify heavily for about 10 years, that'd be the one I'd recommend but much of it boils down to how you're using it and what kind of music catalog you're after. Tidal has a good balance like Spotify.
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u/Fair-Bus-4017 17h ago
You hate Spotify for something that the artists / people that holds the right to the song do?
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u/PastelFrangoCatupiry 17h ago
spotify forces artists to do this shit, if you dont you are left out
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u/Fair-Bus-4017 17h ago
So they don't force people š¤£
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u/PastelFrangoCatupiry 17h ago
you are missing the point buddy
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u/Fair-Bus-4017 17h ago
I get the point. I just think it's odd. Reddit gives me the option to post gore. Doesn't mean that you should blame this platform if I choose to do so. Especially when they make freatures which blocks it.
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u/fffarshy 18h ago
Itās the label doing that, not Spotify. Thereās a setting to disable those looping visuals, by the way.
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u/Ghost7575 20h ago edited 19h ago
I think the artists are doing this not Spotify. I could be wrong though
Edit: okay the artists themselves might be dead. Their estate that owns their music likely is not
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u/StretchFrenchTerry 17h ago
It would be the labels managing their rights doing this, and they would definitely do something like this.
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u/Affectionate_Swim673 10h ago
Its the record label/distributor, ie whoever is submitting it to the platforms as they often give you these options for canvas/videos
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u/TeuthidTheSquid BLUE 20h ago
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u/NewNiklas 18h ago
Are you sure it's Spotify and not the artist?
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u/cejmp 18h ago
Two of the band have passed away and the 3rd is like 90.
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u/glamaz0n_bitch 11h ago
The label manages this. Spotify is just the distribution platform, they donāt touch any of the media.
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u/NewNiklas 18h ago
Thank you for the information. I think the music label could still manage their songs? But yeah, could be Spotify.
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u/Krakengreyjoy ORANGE 19h ago
thank god we're destroying wetlands for this
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u/Krakengreyjoy ORANGE 12h ago
Thanks I'll let them know at the next meeting that you said the permit they are requesting to build on 27,000 square feet of wetlands isn't actually how it works.
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u/CaptCaCa 19h ago
Spotify is allowing it (still bad) but the artists themselves, or the labels are responsible for their own canvases
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u/squeak1999 8h ago
Spotify is doing something much worse: AI music is being pushed down our throats to funnel more money @ spotify by them creating these AI music playlists that have hours and hours of fake music. I deleted Spotify for many, many reasons.
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u/Darth_Boggle 15h ago
People are using AI for the stupidest fucking shit that no one needs or asked for.
This shit needs to be regulated yesterday.
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u/KaiTheWeirdo2247 19h ago
Honestly, animated covers annoy me more than interest me. The first time Iām like āoh cool they have a lil videoā every time after I probably noticed because I can see it out of the corner of my eye and itās distracting
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u/giveuppulp 17h ago
it isnāt streaming services doing this.. itās from the artist directly, or, more likely, from their label.
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u/Queasy_Recover5164 14h ago
Maybe itās just their ghosts. Have you thought about that; that itās just their ghosts?
Edit: oops, Paul is still alive. So just two ghosts?
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u/Devioxic 12h ago
We do know that these are created by the artist/label and not Spotify right? The same way content on YouTube isn't made by YouTube.
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u/vanityinlines 19h ago
I finally turned off the video and animations on Spotify and it seems to be glitching out and still trying to force it.Ā
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u/Drakorai 19h ago
Yet another reason why Iāll never use the app again
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u/InYeBooty 19h ago
The second I heard they were generating fake music I dropped it. It's so unnecessary, noone wants it and it takes money away from genuine human artists
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u/RedstoneRiderYT 19h ago
I just download the songs I want on my phone as mp3s, and I have a script for spotify desktop that removes ads
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u/Runaway_Smoke 17h ago
It could just be me, but that reminded me of those moving photos from the Harry Potter movies lol. Gives me the heebie jeebies..
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u/roninrunnerx 19h ago
I always make sure whenever I have restarted my Spotify app to make sure to go to settings to turn off Canvas, which are these short looping visuals.
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u/Claxton916 19h ago
Omg I was wondering if I was going crazy. Kim bra was moving on her album art then stopped and didnāt go again. I was listening to Peter Paul and Mary earlier today but didnāt notice them moving.
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u/AstroslothYT 17h ago
Someone should tell Noel Stookey about it and see if he can contact Spotify and ask them to stop for at least Peter Paul and Maryā¦ I know heād be against it
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u/Sun-Anvil 17h ago
I switched to Pandora a few weeks ago and am happier for it. There app is very basic and uncluttered with shit.
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u/Elfener99 17h ago
Can anyone explain why people pay monthly for spotify? I don't listen to that much music, but if I want I can just open youtube music and listen to stuff for free and can also just yt-dlp it.
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u/Suspicious_Quote_701 17h ago
Apple did that with Nicolette by Nicolette Larson and Iām thinking ādid they get estate permission for that?ā
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u/TunaOnRye13 16h ago
yeah, I started noticing that when listening to Iron Maiden. It's kiiiiinda cool but at the same time I couldn't help but think, shouldn't you ask the artist's permission to do this?
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u/thriftstoremando 15h ago
Don't get me wrong, this is awful, BUT...
The name of the album is 'Moving'.
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u/IAmDJWithoutTheDots 12h ago
It's always so bad. Seen some other artists with the same treatment. John Prine comes to mind
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u/DeletedMessiah 11h ago
God, I hate this so much, I would rather have a album cover be really bad than to have it be this
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u/Nano8963 10h ago
Why? Seriously why? What is the point? What was wrong with it before??? This just looks stupid
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u/haunted-poopy 8h ago
Is Spotify just doing this? Iām pretty sure you canāt alter licensed creative assets without permission from the client. The same way Iām sure they canāt randomly photoshop a musicians given album cover or profile photos however they want
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u/isitlegallll 3h ago
yesss this is so stupid. "FUKULET'S LOVE" by "you&me together" has the same issue.
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u/Stahlios 2h ago
That's from the artist. You can have short videos play as the background of a song. Tons of songs have those (and you can disable it). This just means the artist (or label, or whatever) did that themselves and chose that video.
Spotify is trash with AI but this isn't the case here's
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u/zinxyzcool 1h ago
I think its their team, or the label owner ( they do stupid shit all the time ).
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u/That-Employment-5561 15h ago
Oh, if I was the license holder, I would sue the fuck out if them for unauthorized editing of my product.
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u/Rich-Reason1146 19h ago
If they had AI, they would AI in the morning. They would AI in the evening, all over this land
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u/Slosher99 13h ago
Yeah I've seen some stuff like covers by Storm Thorgerson get run through this crap. The art is framed the way it is framed for a reason and I want to see what the artist did, only.
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u/Vincent394 19h ago
And Spotify enshitting itself is why I've started using this as my main portable music player (the battery also lasts well)
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u/RevenantSith 17h ago
I had the small iPod shuffle until a year ago. That thing is an absolute tank .. and lasted me for a decade and a half
Iāve got an old laptop Ć basically just use as an iTunes repository _ā it was so amazing when people got rid of CDs because I took them all for free and burnt them on my hard drive and now I have something like 32 days worth of music for free
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u/deep_pants_mcgee 18h ago
Spotify took money to run ICE ads. I don't use Spotify any more.
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u/functionalapparatus 16h ago
This was the tipping point for me as well. Iāve been using the Hoopla app for free with my library card.
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u/Oniichan38 18h ago
If I see them motherfuckers actually walk over the pedestrian crossing in this goofy AI shit I'm throwing hands
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u/FyouinyourA 15h ago
They literally just copy everything Apple Music does and fail completely every time itās hilarious
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u/AsgardNirvanaHarvest 19h ago
If you're gonna keep using Spotify, you're going to find slop.
It's like getting mildly infuriated that there is trash in the trash can
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u/MarcinKaneda 18h ago
Yup...and that's why I need to pay more every year. For useless shit. Podcasts are the only reason why I am still using this platform.
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u/NewPlastic5425 17h ago
I've switched to Qobuz and it's been great. Spotify is pushing AI too much.
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u/DJEvillincoln 17h ago
Meanwhile, tidal just added a toggle that lets us turn off AI content.
I truly do not know how anyone is still using Spotify in 2026. After all that we know..... SMH
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u/ostapenkoed2007 16h ago
at this point, i am still wondering why people use those services <pirates of carribean Mp3 starts playing in my headphones>
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u/No_Grape_388 16h ago
This has to be crossing some copyrights laws with regards to likenesses unless that gdt permission from artists first?
Also, good alternative to spotify please?
Or a foolproof way of making youtube funxtion like Spotify? No, not YouTube music, YouTube because it has millions of unofficial live recordings.
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u/Flaturated 19h ago
It's on Apple Music also, which means neither Spotify nor Apple Music did that, it had to be the recording label or the group's management.