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Is There a Difference Between "AI Music" and "Music Made With AI"?

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By Andy Cush Verified, Ryan Dombal Verified, Julianne Escobedo Shepherd Verified
| Hearing Things Verified
Five Songs is a weekly series for paid Hearing Things subscribers in which we each choose a new song we like—or don't!—and write about why it has our attention. This week, we've got the Spinal Tap of UK Garage, an ’80s pop throwback that still feels future-looking, a song made with (the help of) AI that's actually interesting, and more.
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Beth Orton Takes the First-Ever HT Questionnaire

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By Ryan Dombal Verified
| Hearing Things Verified
The HT Questionnaire is where our favorite artists reveal their true selves by answering a series of searching, thoughtful, and sometimes random questions. Beth Orton taught me how to be heartbroken. I was 17, with a tendency to fall for girls who didn’t feel the same way. Like so many high school kids learning how to articulate their inner life, I turned to music. The Smashing Pumpkins helped me air out some angst, and U2 turned my little dramas into grand operas of emotion.
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For the Baddies Just Trying Not to Lose It

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By Andy Cush Verified, Ryan Dombal Verified, Julianne Escobedo Shepherd Verified
| Hearing Things Verified
Five Songs is a weekly series for paid Hearing Things subscribers in which we each choose a new song we like—or don't!—and write about why it has our attention. This week, we've got a weirdly banging song about grief from a rapper who's poised to take over, an power-pop anthem that mixes deep feeling with sly political protest, a colossal misstep from a once-great West Coast MC, and more.
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