BARELY ALIVE named its new seven-track EP 100% NO AI. Before the first track plays, the title promises that people made the record.
The title lands because music platforms are filling with material whose origins are harder to read. For DJs and listeners, credits are becoming part of the first inspection: who made this, and can the release page account for them?
Deezer says AI-generated tracks now make up more than half of its daily uploads, about 90,000 tracks, up from 75,000 and 44 percent in April. Those are uploads, not plays, and they apply to Deezer rather than every streaming service. But uploads are the pile a listener or DJ has to search.
Attribution before payment
SOCAN, Canada's rights body for songwriters and composers, has named Musical AI an approved attribution partner. Musical AI CEO Sean Power described the sequence as consent, attribution, then payment. The system also distinguishes a sound recording from its underlying composition, since each can carry different rights and credits.
This is early infrastructure, not a finished standard or a legal guarantee. Its value will depend on whether it can trace the work used by AI systems and direct compensation to the right people.
Dance music already has a culture of reading producer, remixer, and label credits closely. 100% NO AI is one duo's marketing, not a rule for the scene, and artists will use AI tools openly. The practical standard is simpler: a release should tell listeners who made it and whether the people behind it consented to the process.
