The song is called "Walk my Walk" by an artist named Breaking Rust, and to the untrained ear – not too bad.
“I was born this way, been loud too long. You can hate my style, … "
It's causing a bit of alarm in the industry, but as record producer Rick Beato says on his YouTube channel, it has only topped one of multiple country charts.
“Well, the only chart it's number one on is the digital sales chart, which means how many downloads did it sell? Now, you may be saying, well, who buys downloads? Exactly.”
He says it's likely someone paid for enough downloads so it would top this specific chart – in this case $3,000 worth – and generate some buzz. It doesn't appear on the Billboard Country Streaming Songs chart, which at the moment is dominated by the very real Morgan Wallen.
But that's not to say AI isn't coming for those charts as well, and it does have legitimate country artists like Chris Janson concerned.
“This is straight-up theft. It's what it is. It's lying, it's cheating, and it's stealing off the tables of hard-working blue-collar men and women who have made a living chasing their dreams.”
He appeared on Fox News to call on lawmakers to put some fences around the AI music world so fans can know the artists they are supporting are real.
“I'm calling on all politicians, not on a state level, but on a national level, especially the president, President Trump. You need to be taking a serious look at this."
Artists' concerns for the rise of AI in their industry are not new. A year and a half ago more than 200 musicians, including big names like Billie Eilish, Nicki Minaj, Pearl Jam, Stevie Wonder, and more, signed a letter warning against “predatory” use of AI.
The letter argued that AI models are often trained on existing copyrighted music without permission, which “dilutes the royalty pools” paid to real artists.
It called for a pledge: AI developers and music platforms should not develop AI tools that “replace the human artistry of songwriters and artists.”
Some artists, per the Artist Rights Alliance, explicitly frame this as a “race to the bottom” — if AI is unchecked, it could degrade the value of human-created music.
