Holding Absence frontman Lucas Woodland has publicly blasted an AI-assisted band for allegedly modeling their sound on his group — and overtaking them in Spotify monthly listeners in the space of just two months. Oppose AI music, or bands like us stop existing." The band currently boast 897,349 monthly Spotify listeners, compared to Holding Absence's 847,638 at the time of writing. Those artists should have 'AI' on their Spotify artwork, so that playlists can't sneak them onto playlists. And yeah – Spotify is "taking a stand" against AI music, but not really.