It's a funny time to be a musician, to put it lightly. On top of the glut of epoch-defining news, endless social media feeds, and streaming services that seem to multiply by the hour, musicians are now fighting AI bots for their listener's attention — and the humans don't always win.

Tyler, the Creator’s ninth studio album, Don’t Tap the Glass, was set up for a massive summer impact. But the album release has been overshadowed by an AI song with the same name on TikTok. Teasers for the album included cryptic social media posts,

Tyler, the Creator ‘s dancefloor-oriented left-turn “Don’t Tap The Glass” might be the top-selling album in the country, but the hook that the internet is humming in the days since its release is nowhere to be found in its 28-minute runtime.