Kuala Lampur, March 1 -- It's all Spotify's fault. Each time you create or listen to a playlist there's this option of allowing the app to play hits from outside the list.

Before I knew it, AI-generated songs had taken over my playlist - literally before I knew it.

I was enjoying my regular evening walk with my earphones and Spotify blasting into my head. Two songs by a certain artist, Room, came on. I liked them, didn't think much of it, added them to the playlist and moved on.

A few days later, an absolutely soul-groover, Midnight By The Shore, by Harusoupe (I swear I thought it was some Korean or Japanese band at first) stopped me flat while on the LRT.

What an awesome guitar and bass line, very hip, so smooth I couldn't help but s...