SEOUL, Nov. 1 -- A song with no human singer has climbed to No 2 on South Korea's Melon Top 100, and the country is now asking what counts as an artiste.

The Adult I Dreamed Of, by the little-known act Meomuru, reached the flagship streaming chart earlier this week and has made it one of the most-talked-about acts in South Korea, the South China Morning Post (SCMP) reported today.

Behind it is Glorywave, a songwriting and production duo of Lee Yong-seok and Choi Sung-hyuk, who have worked with South Korean artistes for more than a decade.

The pair came up with the concept and wrote the lyrics, then used the AI platform Suno to generate the melody, arrangement and vocals, before editing, mixing and mastering the track themselves.

So th...