AI music turned a skeptic around: the rise of the "slopcore" scene
technollama · x · 2026-10-27
Tech-law scholar Andres Guadamuz admits he long disliked AI music as elevator-muzak-grade — until Claude Opus 5.5 dropped in September 2026 and he found himself watching AI music videos on loop, genuinely enjoying them.
- He attributes the shift to two things: annoyingly catchy songs, and lyrics almost entirely about AI itself — the one subject generative AI is truly qualified to sing about
- The genre has a name, "slopcore" (also "doompop", "Claude-pop"); fan-run chart SlopHits ranks videos via head-to-head duels and has passed 620 entries
- A small scene with stars, lore, remix culture and memecoins has formed; the post also touches AI regulation via music videos
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