Swedish hit song revealed as AI creation and blocked from charts

A folk-pop song at the summit of Sweden’s popular songs Spotify playlist has been exposed as an AI-generated track. ‘I Know, You’re Not Mine – Jag vet, du är inte min’, credited to Jacub, first appeared on the streaming platform in November 2025 before becoming a hit in its home country. The song currently sits atop the app’s Swedish Top 50 playlist, ahead of the likes of Zara Larsson, Olivia Dean, Djo, and RAYE, and has amassing over 6.5 million streams.

The song’s sudden rise and lack of information pertaining to Jacub’s identity led to investigative journalist Emanuel Karlsten uncovering the track’s origins and exposing the song as an AI creation, after finding that the song’s registration belonged to executives linked with Danish music publishing and marketing firm Stellar Music. 

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Despite the team linked to Stellar Music describing the creators of Jacub as “experienced music creators, songwriters, and producers who have invested a lot of time, care, emotions, and financial resources” and asserting AI to be an “assisting instrument” in the creative process, the company behind Sweden’s official music chart IFPI has blocked the song from being able to chart. IFPI head Ludwig Werner told BBC News that music fully or partly generated by AI “does not have the right to be on the top list."

The move to block the AI-generated track from appearing on the country’s official national charts is the latest controversy surrounding AI in music and the wider creative industries. In addition to why we should all be worried about AI in music, Bandcamp recently banned AI content on the platform, pledging to “Keep Bandcamp Human”, metalcore band Counterparts’ frontman Brendan Murphy called out suspected AI band Broken Avenue, and Jorja Smith’s label took a stand against an AI song using Smith’s voice. 

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