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South Korea’s latest chart sensation has a secret: the singer isn’t human

The K-pop act’s sudden rise has exposed brewing copyright rows and prompted fresh debate over the future of AI-generated music

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The album cover for Meomuru’s “Have You Become the Adult You Dreamed Of?”, which features an AI-generated voice. Photo: Instagram/Meomuru_Official

David D. Lee [...] Meomuru’s track “Have You Become the Adult You Dreamed Of?” (highlighted at No 2) is shown on the Melon Top 100 chart. Photo: Melon/screenshot

The pair developed the concept, wrote the lyrics and used the generative AI music platform Suno to produce the melody, arrangement and vocal track. They then edited, mixed and mastered the final cut themselves.

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AI-generated voice [...] David D. Lee

A little-known South Korean music act has climbed the charts with a viral hit that has caught listeners off guard – not just for its sudden popularity, but because its vocals were generated entirely by artificial intelligence.

Meomuru’s single, “Have You Become the Adult You Dreamed Of?”, climbed to No 2 on Melon’s Top 100 – South Korea’s flagship streaming chart – earlier this week. The track’s popularity has turned Meomuru into one of the country’s most-talked-about acts.