It only takes a cursory look at YouTube viewership trends across 2023 to discover the phenomenon of AI covers. Streamer Johnathan ‘jschlatt’ Schlatt has sensationally decided to fight back with a genuine cover of Frank Sinatra’s ‘My Way,’ released Dec. 15, so good that it defies belief.

The song accompanied a video titled ‘This NEEDS to stop’ on jschlatt’s live channel, in which Schlatt explained himself. “About six months ago, these covers started popping up out of nowhere,” he began. “But soon after that, something changed. It stopped being people’s favorite artists…it started being Spongebob, and Squidward, and Mr. Krabs, and me.” He’s not wrong. Type in ‘jschlatt AI cover’ into YouTube’s search engine, and you will be greeted with a playlist of nearly 150 songs. 

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