Right now the #1 track on Russia's main charts (Yandex and VK) is "Syp, Garmonika!" — Yesenin's poetry "sung" by the SDP project ("A Poem Worthy of a Song") using Suno/Udio. Industry channels confirm: this is the first time in history that an AI track has topped both charts simultaneously.
But the most interesting part isn't even that. Characters like "Garik-Garik" literally pump out albums — his discography is packed with releases for 2025-2026, with more tracks than real artists produce in a lifetime. And nearly 2 million monthly listeners.
In Yandex Music's top 100, 25 tracks are AI-generated. The top AI "artists":
- **Jeny Vesna** — mass-produces [pop hits](https://music.yandex.ru/artist/24844662) based on classic poetry.
- **Garik Garik** — a neural network generating "street sadness" and prison lyrics at industrial scale ([check](https://music.apple.com/us/artist/garik-garik/1846677056) release dates on Apple Music — singles are scheduled months ahead).
- **Kersari** and other unknowns competing on quantity, not quality.
What does this mean?
We're witnessing the "death of the author" in real time. Most listeners don't care who's singing — a live person or a server rack — as long as the track hits and fits a short reel.
To musicians — my condolences. Your competitor is no longer another talented artist, but a bot that doesn't sleep, doesn't eat, doesn't ask for a fee, and releases an album per hour until it hits the algorithm.
Welcome to the era of audio slop.