A critical situation for Vietnamese music.

The unauthorized use of Vietnamese songs to create AI-generated versions is becoming increasingly common. Notably, many cover versions are achieving higher listen counts than the originals.

The rapid development of artificial intelligence (AI) is raising major questions for the global music industry in general and Vietnamese music in particular. As technology becomes more sophisticated, the line between human-created products and AI-generated content is becoming increasingly blurred.

Recently, an increasing number of Vietnamese artists have become victims of AI. Singers have even publicly spoken out against this problem.

The internet is flooded with AI-generated cover videos .

In a recent video, Ngo Lan Huong urged viewers to stop listening to the AI-generated version of "Co Cong Mai Sac" and instead listen to the official version uploaded by her team. However, paradoxically, the original version, uploaded by Ngo Lan Huong a few months earlier, initially went unnoticed. Then, the "Afrobeats" version with AI vocals appeared on social media, and the song became a sensation, being used in countless short videos.

Following the explosion of popularity of the AI ​​vocal version, Ngo Lan Huong thanked the audience for embracing the song. However, the singer expressed her disappointment that the AI ​​version sang the wrong lyrics. Subsequently, her team contacted the platforms to have the AI ​​version removed.

Ngo Lan Huong speaks out after her song was used to create an AI version. Photo: FBNV.

In reality, Vietnamese music, and even the international market, sometimes suffers from the original version not being as popular as the AI ​​cover. Even more worrying, many classic songs now have AI covers in a wide variety of styles. As Ngo Lan Huong and K-ICM have noted, AI covers struggle to capture the emotional impact, not to mention errors in lyrics, distorted sounds, and missing tones…

On YouTube, simply searching for the keyword "AI cover" yields tens of thousands of results, with many videos reaching thousands, tens of thousands, or even millions of views. For example, the song "Thu Cuoi" (Late Autumn) has garnered 2 million listens, and the song "Mua Chieu" (Afternoon Rain ), originally associated with renowned artists like People's Artist Thanh Hoa, Phuong Thanh, and Manh Quynh, has also achieved millions of views with its AI-generated rock version. Even "Diem Xua," composed by Trinh Cong Son, has been remixed in a metal and rock style with AI vocals.

One of the reasons AI music is becoming increasingly influential and widespread on social media is that audiences now find it difficult to distinguish between different products.

In late 2025, DW cited research conducted by the music streaming platform Deezer in collaboration with market research firm Ipsos, showing that 97% of survey participants could not distinguish between music created entirely by AI and music composed by humans.

These results show that AI-generated music has achieved a very high level of persuasiveness. Not only are these products appearing on music streaming platforms, but they are also beginning to make their mark on major charts.

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Concerns in the music market

The increasing prevalence of AI products has raised concerns about the future of the creative industry. Many believe that AI could absorb vast amounts of data from the history of human music to create countless new products, thereby devaluing human-created art and impacting artists' livelihoods.

This concern is further heightened as many major record labels—which were previously hesitant about AI technology—are now beginning to embrace and utilize it in their music production.

Experts predict that in the future, listeners will be able to fully participate in co-creating music with their favorite artists through AI. This also means that distinguishing between human and machine-made products will become increasingly difficult.

A Deezer survey revealed that over half of participants felt uncomfortable being unable to distinguish AI-generated music from other sources. Additionally, 51% believed AI would lead to a proliferation of lower-quality music on streaming platforms, while nearly two-thirds thought the technology could stifle creativity, according to Barron’s .

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"The survey results show that the public is genuinely interested in music and wants to know whether what they're listening to is created by humans or AI," said Deezer CEO Alexis Lanternier.

According to Deezer, the amount of AI content uploaded to the platform is rapidly increasing. By January 2025, one in ten songs released each day will be entirely AI-generated. By October 2025, this ratio will have increased to over one-third, equivalent to nearly 40,000 songs per day.

Approximately 80% of Deezer survey participants believe that music products created entirely using AI need clear labeling for user identification. Currently, Deezer is the only major music streaming platform that implements a systematic labeling system for products created entirely with AI.

The Deezer survey, conducted from October 6-10 in eight countries including Brazil, the UK, Canada, France, Germany, Japan, the Netherlands, and the US, revealed growing public interest in transparency in music, amidst the profound changes that AI is bringing to the global entertainment industry.

In light of this, Spotify says it is encouraging artists and publishers to join a voluntary code of conduct to publicly disclose the extent of AI use in music production.

Source: https://znews.vn/nguy-cap-cho-nhac-viet-post1660229.html