There should be a natural churn to pop culture. Songs, movies, and ideas should age and die. Art should be forgotten, rediscovered, and recontextualized. These new AI systems promise to freeze a moment in time, trapping both the art and the audience in a moment they can’t escape.

Days after Mariah Carey’s top listeners received her video message on Spotify Wrapped, she set the record straight about speculations that the clip was made with generative AI.