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Cravity releases Dare to Crave Since debuting in 2020, Cravity has earned Rookie of the Year awards at various music ceremonies in Korea. K-POP group Cravity – comprised of Serim, Allen, Jungmo, Woobin, Wonjin, Minhee, Hyeongjun, Taeyoung and Seongmin – is back with its second full-length album Dare to Crave , available on all major streaming platforms now. This release marks a new chapter in the group’s ongoing exploration of youth and longing, as the members dive deeper into the concept of yearning. Dare to Crave symbolises the audacity of embracing one’s desires and instincts. Building on the narrative it has crafted since debuting in 2020, Cravity now turns its focus to “craving” – revealing raw emotions and further expanding its artistic universe. Nearly three years after its first full-length release, this album captures the group’s authentic voice and creative growth. The 12-track

F RENCH streaming service Deezer is now alerting users when they come across music identified as completely generated by artificial intelligence (AI), the company recently said in what it called a global first. The announcement by chief executive Alexis Lanternier follows repeated statements from the platform that a torrent of AI-generated tracks is being uploaded daily – a challenge Deezer shares with other streaming services including Swedish heavyweight Spotify. Deezer said in January that it was receiving uploads of 10,000 AI tracks a day, doubling to over 20,000 in an April statement – or around 18% of all music added to the platform. The company “wants to make sure that royalties supposed to go to artistes are not being taken away” by tracks generated from a brief text prompt typed into a music generator such as Suno or Udio, Lanternier said. AI tracks are not being removed from Deezer’s library, but instead are demonetised to avoid unfairly reducing human musicians’ royalties. Albums containing tracks suspected of being created in this way are now flagged with a notice reading “content generated by AI”, a move Deezer said is a global first for a streaming service. Lanternier said Deezer’s home-grown detection tool was able to spot markers of AI provenance with 98% accuracy. “An audio signal is an extremely complex With Lover Girl , Laufey invites listeners into the quiet heartbreak of missing someone deeply. “The hardest part of loving someone is being away from them. This is that story,”Laufey explained. As Laufey began to craft A Matter of Time , she felt freer than ever. “Every new album for me is a blank book of stories to write,” she said. An artiste who pours her life experiences into her work, she infused 2022’s Everything I Know About Love with coming-of-age tales revolving around leaving home, and for 2023’s Grammy-winning Bewitched , she dove headlong into young love. Brought to life with sweeping orchestral arrangements, interwoven strains of bossa nova and jazz, and Laufey’s honeyed alto, those albums cemented Laufey as a star who can make sounds from bygone eras feel timeless. Now on A Matter of Time , Laufey further crystalises her singular sound – one still rooted in her beloved influences, but which forgoes any strict standards or rules. “I am constantly thinking about classical and jazz, how to properly preserve them and pay homage.” For this album, she continues to do so while also noting: “I just wanted to let my heart wander.” To that end, she teamed with a pair of

AI tracks are not being removed from Deezer’s library, but instead are demonetised to avoid unfairly reducing human musicians’ royalties. – AFPPIC

The Swedish firm in January signed a deal supposed to better remunerate artistes and other rights holders with the world’s biggest label, Universal Music Group. But Spotify has not taken the same path as Deezer of demonetising AI content. It has pointed to the lack of a clear definition for completely AI-generated audio, as well as any legal framework setting it apart from human-created works. – AFP

bundle of information. When AI algorithms generate a new song, there are little sounds that only they make which give them away... that we are able to spot. It is not audible to the human ear, but it is visible in the audio signal,” he said. With 9.7 million subscribers worldwide, most of them in France, Deezer is a relative minnow compared to Spotify, which has 268 million.

album, led by the single Set Net Go?! , also introduces unit tracks for the first time – three songs that each explore personal aspects of their shared identity. Woobin produced Rendez-vous , a track about encounters that awaken blurred emotions. Serim makes his

Laufey drops single Lover Girl ahead of new album GRAMMY-WINNING Icelandic-Chinese artiste, composer, producer and multi-instrumentalist Laufey has dropped Lover Girl , the latest single from her forthcoming album A Matter of Time , which is coming Aug 22.

The latest long player is available to stream on all major platforms.

composing debut with Marionette , which delves into the complex feelings within intense relationships. Wonjin composed Wish Upon a Star , a soft, reflective piece about promises kept after a long wait. Each track has its own distinct tone, yet together they form a cohesive whole, marking a leap for Cravity as individuals and as a group. Set Net Go?! is more than a call to action – it is a declaration of unwavering determination. Backed by dreamy pluck synths, a driving bassline and addictive vocal chops, the track encapsulates youthful energy and freedom, inviting listeners to surge forward through life’s uncertainties with refreshing vocals and exhilarating performances. As the band celebrates its fifth debut anniversary this year, Cravity also unveiled a major rebranding: a new logo inspired by grapes and grapevines, and a refined group name blending “crave” and “gravity” to convey the message – “Our craving is as strong as gravity”. Since debuting in 2020, Cravity has sweeped Rookie of the Year awards at various music ceremonies in Korea. Its debut album hit number one on the US iTunes Top K-Pop Albums chart, making it the first 2020 rookie group to achieve this feat. Shortly after, it made a splash with a number 12 debut on Billboard’s Social 50, becoming the fifth-fastest South Korean group to enter the rankings. Since then, its profile has risen – Variety named the group an “Up-and-Coming Group to Know” in 2022, Forbes spotlighted the group as “Ones to Watch”, and in 2024, it triumphed on Mnet’s Road to Kingdom: Ace of Ace .

Laufey has captivated a generation with virtuosic songs of love and self-discovery by manifesting her vision of jazz- and classical-infused pop music.

clothes, fantastical stories and romantic music. This time, I was interested in seeing how I could draw out the most flawed parts of myself and look at them directly in the mirror,” she said. A Matter of Time finds Laufey at her most daring – and also playful – as she captures the experience of “real love” in its many forms and what it means to observe as it strips you down to your most vulnerable and anxious.

co-producers, one comforting and familiar – Spencer Stewart who worked with Laufey on her first two albums – and one new to her but deeply attuned to artistes looking to open up: Aaron Dessner (Taylor Swift, Ed Sheeran). Feeling sonically unrestrained gave Laufey the space to share new sides of herself while exploring sometimes heavier themes. “People expect a pretty facade of girly