What People Are Getting Wrong This Week: Did Justin Bieber Sing About Diddy’s Party?
Rumors have been circulating online for months that pop star Justin Bieber was working on a song about the infamous “freak parties” hosted by arrested rapper and producer Sean “Diddy” Combs. This weekend, a track called “Lost Myself at a Diddy Party” was leaked on TikTok. It contains the following words: “Lost at Diddy’s party, didn’t know how it all happened, I was there for the new Ferrari, but it cost me much more than my soul, not worth all the fortune and fame.” ” sung by someone who looks a little like Justin Bieber. This was enough for the song to go viral and rack up millions of views from scandalously happy people seeking insight into what exactly was going on behind the scenes of the parties that were being played. involved in criminal charges against Diddy. But the song is false.
At least I’m 99.999% sure it’s fake. I can’t prove otherwise, but this track is not mentioned on any of Bieber’s official websites. There is no article in Billboard , Rolling Stone or any other publication that contains even the slightest fact check. It’s not on any streaming services – it only appears on non-Bieber accounts on TikTok, Instagram and YouTube. Thus, everything surrounding the song screams “falseness” as loudly as possible.
Fake music
And it sounds fake. While the AI-generated vocals have a hint of Bieber vibe, they are clearly not Justin Bieber singing. There’s this hard-to-define AI averageness to the lyrics – they’re good, but not in any way interesting or surprising. The instruments have a depthless, muddy sound to the music created by artificial intelligence. The vocals are devoid of emotion. Overall, it’s so devoid of creativity that it could only come from an AI.
How to fake a pop song
I was curious about how much effort it takes to create a fake pop song, so I created my own track about Diddy’s house parties. The journey from “I’ve never written a pop song with AI” to the finished recording of the future chart-topping hit “Diddy Party are Pretty Cool, Actually,” featuring F. Amos Singer, feat. Rhymin’ and Crimefunkel .”
Here’s how you can do it like I did:
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Come up with a title for your song and write a couple of lines to give the AI a chance to continue.
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Go to ChatGPT , enter your lines and ask it to generate the rest of your song lyrics.
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Create an account on Suno . (You’ll have enough free credits for a couple of songs.)
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Enter the lyrics, song title and describe the genre of the desired song. I chose “Dance-pop with a female vocalist.”
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Wait about 12 seconds and you’ll have a fully realized song.
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Benefit?
How to determine if a song or something else is fake
While Bieber’s AI-generated track is easy to spot as a fake if you listen to it—it has most of the hallmarks of AI music that Lifehacker previously warned about —AI technology is becoming more sophisticated every day. It won’t be long before computer music “shows” become much harder to detect. This leaves more avenues for investigation, such as the following:
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Go directly to the source : Neither Bieber nor any representative has made any statements about the veracity of this song, but the fact that it is not posted on Bieber’s official website is clear evidence that it is illegal. As for this song, the first time it appeared online did not even mention Bieber, although subsequent re-posts often specifically state that it is from Bieber.
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Check Reliable Sources : Reputable sources will report something as culturally stunning as Justin Bieber releasing a song about Diddy. If it doesn’t, then it’s probably fake.
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Be aware of your biases : Everyone thinks they have a full-fledged bullshit detector, and when a piece of information contradicts what we already believe, it’s easy to call it fake. But when we instead learn something that confirms our preconceptions, it can be very difficult to admit that “something I think would be true” or “something I wish it were true” is not the same as “something that is true”. It can help to become aware of the most common cognitive biases and to check in with yourself from time to time and try to determine if you are falling prey to them.
For a more in-depth discussion of how to spot AI fakes, see Lifehacker’s AI Debunking series .