Can AI music move us - or just imitate us?

AI music and the feeling we remember Models are dazzling at style transfer and instrumentation. The feeling people remember comes from intent, narrative, and how elements land in sequence. Treat the model like a session player with infinite stamina, not a songwriter. A studio workflow that stays honest Human lyric and melody set direction. AI handles arrangement, texture, and variants. Stems and credits are explicit so collaboration stays clean and rights are traceable. The creative win is more tries at the arrangement without losing the story. Listening tests that matter Play early bounces to three people who like the genre. If they recount the hook and the story after one listen, you're onto something. If they talk about “cool sounds” but can't recall the idea, the song needs intent, not more texture.