A problematic AI-generated song from Germany is currently the third most viral song on Spotify's global charts.

The song, "In Love With a Talahon" (or "Verknallt in einen Talahon" in German), is a parody tune that has drawn attention from German media due to its derogatory language and use of immigrant stereotypes, The Guardian reports.

Its creator, Josua Waghubinger, made the song with Udio, an AI music generator. He fed his own lyrics into the tool, and then added vocals and music through a few simple text prompts. (The Record Industry Association of America (RIAA) sued Udio, and rival Suno, in June for training its AI models on top artists' work, claiming a copyright violation.)

Waghubinger said his goal was to make a song that would go viral on social media. But the term Talahon "very broadly...describes young men with a migrant background [and] specific clothing style...who are stereotyped as having vulgar, aggressive behavior, and a lack of respect towards women," according to Musically.

In the song, a female voice describes falling in love with a guy with a "Louis [Vuitton] belt, Gucci gap, and Air Max shoes," according to a Google translation of the lyrics. He wears heavy perfume, and is a bad boy but "sweet a baklava" when he's angry.

The proliferation of generative AI software makes it easier for new and experimental artists to put out music without a record label, which could amplify problematic content without proper guardrails. Despite the RIAA lawsuit, Suno released a new AI music generator in July. TikTok is also pushing a new suite of AI tools to help creators make music, causing conflict with established record labels like Universal Music Group, which alleges these tools make it easy to mimic and replicate copyrighted songs.