Is this song AI?
Paste a link to a song, type its name, or open the file. We tell you what its makers or a platform have said, whether the act behind it plays live, when the recording first came out, and what the file says about how it was made. A file is checked in your browser and never uploaded.
Works with Spotify and YouTube links, or "song - artist". Apple Music and Deezer links work too if you add the artist.
How can you tell if a song is AI-generated?
1. When did it first come out?
Suno opened to the public in December 2023 and Udio in April 2024. Before 2023 no consumer tool could generate a finished song with vocals, so a recording first released before then was made the hard way. A recent date proves nothing either way: most real songs are recent too. One catch: distributors let uploaders set an "original release date", so the date on a streaming service is the uploader's word. A date on MusicBrainz, entered by an editor, counts for more.
2. Who is behind it?
Look at the act, not just the track. If its makers, its label or a streaming platform have said it is AI, the checker shows you who said it and where. If the act plays live, it is a real act — that is what the band checker is built on — but read the next point before you trust every song under its name.
3. Can an AI song appear on a real band's profile?
In August 2024 AI-made tracks appeared on the Spotify profiles of dozens of real metalcore bands, While She Sleeps and Northlane among them, through a distributor and without the bands knowing (Loudwire). Toto and Volcano Choir had the same in 2025. If a release never appears on the band's own website or socials, treat it with suspicion, and tell the band: they can have it taken down.
4. What does the file say?
A song downloaded from a generator often carries the tool's name in its tags — the same place a music player reads the title and artist from. The file checker above reads those tags in your browser and looks for 17 generators by name, from Suno, Udio, Riffusion, Mubert to Mureka, and for Content Credentials (C2PA) that some tools embed. Converting, re-exporting or uploading a song usually strips the tags, so a file with none proves nothing.
5. What does the audio sound like to a detector?
An audio detector listens to the track and estimates whether a generator made it. They are good on the generators they were trained on and unsure on the rest, and every one gives a probability, not proof.
- Deezer AI Music Detector: Scans whole playlists from about 20 streaming services, free, launched June 2026. Playlists rather than a single file; you connect a streaming account.
- SubmitHub AI Song Checker: Takes a Spotify, YouTube or SoundCloud link, or an MP3, WAV or FLAC file, and estimates human, hybrid or AI. An estimate from its own model; your file is uploaded to SubmitHub.
- Pex AI Song Detector: A detector from a rights-tracking company, aimed at labels and platforms. Built for the music business rather than one-off checks.
Checking a song vs checking a band
A song check answers for one recording. The Is This Band AI? checker answers for the act — live gigs, the back catalogue, MusicBrainz — and lists every act whose makers or a platform have declared it AI. When the song is fine but you are unsure about the act, or the other way round, run both.
Does Bandcamp allow AI music?
No. Since 13 January 2026 Bandcamp has not allowed music made wholly or in substantial part by AI, or AI used to impersonate other artists. Spotify labels AI personas rather than AI songs, and some tracks show AI credits where the artist chose to disclose them.
Questions people ask
Is this song AI? How do I check?
Paste a Spotify or YouTube link, or type the song and the artist. We tell you if the song or its act has been declared AI by its makers, its label or a streaming platform, whether the act plays live, and when the recording first came out. To check the sound itself, open a file in the file checker: it reads the file's own tags in your browser, and nothing is uploaded.
Is there a free AI song checker?
This one is free, with no account and no daily limit: a link or a song name checks the records, and a file is checked in your browser. For an estimate from the sound, SubmitHub's AI Song Checker is free and takes a link or a file, and Deezer's free AI Music Detector scans whole playlists from about 20 streaming services.
Can you tell if a song was made with Suno?
Sometimes. A file downloaded from Suno or Udio can carry the tool's name in its tags, and the file checker here reads them. A song that was re-exported or uploaded to a streaming service has usually lost them, so no tag proves nothing. Audio detectors such as Deezer's and SubmitHub's are trained on Suno and Udio output and give a probability.
Is the file I check uploaded anywhere?
No. The file checker runs in your browser, in a frame with no adverts and no other scripts. The file is read and analysed on your device and never sent to us or anyone else, and nothing about it is stored.
Are AI music detectors accurate?
They are good on the generators they were trained on and less sure on anything else. Deezer says its detector is highly accurate on Suno and Udio output, and SubmitHub returns a human, hybrid or AI estimate. Every detector gives a probability, not proof, and a song that has been mixed, mastered or re-encoded is harder to read.
Is this band AI? Can I check an artist instead?
Yes: the band checker looks at the act rather than one song. It weighs live gigs, the back catalogue and MusicBrainz, and lists every act declared AI by its makers or a platform.
Updated 5 November 2026