In December 2025, the Afro-soul version of the French song “Papaoutai” was released. It began trending heavily in early January 2026, peaking globally during the third week of January. By January 15, 2026, the track became the highest new entry on the Global Spotify charts, debuting at #168. It eventually climbed to #2 on the Billboard World Digital Song Sales chart. What many did not know, however, was that it was an AI-generated remix of the original song. The original artiste is Stromae, a Belgian-Rwandan musician, rapper, and songwriter. The voice, however, is not actually Stromae’s original recording slowed down. It is an AI voice model trained on the voice of Arsène Mukendi, a Congolese-born artiste known for his appearance on The Voice France. The producers used AI voice cloning (R...