Jorja Smith’s AI dispute, Spotify unwrapped, and more music news from this week

Spotify unveiled its annual, highly anticipated Wrapped campaign on December 3, revealing to teenagers that they were actually septuagenarians and 40-year-olds that they were secretly Gen Alphas. But on the other side of the hullabaloo, a protest was taking place by the Working Families Party, Indivisible, 50501 Movement.

The activist organizations launched Spotify Unwrapped, a series of graphics that called out the streaming giant's continued platforming of ICE recruitment advertisements and unfair artist compensation policies. Perhaps the one metric missing on Wrapped this year was how many artists Spotify managed to piss off.

Jorja Smith is seeking royalties from a viral TikTok song that she and her record label, FAMM, claim was created using AI that was trained on her voice and music. The song is "I Run" by the electronic duo HAVEN. (Harrison Walker and Jacob Donaghue) who initially promoted the track on TikTok, had it go viral, then was forced to take it off streaming and re-record it with a real human vocalist after people began speculating that it contained generative AI elements.

In addition to the AI claims, Smith and her label are also accusing HAVEN. of stoking confusion by allowing the public to think the song was an unreleased Smith track as a marketing tactic. Read FAMM's full statement on the controversy here.

Rosalía is going on tour. The singer unveiled an expansive 2026 tour schedule that sees her playing her biggest venues ever. See every city she's playing and how to get tickets.

A four-part docuseries diving into the Diddy trial hit Netflix this week. Sean Combs: The Reckoning, which features exclusive interviews with jurors from the trial, as well as footage of Diddy with his lawyers discussing the case, was notably executive produced by the rap mogul's longtime adversary, 50 Cent. In an interview, 50 Cent claimed that this venture "not personal."

Watch the documentary on Netflix, and read a brief history of 50 Cent and Diddy's beef.

Finally, the first trailer for one of 2026's most anticipated movies arrived this week. Mother Mary features Anne Hathaway playing a Gaga-like pop star who's trying to reconcile with an old fashion designer friend, played by Michaela Coel. Charli xcx is helming the soundtrack, alongside Jack Antonoff; A24 is producing; Hunter Schafer rounds out its supporting cast. It's got all the ingredients for a blockbuster.