0:00 Intro

1:00 The recent wave of generative A.I. music, including songs ‘by’ Taylor Swift and Harry Styles, Drake and the Weeknd, Kanye West, Jay-Z, Michael Jackson and others

39:50 Luke Combs’s cover of Tracy Chapman’s “Fast Car,” which is now No. 4 on the Billboard Hot 100, topping the original’s 1988 peak of No. 6

46:50 New songs from Doe Boy and Nia Archives

52:38 Viewer questions about band reunions and pop star protests

1:00:11: Snack of the week

Thumbnail art: Kimmy Tsai. Photos clockwise from left: Calla Kessler/The New York Times; Jason Kempin/Getty Images; Chad Batka for The New York Times