COUNTRY’S NEW NUMBER ONE SONG IS MADE BY A.I.

    Matt Case - November 12th, 2025 

    Your new favorite country song isn’t strumming from a rugged cowboy in boots, but from lines of code.

    “Breaking Rust” isn’t a band — or even a person. It’s an AI-powered digital artist built in San Francisco, and its debut single, “Walk My Walk,” has just hit No. 1 on Billboard’s Country Digital Chart.

    Now, the algorithm’s chasing another hit. Its follow-up track, “Livin’ on Borrowed Time,” has already racked up more than five million streams — putting a machine-made musician in the same lane as Nashville’s finest.

    Somewhere out there, Hank Williams just blinked.