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YouTube attempts to take hits off of "Ai Song Contest 2025" searches for Sabrina Carpenter playlists. These observed search results variants on YouTube occurred between 10/15/25 and 11/15/25 on different home & office computers and individual's cell phone devices.
As the Ai Song Contest drew near user & promotional videos were being posted to YouTube Channel. As a participant, out of interest & excitement I almost daily would search YouTube for "Ai Song Contest 2025" & sometimes the alternative search "2025 Ai Song Contest". What I came across on numerous search instances was these retitled playlists for Sabrina Carpenter appearing in the mix of the other Ai Song Contest videos that were posted. In some cases, the playlists were retitled with the KicKRaTT song entry title "SOLARIUM" or as attached in the image, the title belonging to another Ai Song Contest video.
It would be interesting to hear YouTube's answer as to how this happens. How is it that a celebrity's video playlist gets not only retitled, but gets retitled with my contest entry song specifics? Is this a marketing tactic used to gain more hits for a celebrity or YouTubeR's playlist? Is this tactic directly, indirectly known or understood by the celebrity in a contractual agreement with YouTube? I just don't see YouTube going out of the way in this extreme to promote a YouTubeR, but I could see it being done for a celebrity or making use of a celebrity's moment of rising fame. All of which to gain more hits. No matter the reason, all of these maneuvers inevitably benefit the celebrity and YouTube marketing & detract from the creators.
How is this done? An alteration to the greater YouTube search algorithm? Attempting to divert a user's search to a different destination. A speculation that the YouTube search algorithm takes what the user is searching for, in this case "Ai song Contest 2025", looks for like titled videos and then renames other directive videos and playlists with the same title. All in the name of grabbing more hits for shall we say a celebrity's promotional video or playlist? Talk about having the cards stacked against you as a content creator. No matter how common or different your content may be, I think we all want a level of equality with whatever it is we produce or accomplish on YouTube.
What a coincidence it is that at this same time in history, Sabrina Carpenter made a public argument against The White House Administration for using her music in one of their videos. The White House did it to Sabrina & Sabrina did it to the Ai Song Contest. Even more amusing both the White House and Sabrina will claim no responsibility, nor have any idea how this happens??? See here Sabrina, you and the Trump administration have something in common. You both absent mindedly do things for your own benefit.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/music/2025/12/02/sabrina-carpenter-white-house-trump-ice/87568723007/
https://www.the-independent.com/arts-entertainment/music/news/sabrina-carpenter-white-house-ice-juno-video-b2876947.html
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/12/02/sabrina-carpenter-donald-trump-music-00672754
Final Statement... Chalk up another victory for those who favor recycled music like this or whatever directive it is to generate more hits for commercial favorites over an open environment allowing for original content to stake its own share of the market without hijacking the audience.
As the Ai Song Contest drew near user & promotional videos were being posted to YouTube Channel. As a participant, out of interest & excitement I almost daily would search YouTube for "Ai Song Contest 2025" & sometimes the alternative search "2025 Ai Song Contest". What I came across on numerous search instances was these retitled playlists for Sabrina Carpenter appearing in the mix of the other Ai Song Contest videos that were posted. In some cases, the playlists were retitled with the KicKRaTT song entry title "SOLARIUM" or as attached in the image, the title belonging to another Ai Song Contest video.
It would be interesting to hear YouTube's answer as to how this happens. How is it that a celebrity's video playlist gets not only retitled, but gets retitled with my contest entry song specifics? Is this a marketing tactic used to gain more hits for a celebrity or YouTubeR's playlist? Is this tactic directly, indirectly known or understood by the celebrity in a contractual agreement with YouTube? I just don't see YouTube going out of the way in this extreme to promote a YouTubeR, but I could see it being done for a celebrity or making use of a celebrity's moment of rising fame. All of which to gain more hits. No matter the reason, all of these maneuvers inevitably benefit the celebrity and YouTube marketing & detract from the creators.
How is this done? An alteration to the greater YouTube search algorithm? Attempting to divert a user's search to a different destination. A speculation that the YouTube search algorithm takes what the user is searching for, in this case "Ai song Contest 2025", looks for like titled videos and then renames other directive videos and playlists with the same title. All in the name of grabbing more hits for shall we say a celebrity's promotional video or playlist? Talk about having the cards stacked against you as a content creator. No matter how common or different your content may be, I think we all want a level of equality with whatever it is we produce or accomplish on YouTube.
What a coincidence it is that at this same time in history, Sabrina Carpenter made a public argument against The White House Administration for using her music in one of their videos. The White House did it to Sabrina & Sabrina did it to the Ai Song Contest. Even more amusing both the White House and Sabrina will claim no responsibility, nor have any idea how this happens??? See here Sabrina, you and the Trump administration have something in common. You both absent mindedly do things for your own benefit.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/music/2025/12/02/sabrina-carpenter-white-house-trump-ice/87568723007/
https://www.the-independent.com/arts-entertainment/music/news/sabrina-carpenter-white-house-ice-juno-video-b2876947.html
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/12/02/sabrina-carpenter-donald-trump-music-00672754
Final Statement... Chalk up another victory for those who favor recycled music like this or whatever directive it is to generate more hits for commercial favorites over an open environment allowing for original content to stake its own share of the market without hijacking the audience.
