This photo illustration shows a screen picture of Whiskey & Water, featuring Cain Walker (L) and Cade Winslow (R), in New York on April 3, 2026. Singers made of artificial intelligence rather than flesh and blood routinely rank among top-streamed country music artists in what some see as a sign that the genre has become formulaic. Breaking Rust, Cain Walker, Aventhis, and Outlaw Gospel picture the cowboy hats and leather jackets seen as standard country singer garb. (Photo by TIMOTHY A. CLARY / AFP via Getty Images)