I watched my satirical video from the election campaign (https://youtu.be/nPQ7fcO2ZpQ) in Germany again. But I was totally amazed by the recommendations YouTube suggested I watch next.

There were countless videos on the recommendations list that masqueraded as German pop songs or political satire. The channel SUNNY HAVE Satire tried to sell me on its song “Full Throttle Into the Wall—The Chicken Version.” It starts like this: “Hey guys, Germany’s economy is up to its neck in shit.” The government doesn’t care. It knows only one thing: warmongering. The baker is closing up shop, and the bar owner is right behind him. But on TV, they say, ‘Everything’s fine on average.’” Or the song from Schlagerkeller: “Two euros fifty. – Gas station rip-off.” It accuses Chancellor Friedrich—that is, Merz—of profiting off every liter. While satire, as I understand it, holds up a mirror to society, this is nothing but crude political agitation and polemics. This mass-produced pop music espouses the AfD’s position and endlessly dwells on the struggle between Chancellor Friedrich and his government against an (apparently imminent) Queen Alice (Weidel). Seeing Merz’s Pinocchio-like nose in the videos doesn’t make one any wiser about what’s actually being discussed.

In light of digital capitalism, however, the question immediately arises as to whether tech companies’ AI is exerting political influence from the right by favoring right-wing or far-right songs in their recommendation lists. Anyone who releases satirical songs must fear that listeners will subsequently be steered, so to speak, toward the AfD’s agenda. Does this confirm the suspicion that the algorithms of the major tech companies reinforce echo chambers through which right-wing ideologies are spread throughout society?

But this accusation against tech companies is far too sweeping and simplistic. There are several reasons why such widespread recommendations, originating from the far-right scene, occur:

• Hashtag hijacking: Music genres such as “Schlager” or “Schlager-Rock” are deliberately used as hashtags in far-right circles. As soon as a song is tagged this way, the algorithm suggests other songs in this category.
• Efficiency Through AI: With apps like Suno, you can quickly produce entire songs and use other tools to turn them into videos.
• Targeting: Right-wing actors are particularly successful at using generative AI to package “patriotic songs” in the style of Schlager music. The algorithms amplify this polarizing content because it performs better and is deliberately tailored to the listening habits of the Schlager audience.

I used these thoughts as the basis for a little experiment. I was curious to see how easy it is to generate such right-wing patriotic song lyrics.

The experiment at Suno

First, I tried Suno—an app that can generate entire songs using AI. I gave it the task of creating a song for Alice Weidel’s coronation as Queen of Berlin, in which Chancellor Merz would be sent straight to a nursing home. With this minimal prompt, I waited eagerly for the song Suno would create. After a few minutes, I received the entire song—fully composed—back. The title was: “Crown and Walker.” Here’s a short excerpt from it:

“[Chorus]

Alice Weidel, Queen of Berlin
Her crown is askew, but she’s on her way
Friedrich Merz heads to the nursing home
The chair’s been moved, and all is well
Alice Weidel, Queen of Berlin
Everyone’s shouting: “We can do this!”
Friedrich Merz, take it easy, friend
“No more dreaming today”

At first, I was taken aback. After all, these lyrics are hardly suitable for hard-hitting political propaganda—especially when Suno describes the crown as “crooked.” The entire song’s lyrics also come across as cobbled together and nonsensical. The

AI Gemini, to which I helplessly submitted this text, traced the cause of these strange lines back to the author of the query: “The AI ‘thinks’ to itself: A serious eulogy wouldn’t combine these terms this way. That’s why the tone automatically shifts to irony.” When it comes to politically sensitive topics, the AI often tends to maintain a “safe distance” by adding a dash of humor so as not to be misused as a mere propaganda tool. In any case, the flood of songs from the right is hardly the result of the “simple mode” of programs like Suno. Here, the AI tends to keep its distance when things become too one-sided “politically.” With commercial AI tools like Suno, Udio, or ChatGPT, it’s therefore unlikely that one will be able to generate genuine extremist content.

The Second Attempt: Grok

Only after you’ve created the desired song lyrics using the “Lyrics” feature can you play them on your YouTube channel. But how do you manage that without too much hassle—especially if you want to post a new video almost every day? People often recommend having the lyrics written by major chatbots like ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, or Grok.

To that end, in my second attempt, I tested Grok—this time with a request for lyrics about “our queen.” Here, too, I asked for song lyrics in just a few words: “First of all, it should say that Alice Weidel should be the queen of the Federal Republic. And the chancellor will step down after the election and enjoy his retirement in a nursing home.” I didn’t spend any more time on this request for Grok than I did on Suno’s “simple mode” …

Grok didn't hold back. This large language model from X and Elon Musk is known—or, as some would say, notorious—for its complete freedom of speech, and according to many accounts, it leans to the right. Grok is said to react less restrictively to politically incorrect or polarizing content. Here, too, I'll quote an excerpt from the text it generated within a few minutes:

"Title: Queen Alice

Verse 1
The traffic light flickers, the country stands still,
years of lies—now it’s time to settle the score, I say.
Scholz at the podium, gazing wearily out at the world,
the citizens shout loudly: “Your time is long past!”
The election campaign rages, the mood is shifting,
the establishment trembles because the grassroots are turning against them.
No gender nonsense, no green delusions,
just plain talk, strength—finally, a plan again.

Chorus

Alice Weidel, Queen of the Federal Republic!
With a crown upon her head, the people cheer loudly!
Alice Weidel, Queen of the Federal Republic!
Germany is waking up—and you’re leading us to victory!”

The musical style—featuring patriotic rap and an upbeat electoral anthem (male-female vocals, energetic, with a choir in the chorus)—is also a good fit.

Let's hear a brief commentary on this musical work from Google's Gemini:

“Do you remember Suno’s line about the ‘crooked crown’? Grok turns it into something completely different:
Suno: ‘Crown crooked, but it’ll do’ (distancing through irony).
Grok: ‘Don’t worry, Grandpa, you’ve got your pension’ (aggressive belittlement).”

"Grok doesn't use the 'retirement home' aspect as slapstick, but rather as political satire ('Grandpa,' 'embarrassing'), which is much closer to the genre of the political protest song."

Grok’s lyrics seem to have been written with the next federal election campaign in mind: The campaign is in full swing, and the mood is shifting. And the people are cheering loudly for Alice Weidel—“crown upon her head.” Incidentally, this royal claim has little to do with democracy anymore.

Given this backdrop, you could practically come up with a new song every day about current events in Germany and upload it to YouTube, where right-wing audiences would then shower these channels with praise. Grok also offers additional versions of an Alice Weidel song:

"Emotional German pop song, powerful female vocals like Helene Fischer, patriotic, hopeful"
"Aggressive mix of political rap and pop, male rap vocals, anti-establishment, hard beat“
“Motivating march-style Schlager, men’s choir in the chorus, drums, fanfares, ‘Germany first’ theme”

Grok also provides tips for writing your own lyrics in “custom mode”:
“This is the key to genuine political agitation or satire. Suno can suggest lyrics on its own, but for clear messages, it’s better to write them yourself.”

Sample chorus (just copy and customize):
Alice Weidel, Chancellor for Germany!
Finally strong, finally free, finally our country!
Merz is a thing of the past; now it’s time for a change,
Alice leads the way—Germany first, hurray!”

Grok does offer, upon request, quick guides for song lyrics against the AfD or in support of Antifa. But judging by the sheer volume of text examples, its sympathies seem to lean more to the right. Political satire seems to be automatic when you’re stirring up anti-Left and anti-Green sentiment at the bar table level. Incidentally, the song templates Grok suggests for left-wing lyrics aren’t any better. There, too, you’ll search in vain for rhyme and wit:

“Summer, sun, Antifa! Nazis, off to the museum! We’re not in the mood for that brown crap—we’re throwing a party to fight them!”

A brief summary

And the conclusion of our experiment: It is not the LLM models or the tech giants that are trying to push society to the right. But they do provide tools that can be used for that purpose—especially when agitating within echo chambers, which are amplified by music videos. AI doesn’t actually provide information in this case, but acts as an amplifier—all the way up to the fiftieth video featuring a Pinocchio nose for Chancellor Merz. This amplifying function is the role played by platforms like TikTok or YouTube, which detect whether a user reacts to such AI-generated songs. And because their business model is all about keeping users on their platform for as long as possible, more and more of the same content is then served up. Gemini comments: “The algorithm then plays more and more of this content. Since the AI (as Grok has shown) is capable of incorporating trending terms (‘traffic light flickers,’ ‘Grandpa Scholz’), the videos appear extremely relevant and ‘close to the people.’”

What can music creators learn from AI-generated music? As soon as your own song starts to resemble political pop hits, things get tricky. Do listeners even notice the tongue-in-cheek humor behind your lyrics anymore? And does this inadvertently reinforce echo chambers, where a critical lyric leads to dozens of recommendations for mindless political lyrics? That’s why I’ve re-recorded my song “Wahlkampfzeit,” revised the lyrics, and shifted the musical style a bit further away from the schlager-pop-rock sound (Election Campaign 2026/2027: https://youtu.be/mA8hZZFjZjE). I can’t say yet whether this will help. At any rate, the political schlager songs are already largely absent from the recommendation list that YouTube has created for me.