It wasn't how Los Angeles musician Luke Temple had expected to start his Monday.

Temple was the frontman of indie rock band Here We Go Magic , which has not released music since 2015, a fact that made the flurry of messages hitting his inbox quite baffling.

"I woke up to DMs on Instagram saying, 'Apparently Here We Go Magic released a new track?' Sure doesn't sound like you,'" Temple said. "Then I realized it was on Spotify, Tidal, YouTube, all the streaming platforms."

The song, which bears no resemblance to the band's psychedelic-inspired airy sound of synthesizers and swirling guitars, is the work of artificial intelligence.

Accompanying the song, which is called "Water Spring Mountain," is an illustration of a waterfall. That, too, appears to be an AI creation.

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