DISTROBOLT ARTIST GUIDES
Review AI-assisted lyrics before approving a release
Review AI-assisted lyrics as an actual text intended for performance and publication. Human proofreading improves accuracy, but it cannot guarantee originality, clear every reference or establish exclusive rights in generated words.
Preserve the draft history
Keep the tool, relevant terms, generated draft, human revisions and final approved text. Record who supplied prompts or source text and what actually appears in the recording. Avoid pasting private or uncleared material into a tool merely to test a lyrical idea.
Review meaning and accuracy
Read for unintended statements, misleading identity claims, problematic references and language errors. Have a competent speaker review languages the artist cannot assess. Compare the final lyric sheet with the performed audio, including repeated sections. Do not use a spelling check as evidence that a text is cleared or original.
Investigate recognisable borrowed material
Flag any passage that resembles known lyrics or includes a requested adaptation or translation. Check permissions with appropriate help where needed. A detector or similarity search cannot provide a blanket legal clearance. Do not assume a short passage, a changed word or an attribution makes the use acceptable in every territory.
Approve credits and delivery
Record the actual human contributions and required AI disclosure under the relevant route. Keep authorship, public credits and contractual payment arrangements distinct. Ask DistroBolt about lyric submission support and retain the approved final version. This checklist does not promise originality, a copyright registration outcome or acceptance by every destination.
Sources and review
Reviewed 4 November 2026. Platform requirements and plan terms can change. Examples are planning aids, not a promise of account access, release acceptance or earnings.
Continue your release planning
- AI music and Content ID: check eligibility before you select it
- Build a release evidence package for an AI-assisted project
- Plain lyrics versus synced lyrics: choose the right deliverable
Ask the DistroBolt team about your release. Send a concise question and release reference; never send account passwords or verification codes.