YTM AI Artist & Song Blocker

About

New in V1.4

Fixed an issue with whole word matching causing songs to be skipped which should not have been skipped.

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New in V1.3

Automated down voting (thumbs down) when an AI song is detected

UI Overhaul

Alphabetical sorting of block lists
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YTM Artist & Song Blocker

The missing "Block" button for YouTube Music.

YTM Artist & Song Blocker restores your sovereignty over your audio environment. It acts as a ruthless digital gatekeeper, monitoring your playback and instantly incinerating any content that matches your personal blacklist.

Whether you need to silence a specific artist, remove low-effort AI tracks, or filter out annoying "Sped Up" versions, this extension handles it automatically.

🚫 Key Features
1. Integrated Control
Adds discreet 🚫 Artist and 🚫 Song buttons directly into the YouTube Music player bar. One click adds the current track to your blacklist without opening any menus.

2. The "Soul Over AI" Integration
The algorithm is increasingly polluted with "AI slop"—mass-produced, soulless noise designed to game the system.

Automated Shield: This extension integrates directly with the Soul Over AI project, an independently curated community database of confirmed AI-generated artists.
Auto-Sync: A background service worker silently fetches the latest artists.json definition list every 5 minutes from the repository.
Result: You are automatically protected from hundreds of known AI "fake artists" without lifting a finger.
3. Precision Blocking
Smart Artist Matching: Uses intelligent tokenization. Blocking "Prince" will not accidentally block "Princess Nokia."
Specific Songs: Blocks specific tracks by checking both the Title and the Artist. Covers of the same song by other artists will still play.
4. Keyword Filtering
Create custom rules to skip tracks based on title keywords.
Examples: Automatically skip anything containing "Sped Up", "Nightcore", "Commentary", or "Live at".
5. Privacy First Architecture
Local Storage Only: Your data belongs to you. All blocklists are stored locally on your device using chrome.storage.local.

🛠️ Usage
Blocking Content
From the Player: Click the 🚫 Artist or 🚫 Song buttons injected into the player bar.
From the Popup: Click the extension icon to manually add Keywords, Artists, or specific Songs.
Managing the AI Blocklist
Open the extension popup.
Click the DB tab.
Click 🔄 Update AI Blocklist to manually force a sync
The status indicator will show how many AI artists are currently being blocked.
Backup & Restore

You can export your curated blocklist to a JSON file via the DB tab. This allows you to back up your hard work or transfer your list to another computer.