Am I getting Scammed?

[Jwebtoons]

Long story short, I hired someone on fiverr to make an anime opening song for me. They made an english version and a japanese version. Both versions have a different singer and instrumental. I was told it was cause the music flow is different. Am I being scammed?

I'd put both here, but it doesn't look like it accepts audio files.

Edit: Figured out how to share.

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1UXvzKvJ7DUmBrJyoKGfgOAsurnNMCwTT?usp=drive_link

2nd edit

The music person on Fiverr redid the japanese version (I included the redo) and said...

"I completely understand the importance of authenticity.

Just to clarify, my work is created by me and my team, not by AI.
Here’s how we handle every project:

All vocals are recorded live by me in my home studio setup.

Instrumentals are produced manually using professional DAWs (FL Studio/Logic) and real VST instruments.

Mixing and mastering are done by a human engineer on my team.

We follow a full production workflow: drafting, arranging, recording, editing, and final polish — nothing is auto-generated"

[VibrantFox]

It'd likely help being able to hear it but a big thing you have to take into consideration these days is the possibility you're getting something made with ai, even music

I personally am not familiar with the tells to identify ai music but you could always search online to see what resources are available to identify, though be wary of certain ai detectors as those also often use certain ai to detect and thus will give false positives or negatives.

You could also try asking the person you hired on fivver if there are still open channels for communication and try to see how they put it together like what DAW they're using (ableton, fl studio,, garage band, etc) or maybe screenshots of project files that would show how they put it together and then personally checking that ui yourself if possible.

I mention the ai thing tho coz it reminds me of a song that went viral recently that was a choir version of the thong song but it's specifically made with one of those ai music apps like suno or something like that but sounds of reasonably decent quality (otherwise it wouldnt have blown up).

My point being it's just one of those things to be wary of and if it turns out you were scammed I hope you're able to be properly compensated or get your money back

[Jwebtoons]

I thought of a way to share it.

[ButterflyEmpress]

Totally a scam sadly. They gave you 2 different songs when all you needed was the lyrics changed. AI or not, that's sloppy and unprofessional on their end

[GothickangelStudios]

I think its a Scam too.
I know people who do sounds and their content does not have horrid distortion or computerized sound to it as it struggles to recreate vocals and instruments, etc.

Many Youtube Channels are full of these (cough) 'commission' songs all made by AI. The all sound the same very distorted and choppy to my ears. Many that are not 'commissions' have the same intro with the song, just different shakey voices. The all sound like clones in some way.

Ive seen people try to sell 'art' 'logos', etc on Fiverr too its a well known hot spot for scammers.

[Humbug]

Listening to the songs I noticed something odd about the structure. There's a lack of chorus and repeated verses, which tends to be typical with songs.

Could mean a couple of things, it could be the composer's style, he/she has no idea how song structure works, or it's AI. So make of it what you will.

[Jwebtoons]

Check my post at the top. There's an update.

[Jwebtoons]

Check my post at the top. There's an update now.