The Cost of Keeping You
Black River Whiskey · Dead River Records · 3:48692k plays · 139k on YouTube · 554k on Spotify
Release facts
The record
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AI detection
Deezer marks this release as AI-generated content, its flag for tracks it has detected as made with AI.
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About this song
The Cost of Keeping You is a single by Black River Whiskey, a Southern Gothic music project whose vocals are credited to Ray Harlan, a character the project's site calls its vocal persona. The site says the project is written, composed and produced by D.L. Malcolm and that its music is made with the assistance of AI production tools, with the visuals made using AI video and image generators. It was released as a single on 7 February 2026 through Dead River Records, the independent imprint Malcolm uses for the project, and the track runs 3 minutes 48 seconds. Deezer lists the release with its AI-generated content flag. When its Spotify track page was read on 30 September 2026 it showed 553,788 plays.
Last Updated 1 October 2026
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Plays over time
How it has been played
Plays · all platforms
692k
▲ 1k (+0.2%) since 1 Oct 2026
Spotify 554k · YouTube 139k
Added up from 1 Oct 2026, once every platform had been read; tracked since 30 Sept 2026. Each platform is read about once a week.
