Time Fights Dirty
Bertha Mae Lightning · Dumpster Grooves · Soul · 3:43192k plays · 31k on YouTube · 161k on Spotify
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Fictional singer
The project says Bertha Mae Lightning and the singer's backstory are invented, part of a fictional world of lost recordings written and produced by Dumpster Grooves.
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Each song begins with human writing, arrangement and creative direction; AI tools are used only after that, to give the track the sound of an old recording.
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About this song
"Time Fights Dirty" is a soul-blues single by Dumpster Grooves featuring its invented singer Bertha Mae Lightning, released on 2 February 2026. The YouTube upload dates the song to a fictional 1970 and presents it as part of a lost catalogue. Dumpster Grooves describes itself as a storytelling project whose singers and histories are made up; the songs are written and arranged by people and then enhanced with AI to recreate the sound of period recordings. It was released by the project itself.
Last Updated 5 October 2026
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Spotify 161k · YouTube 31k
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