No, AI didn't write the songs on 'Love Is Blind.' Why Netflix's big hit sounds like that

Viewers have come to expect certain aesthetic flourishes from "Love is Blind," Netflix's smash hit reality show — er, "experiment" — following couples who get engaged before ever seeing each other.

There are the notorious gold wine glasses. The windowless pods that look like prison cells tricked out by Pier 1 Imports. The high-stakes but low-budget wedding ceremonies.

And through it all, there is the wall-to-wall soundtrack of infectious yet strangely disposable pop songs about love and heartache, with lyrics that narrate the show so perfectly they feel as if they were generated by artificial intelligence.

Consider a recent scene from the fourth — and arguably most unhinged — season, which concluded last week. While enjoying a romantic date aboard a boat, lawyer Zack got down on one knee and proposed to