Groovy Bot, which often pulls songs from YouTube to play them in Discord, has received a cease and desist letter from Google and will shut down as a result.

Since its creation nearly five years ago, Groovy Bot had allowed users to converge on Discord for listening parties, aggregating music from platforms like YouTube, Spotify, Soundcloud, Deezer ...

After successfully driving that bot away, YouTube is now setting its sights on Rythm. For those unfamiliar, Rythm is a bot allowing Discord users to play music from YouTube videos.

Internet Discord Is Bringing Music Back With a YouTube-Sanctioned Bot The new feature doesn't have a lawless music bot's charm, but it probably won't get unceremoniously yanked.

If you're a Discord user, there's a good chance you've benefitted from Groovy Bot, which lets people jam together with music from YouTube, Spotify and others.