diff --git a/yt_dlp/extractor/youtube/_video.py b/yt_dlp/extractor/youtube/_video.py
index 171aa9b5c..ada2f495a 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/youtube/_video.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/youtube/_video.py
@@ -4177,20 +4177,15 @@ def process_language(container, base_url, lang_code, sub_name, client_name, quer
 
         # Youtube Music Auto-generated description
         if (video_description or '').strip().endswith('\nAuto-generated by YouTube.'):
-            # XXX: Causes catastrophic backtracking if description has "·"
-            # E.g. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DoPaAxMQoiI
-            # Simulating atomic groups:  (?P<a>[^xy]+)x  =>  (?=(?P<a>[^xy]+))(?P=a)x
-            # reduces it, but does not fully fix it. https://regex101.com/r/8Ssf2h/2
+            # Before you change this, learn how regexes work. The last guy didn't.
             mobj = re.search(
                 r'''(?xs)
-                    (?=(?P<track>[^\n·]+))(?P=track)·
-                    (?=(?P<artist>[^\n]+))(?P=artist)\n+
-                    (?=(?P<album>[^\n]+))(?P=album)\n
-                    (?:.+?℗\s*(?P<release_year>\d{4})(?!\d))?
-                    (?:.+?Released\ on\s*:\s*(?P<release_date>\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2}))?
-                    (.+?\nArtist\s*:\s*
-                        (?=(?P<clean_artist>[^\n]+))(?P=clean_artist)\n
-                    )?.+\nAuto-generated\ by\ YouTube\.\s*$
+                    (?:\n|^)(?P<track>[^\n·]+)\ ·\ (?P<artist>[^\n]+)\n+
+                    (?P<album>[^\n]+)\n+
+                    (?:℗\s*(?P<release_year>\d{4})[^\n]+\n+)?
+                    (?:Released\ on\s*:\s*(?P<release_date>\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2}))?.+?
+                    (\nArtist\s*:\s*(?P<clean_artist>[^\n]+)\n)?
+                    .+Auto-generated\ by\ YouTube\.\s*$
                 ''', video_description)
             if mobj:
                 release_year = mobj.group('release_year')