AI Music Producers Going Viral After This Manufactured Collaboration
The hot topic of discussion lately has been AI [Artifical Intelligence].
Recently, TikTok AI music producers have shared some covers of different artists, most of them being Drake, singing/rapping to other songs. Most of them get more realistic over time.
Drake has acknowledged these covers, posting the audio of him rapping Ice Spice’s ‘Munch’ to his Instagram story.
Via Instagram @champagnepapi
“This is the final straw AI”, the rapper writes.
Drake and The Weeknd Collab
This most recent piece of AI has gone absolutely viral, the user who goes by ghostwriter977 on TikTok created a song called, ‘Heart On My Sleeve’ which features the vocals of Drake and The Weeknd, all created by AI.
@ghostwriter977 hi im ghostwriter. #drake #aivoice #theweeknd #ai #aidrake #theweekndai
♬ Heart on My Sleeve by Ghostwriter out everywhere. – ghostwriter
Since then, the video has gone viral and has been uploaded to Spotify receiving 250,000 plays, the TikTok above now has over 9 million views.
In the comments of their videos, the ghostwriter claims he has been ghostwriting for years.
“I was a ghostwriter for years and got paid close to nothing just for major labels to profit. the future is here.”
Is This Legal?
Although TikTok users enjoy the song and have been streaming it on music streaming platforms, the question of whether or not this type of music production is legal still stands.
One user commented, “Drake is at loss for words right now. I’d be fuming!”
Another commented, “The lawsuit finna go crazy,” to this, ghostwriter977 commented,
“song is out everywhere. “heart on my sleeve” – ghostwriter”
The owner of the account even mocked the idea of being sued for his creation.
@ghostwriter977 this song is out. Iink in my bio
♬ Heart on My Sleeve by Ghostwriter out everywhere. – ghostwriter
“POV: Vibing to this GHOSTWR!TER & Drake before the lawsuit,” They wrote, dancing to the song.
There has been no word on whether or not Drake or The Weeknd have approved of this, no word has been said from either of their reps.
Published By: HOLR Magazine