AI Drake and The Weeknd Collab Eligible For Grammy, Says Recording Academy CEO

Drake and The Weeknd already do not rock with the Grammys, so the opportunity of their unauthorized AI collaboration successful an award possible will not mend any fences.

Nonetheless, that is the situation Recording Academy CEO Harvey Mason Jr. is floating in relation to the controversial “Coronary heart on My Sleeve” — the AI-generated observe that surfaced in April that includes fake vocals from the Canadian megastars, however convincing sufficient to be a success.

Ghostwriter — the nameless human creator behind the observe — submitted it for each Tune of The Yr and Finest Rap Tune for the 66th Grammy Awards subsequent 12 months.

Mason tells the New York Times he was impressed with “Coronary heart on My Sleeve” because it opened up prospects for his or her enterprise and declared it appropriate for nomination … “So far as the inventive facet, it is completely eligible as a result of it was written by a human.”

If Ghostwriter earned only a nomination, it may spearhead the following evolution of artists: human songwriters who use different individuals’s artificially-generated voices!

Drake and Weeknd’s file label Common Music Group does not share Mason’s enthusiasm. When the observe was launched, the label had it pulled from DSPs … leaving it to lurk within the web’s darkish recesses. This Grammy growth provides the tune, and others prefer it, a brand new mild.

The Weeknd and Drake have been boycotting the Grammys for years, going so far as to withdraw nominations and refuse to submit inheritor personal music.

Alternatively, Ghostwriter is not letting up off the digital throttle within the wake of his new profession strides.

He launched a brand new AI concoction Wednesday titled “Whiplash,” that includes CPU-generated soundalikes for Travis Scott and 21 Savage — 2 extra artists to piss off, but in addition one other doable path to the Grammys!!!