{"id":151886,"date":"2023-09-08T06:13:49","date_gmt":"2023-09-08T00:43:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/?p=151886"},"modified":"2023-09-08T06:13:49","modified_gmt":"2023-09-08T00:43:49","slug":"drake-and-the-weeknd-ai-song-went-viral-now-it-could-win-a-grammy-crypto-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/drake-and-the-weeknd-ai-song-went-viral-now-it-could-win-a-grammy-crypto-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Drake and The Weeknd AI Song Went Viral\u2014Now It Could Win a Grammy – Crypto News"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A pseudonymous TikTok user sparked global controversy in April by releasing an AI-generated, fictional collaboration between Drake and The Weeknd that quickly went viral. Now they\u2019re back with a new song\u2014and trying to take the robot-crafted tracks all the way to the Grammys.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The song\u2019s creator, Ghostwriter, recently submitted the hit, fabricated <\/span>Drake\/Weeknd single<\/span><\/a>\u2014\u201dHeart on My Sleeve\u201d\u2014for Grammy Awards consideration in two categories: Best Rap Song and Song of the Year. The song had been yanked from streaming platforms<\/a> following legal threats earlier this year.<\/span><\/p>\n

Since Ghostwriter wrote the lyrics to the song, per <\/span>The New York Times<\/span><\/i><\/a>, the artist is technically eligible for the music industry\u2019s top honor\u2014despite the fact that their song employed artificial intelligence to mimic the vocal styles of Drake and The Weeknd without those star singers\u2019 respective consent.<\/span><\/p>\n

Harvey Mason Jr., CEO of the Recording Academy\u2014the organization behind the Grammys\u2014previously <\/span>told <\/span>Decrypt<\/span><\/i><\/a> that he stands by the Academy\u2019s <\/span>recent decision<\/span><\/a> to allow songs created in part (but not mostly or entirely) with AI tools to be eligible for awards.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201c<\/span>[We] will not be giving an award to AI-generated material, but we will allow material that was contributed to by AI to be entered,” Mason said in July. “It wouldn’t be fair to discredit every piece of creative work that was submitted if it had been touched by AI.”<\/span><\/p>\n

Mason confirmed to <\/span>The New York Times<\/span><\/i> that the fake Drake\/Weeknd song is \u201cabsolutely eligible\u201d for awards consideration, given the human origin of the lyrics.<\/span><\/p>\n

Earlier this week, Ghostwriter published a <\/span>new AI-assisted track<\/span><\/a>, \u201cWhiplash,\u201d this one imagining a collaboration between the rappers Travis Scott and 21 Savage. This time, Ghostwriter left a note along with their music, imploring Scott and 21 Savage to allow the track to be released widely in return for any royalties the song generated.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s clear that people want this song,\u201d Ghostwriter wrote. \u201cThe future of music is here. Artists now have the ability to let their voice work for them without lifting a finger.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Ghostwriter\u2019s refusal to go away quietly in the face of the ethical and legal concerns swirling around AI-generated music speaks to the pervading thought among some recording industry leaders that AI cannot be combatted\u2014it must be adapted to. To these executives, the\u00a0<\/span>technological toothpaste is already out of the tube, so to speak.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cNot knowing exactly what [AI] is going to mean or do in the next months and years gives me some pause and some concerns,\u201d Grammys chief Mason previously told <\/span>Decrypt<\/span><\/i>. \u201cBut I absolutely acknowledge that it’s going to be a part of the music industry and the artistic community and society at large.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The entry period for Grammys submissions ended last week. Recording Academy members will vote on nominees from October 11-20; nominees will then be announced on November 10. The 66th Annual Grammy Awards are set to air live on February 4, 2024 from the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles. <\/span><\/p>\n

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A pseudonymous TikTok user sparked global controversy in April by releasing an AI-generated, fictional collaboration between Drake and The Weeknd that quickly went viral. Now they\u2019re back with a new song\u2014and trying to take the robot-crafted tracks all the way to the Grammys.\u00a0 The song\u2019s creator, Ghostwriter, recently submitted the hit, fabricated Drake\/Weeknd single\u2014\u201dHeart on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":151887,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[230,225,221,227,226,228,229,60,223,224,222],"class_list":["post-151886","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cryptocurrency","tag-brave","tag-coinbase","tag-crypto","tag-decentralised","tag-decentralized","tag-decentralized-exchange","tag-erc-20","tag-featured","tag-meme-coin","tag-robinhood","tag-solana"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151886","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=151886"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151886\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":151889,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151886\/revisions\/151889"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/151887"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=151886"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=151886"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=151886"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}