Harvey Mason, the official in charge of the Recording Academy's Grammy Awards, stated that while the Grammys are intended for human creators, the song is technically eligible as it was written by a human. The issue of AI's role in music creation remains contentious, with Ghostwriter continuing to use AI to clone vocals in their new song "Whiplash", featuring the voices of Travis Scott and Shéyaa "21 Savage" Bin Abraham-Joseph.
Key takeaways:
- An AI-generated song featuring the cloned vocals of Drake and the Weeknd, produced by an anonymous artist called Ghostwriter, has been submitted to the Grammy Awards for consideration.
- The song, "Heart on my Sleeve," was forced to be taken offline by Universal Music Group, but not before it achieved 600,000 streams on Spotify and 15 million views on TikTok.
- Despite controversy, the song is technically eligible for the Grammys as it was written by a human, according to Harvey Mason, the official in charge of the Recording Academy's Grammy Awards.
- Ghostwriter is continuing to use AI in music production, with a new song called "Whiplash" featuring the cloned vocals of Travis Scott and 21 Savage.