In an increasingly robotic entertainment landscape, covers and carbon copies are a safe bet. Drake goes down easy he’s the ideal artist to copy. Drake is imitable to a fault-his signature softboy cadence, a consistent BPM and flow, choruses about texting. The Drakefakes, though, are by far the most realistic. You can find an AI-based album featuring “new music” from Oasis. You can find an AI-generated reggaeton duet by Bad Bunny and Rihanna. You can find an approximation of Ariana Grande’s vocals covering Dua Lipa. You can also find a cover of “Somebody I Used to Know” using Kanye West’s and Playboi Carti’s voices. You can still find rips of “Heart on My Sleeve” online, alongside countless Drakefakes that mold his voice to lyrics about complicated women, needing to focus on himself, and other classically Drake tropes. The music publisher said that platforms had a “legal and ethical responsibility to prevent the use of their services in ways that harm artists.” On Spotify- The Ringer’s parent company-the song was streamed 629,439 times before it was pulled on April 18. Universal Music Group had “Heart on My Sleeve” removed from streaming services, TikTok, and YouTube shortly after it was uploaded, citing copyright infringement. Regardless of fans’ feelings about the Drakefake, the song had to come down. Generative AI in music isn’t new, but it certainly gets more airtime when Drake is a casualty. Song production has become another AI party trick as programs like Boomy and Voicemod have become more available. Over the past six months, user-friendly AI generators like ChatGPT and Midjourney have made writing sample book proposals or illustrating watercolor self-portraits as easy as navigating plug-and-play games. They’ve ranged from mildly funny (Joe Biden praising We Bought a Zoo, Kim Kardashian doing pranks) to mildly concerning (the RNC’s dystopian AI-generated ad showing a “look into the country’s possible future if Joe Biden is re-elected,” Emma Watson reading Mein Kampf). We’ve seen “deepfakes” manipulate the faces of politicians and celebrities. Will Anybody Listen? Want Your Song to Blow Up? Just Speed It Up. It’s also how the internet voices felt about “Heart on My Sleeve,” an AI-generated song made to sound like a collab between Drake and the Weeknd, released by TikTok user in April.ĪI Programs Have Started Making Pop Music. “This is aesthetically beautiful and morally confusing,” one person commented on Twitter. The response to AI Smile seems in line with the popular sentiment around AI art at large-a mix of fear, intrigue, and a little shame. “A special feeling I’m blessed to have been a part of making happen.” “If you turn off your mind and, perhaps, sing along, it really can feel like Brian sang on these,” LeRoy wrote in his liner notes. Last month, one fan ventured to answer the questions “What if Wilson finished the job? What if he worked out the technical difficulties, the legal issues, the mental distress? What if Wilson’s human limitations had an AI solution?” To “complete” Smile, Mike LeRoy used AI to generate Wilson-style vocals for the tracks that never featured them. And after more than 50 hours of recording sessions, various legal complications, obsessive tinkering, mental breakdowns, and mounting expectations, it never came out.Ī few original Smile tracks have been officially released in the decades since, and Wilson rerecorded the music for a 2004 project, but the official version remains one of the most legendary unreleased albums in rock history.
It was slated for release in 1967, a 12-track experimental LP filled with tape edits, spoken word, sound effects, complex vocal arrangements, and even comedy skits. Their 12th album would be a “teenage symphony to God,” Brian Wilson claimed, that would make Pet Sounds sound like a demo. Smile was supposed to be the Beach Boys’ masterpiece.
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