Drake and The Weeknd’s song ‘Heart on My Sleeve’ was uploaded by an artist named Ghostwriter on Apple Music this April and went viral, hitting more than 11 million views on TikTok|The Come Up Show; Brian Ziff|CC BY 2.5; CC BY-SA 4.0
The viral AI rap “Heart on My Sleeve” with AI-generated vocals that mimic Drake and The Weeknd has recently been submitted for Grammy Awards for Best Rap Song and Song Of The Year categories.
The Recording Academy’s new protocols for AI music indicate, “Only human creators are eligible to be submitted for consideration for, nominated for, or win a Grammy Award.” Recording Academy CEO Harvey Mason Jr. told the New York Times that the AI song is “absolutely eligible because it was written by a human.”
How did it begin?
“Heart on My Sleeve” was uploaded by an artist named Ghostwriter on Apple Music this April and went viral, hitting more than 11 million views on TikTok, 600,000 plays on Spotify and 275,000 views on YouTube.
It was taken down shortly after Universal Music Group, representing Drake and The Weeknd, denounced it.
The musician behind it, Ghostwriter, released a new AI-generated song Tuesday called “Whiplash” that has AI versions of vocals by rappers Travis Scott and 21 Savage.
While artists like Drake and rapper Ice Cube have publicly slammed AI songs, electronic music artists like Grimes have let people use their voices in artificial intelligence music and split the royalties.
Echoing something similar, Manson added, “We know A.I. is going to play a role in our business. We can’t pretend to turn our back on it and try to ban it.”