Drake and The Weeknd-inspired AI song gains millions of streams

Drake and The Weeknd, two of the biggest names in hip-hop and R&B, have been featured on a new song titled “Heart on My Sleeve,” but they have nothing to do with its production. The song was posted on TikTok by a mysterious person called ghostwriter977, who claims to have used artificial intelligence to produce the song. The producer stated in the video that the song was entirely made by AI. Despite this, the song has already been played more than 9.2 million times on TikTok and received more than 250,000 plays on Spotify. Fans are pleased with the new song and describe it as having an eerie similarity to the voices of the two artists themselves.

@ghostwriter977

this song is out. ‘Heart on My Sleeve – ghostwriter’

♬ Heart on My Sleeve by Ghostwriter out everywhere. – ghostwriter

The Human Artistry Campaign, a coalition of artists and record labels backed by the Recording Industry Association of America, has published seven principles to “support human creativity and accomplishment” in the face of the growing trend of producing AI music. The group acknowledges that AI has the potential to advance the world beyond what we ever thought possible, but AI can never replace human expression and artistry. One of the principles includes the use of legal copyright, which the group says AI music producers must comply with so the songs are not passed off as if they were written by the actual artist.

Drake has not commented on the successful computer-generated track featuring his voice, but he has expressed his concerns about AI-produced music in the past. In reaction to his voice being used virtually on a cover of Bronx, NY rapper Ice Spice’s “Munch (Feelin’ U),” Drake wrote, “This is the final straw AI,” in a post to his Instagram.