In a statement to Rolling Stone, UMG said it supports the use of AI to assist artists but further criticized the use of generative AI tools when it infringes on copyright, further calling on streaming platforms to take action. Israel-Hamas Conflict: Biden Claims Photos of 'Terrorists Beheading Children,' IDF Yet to Confirm In a statement, YouTube said it “removed the video in question after receiving a valid takedown notice,” though the company didn’t specify who sent the takedown.

“We expect our platform partners will want to prevent their services from being used in ways that harm artists.”Īs of Monday afternoon, the track is no longer available on several of the major streaming services including Apple Music, Spotify and Tidal and YouTube.

“We have a moral and commercial responsibility to our artists to work to prevent the unauthorized use of their music and to stop platforms from ingesting content that violates the rights of artists and other creators,” a spokesperson for UMG told the Financial Times. Universal Music Group, the largest music company in the world and the parent company to Republic Records, recently requested that streaming services like Spotify and Apple Music block access from AI services that might be using the music on their platforms to train their algorithms, according to the Financial Times. The campaign has been backed by a list of over 40 founding major music and entertainment organizations, including the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), the Recording Academy, the Music Artist Coalition, SAG-AFTRA, the Songwriters of North America and the National Music Publishers Association.Ģ1 Savage Chooses Toronto for Triumphant First International Performance With Drake Launched in early March, the organization issued a call against the AI music revolution as it pertains to replacing human creators with fast-growing tech advancements. These sentiments, along with the hundreds of comments putting in requests for other could-be collaborations, directly oppose the goals of the Human Artistry Campaign. I really hope you don’t get sued for this because I don’t want this to go away.”

Another added: “This is so unreasonably good. “Hardest Drake in a long time and it’s AI,” one user wrote in Ghostwriter’s TikTok comments, receiving nearly 2,000 likes. If they suspend their disbelief just enough, it’s almost like they’re listening to the real thing. Even through Drake’s frequent stagnation, Ghostwriter seems to capture both artists at a place that they couldn’t, or more likely wouldn’t, return to themselves.įor some fans, this is part of the appeal. There are a few lines about Toronto and fast cars, but it ultimately lands too far away from the actual artist’s current position in the pop arena, miles away from his underground roots, to be believable. The Weeknd’s (more like Weekday) verses don’t capture his musical essence quite as accurately. In the other verses Ghostwriter penned to deliver through the rapper’s voice, he namedrops 21 Savage and boasts about kicking women he doesn’t need to the curb. “I came in with my ex like Selena to flex/Bumpin’ Justin Bieber, the fever ain’t left/She know what she need, Anita, she blessed/Givin’ you my best,” Not-Drake raps on the song. “I was a ghostwriter for years and got paid close to nothing just for major labels to profit,” the creator wrote in the comments of both of his latest videos. The track was first uploaded to Spotify and Apple Music on April 4. It reads: “Offer in from Republic.” Worth noting is that the three artists whose artistic likeness was lifted to create “Heart on My Sleeve” - The Weeknd, Drake, and Metro Boomin - all have licensing and marketing deals that distribute their music through Republic “Heart on My Sleeve” reached TikTok, it had already settled in on streaming services. Since being uploaded to the short-form video app on Saturday, April 15, “Heart on My Sleeve” has amassed over 11 million views across seven promotional videos.įor one video, Ghostwriter uploaded a screen recording of a Tweet describing the faux collaboration as “a modern Napster moment.” As he’s scrolling down the tweet thread, a conveniently-timed text message from “Rob (Attorney)” flashes across the top of the screen. The record, which features line after line of lyrics fated to become Instagram captions, was created from scratch by the anonymous TikTok user Ghostwriter977 using artificial intelligence. But he didn’t have anything to do with creating it - and neither did they. Metro Boomin‘s producer tag puts his signature stamp on “Heart on My Sleeve,” the viral song featuring what sounds like vocals from Drake and The Weeknd.

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