Even if a world-famous singer sings a popular Korean song, things that were difficult to imagine a few years ago are becoming reality. Bruno Mars sings New Jeans’ Hype Boy, and Kanye West sings Jeongin’s Uphill Road. These songs are ‘AI cover songs’ created not by singers but by artificial intelligence.
These days, AI cover songs seem to be popular on YouTube and other social media. In the past, technologies such as deepfake and deep voice were considered to be available only to a small number of developers, but technological advancements have opened an era in which anyone can easily create AI cover songs.
AI cover songs have already become popular. got it AI cover songs uploaded to YouTube are recording views ranging from tens of thousands to millions of times. Bruno Mars’ HYPEBOY AI cover song exceeded 2.35 million views in just 6 months after being uploaded.
According to global market analysis company Market.Us, the generative AI music market has grown more than 10 times over the past 10 years. Worldwide, it is expected to be worth $2.66 billion (about 3.5263 trillion won) by 2032.
The method of creating an AI cover song is surprisingly simple. All you have to do is learn the songs of existing singers through deep learning to extract voice characteristics and apply them to existing songs to transform the voice.
Now, we are supporting the general public to create AI cover songs through programs and sites. there is.
However, as the AI cover song market continues to expand, concerns are growing. In particular, various opinions are being expressed regarding copyright. A representative incident related to this occurred in April.
At the time, the song ‘Heart on My Sleeve’, known as a collaboration between pop stars The Weeknd and Drake, achieved good results on the music charts, but this song was actually a fake song created by AI. It was a song created by online content creator ‘Ghostwriter’ using AI to sound like it was sung by Drake and The Weeknd. This song was later removed from various music streaming sites due to allegations of copyright infringement.
This incident led to claims that artists’ voices were also copyrighted works. Therefore, there is an opinion that if you want to teach AI data, you must obtain permission or pay a price in advance.