Imagine putting in hours at the studio, giving your vocals everything you have, only to wake up and discover an AI version of your song has pulled more views.
That is exactly the kind of situation Tracy Melon does not want musicians dealing with.
The Ugandan songbird has called for an end to AI versions of musicians’ songs, arguing that artists work too hard on their original music to have artificial intelligence recreate it.
Speaking on Galaxy FM, Tracy questioned why musicians should spend hours in the studio perfecting their vocals when AI can simply turn their lyrics into a song.
Remove our music from AI. We put in a lot of effort to make music, and then they make AI versions. We have a reason why we go to the studio. Otherwise, if I did not want to, I would have just put the lyrics into AI and let it sing for me.
Then came the part that really got under her skin.
Tracy brought one of her songs, “Kanana,” into the argument, pointing out what happens when an AI version starts attracting more attention than the original.
We go and use our vocals to the max, only to wake up the next day and find that the AI version of “Kanana” has more views than the original. Be serious.
Her comments come as artificial intelligence continues to shake up the global music industry, with artists raising concerns about copyright, consent, compensation, and the use of their voices and creative work.