Grimes has welcomed musicians to create new songs with her voice using Artificial Intelligence, saying she would split 50% of royalties on any successful AI-generated track that included her voice.
The Canadian singer, whose real name is Claire Boucher, tweeted that it was the “same deal as I would with any artist I collab[orate] with. Feel free to use my voice without penalty,” she tweeted.
She said she was interested in being a “guinea pig” and she thought “it’s cool to be fused with a machine and I like the idea of open sourcing all art and killing copyright”.
I’ll split 50% royalties on any successful AI generated song that uses my voice. Same deal as I would with any artist i collab with. Feel free to use my voice without penalty. I have no label and no legal bindings. pic.twitter.com/KIY60B5uqt
The music industry is currently entering unparalleled territory as it tries to keep up with the implications of a spate of songs created by training AI to generate artists’ voices.
Last week, Universal Music successfully petitioned TikTok, YouTube and Spotify to remove a track titled Heart On My Sleeve, which used AI vocals generated from their artists Drake and the Weeknd.
It was just one of several recently released tracks that featured AI-generated vocals based on Drake, who does not seem to be as enthused as Grimes. The rapper recently wrote: “This is the final straw AI,” on an Instagram story, referring to a version of Ice Spice’s song Munch that was released with a fake verse by him.
In a statement, the label said “the training of generative AI using our artists’ music” was “a violation of copyright law”. However, Universal’s position has not been tested in court, and it remains a legal grey area whether art that is created by a human, but which contains AI elements, can be copyrighted.
In October, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) warned that AI companies were violating copyrights en masse by using music to train their machines.
However, last month the US Copyright Office ruled that AI-generated art, including music, can’t be copyrighted as it is “not the product of human authorship”.
On Twitter, Grimes wrote she is working on software “that should simulate my voice well”, but would also consider releasing vocal tracks for people to use to train AI.
When asked what she would do if people used her voice to create racist or violent content, she wrote that she “may do copyright takedowns ONLY for rly rly toxic lyrics” or songs that were “anti-abortion or [something] like that”.
“That’s the only rule… [I] don’t wanna be responsible for a Nazi anthem unless it’s somehow in jest, a la Producers I guess,” she said.
Grimes, who has two children with SpaceX founder and Twitter CEO Elon Musk, has explored the quandaries posed by AI in tracks such as Flesh Without Blood. In 2020, she collaborated with music company Endel to create an AI-generated lullaby for her son X Æ A-12.
“I think AI is great,” she told the New York Times. “Creatively, I think AI can replace humans. And so I think at some point, we will want to, as a species, have a discussion about how involved AI will be in art.”
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Patna: Strict action will be taken against double-meaning Bhojpuri songs and obscene music videos, Bihar minister Bijendra Prasad Yadav said on Wednesday.
Speaking in the assembly, Yadav, the minister of planning and development, said police have also been told to take action against Bhojpuri songs with provocative caste overtones that often lead to social unrest and violence.
“Police are bound to initiate action if a complaint is filed in this regard. The Special Branch of Bihar Police has already issued instructions to district police units over this,” said Yadav, in reply to a calling attention motion.
Strict action will be taken against those who indulge in making such songs and videos, he said.
Moving the motion, Congress MLA Pratima Kumari said vulgarity and provocative caste overtones in Bhojpuri songs are a matter of serious concern.
“We are not against the promotion of art and culture but these double-meaning songs often lead to social unrest. The government must take strict action against those who produce such songs,” she said.
It has also been noticed that local police don’t take action against people who indulge in producing such songs, she said.
CPI(M) MLA Ajay Kumar said that despite instructions from the headquarters, local police don’t take action against obscenity and double entendres in Bhojpuri songs.
“Punitive action should be taken against such singers and musicians,” he said.
SRINAGAR: After a hiatus of seven years, film maker Karan Johar is all set to shoot the last pending romantic song of his movie Rocky Aur Rani Ki Prem Kahani, in the snow clad mountains of Kashmir.
Directed by Karan Johar, the epic love story stars Alia Bhatt and Ranveer Singh in the lead roles.
As per the latest buzz, the song will be a tribute to the late film maker Yash Chopra, who Karan idolizes. Ranveer and Alia will recreate the looks of Sridevi and Rishi Kappor from the film Chandini directed by ace director Yash Chopra in late 1980’s. Alia will be seen donning chiffon sarees while Ranveer for a change will be in the formal attire.
The romantic song will be shot in Kashmir in a ten-day schedule beginning on March 1. The crew has already left for Kashmir while Karan will leave for the valley with Ranveer Singh and Alia Bhatt on February 28 and join the crew.
Karan Johar wanted to film the song in Switzerland but after Alia Bhatt’s pregnancy he moved it to Kashmir as the film maker believes that snow has same feel in Kashmir as it has in Switzerland.
Alia will be accompanied by her baby Raha for the ten-day shooting schedule.
With this song in Kashmir, the entire shooting of Rocky Aur Rani Ki Prem Kahani, a tribute to Karan’s favourite director Yash Chopra, will be complete.
The Strokes rushed their second album, Room on Fire, in the belief that their initial success would soon be over. The result frequently boasted song titles that were better than the songs – such as You Talk Way Too Much, but Meet Me in the Bathroom’s cocktail of lyrical ennui and a suitably wearier take on the sound of Is This It clicks perfectly.
19. Drag Queen (2016)
One of the more satisfying results of the group’s quest for a different musical direction, Drag Queen sounds like a homage to New Order, topped off with vocals that suddenly, and entirely unexpectedly, go into warped Auto-Tune overdrive even as they are delivering a despairing political message.
18. Machu Picchu (2011)
Angles, the band’s fourth album, was the Strokes’ nadir: an album that sounded as if it were made by people who really didn’t want to make an album but had been herded into the studio at gunpoint. Still, it has scattered highlights: Machu Picchu’s interweaving, slightly reggae-influenced guitars have a buoyancy noticeable by its absence elsewhere.
17. Under Cover of Darkness (2011)
The Strokes: Under Cover of Darkness – video
The making of Angles was fraught, but Under Cover Of Darkness sounds like a genuine group effort, highlighting Albert Hammond Jr and Nick Valensi’s guitar interplay: they come up with unexpected little fills that drive the song along, while the brief solo is a lovely miniature take on Thin Lizzy’s harmonic twin guitar sound.
16. Not the Same Anymore (2020)
The curiously appealing sound of an older, smarter Strokes, wiser through bitter experience: “I didn’t know, I didn’t care … I fucked up,” sings Julian Casablancas, sounding as if he knows of what he speaks, “I couldn’t change, it’s too late”. The music fits perfectly, recasting their trademark approach to evoke melancholy.
15. Barely Legal (2001)
Casablancas later claimed Barely Legal made him “cringe”. But even if you wouldn’t use that title for a song in 2023, its depiction of a sleazy older man hitting on a teenager is grimly realistic, and lent a certain frisson by Casablancas’s model agent father’s documented penchant for teenage partners. It has super-tight guitars and an explosive chorus, too.
14. Juicebox (2005)
Chastened by the lukewarm response to their hurried second album, the Strokes clearly threw themselves into its successor: as a result, First Impressions of Earth was unwieldy. But Juicebox is a moment when its overstuffed approach works: pivoting away from a Peter Gunn-inspired bassline, its melody shoots off in unexpected directions.
13. Reptilia (2003)
The Strokes: Reptilia – video
In retrospect, the fact that the biggest track from the Strokes’ second album could have fitted perfectly on to their debut was a sign of trouble to come: a worrying suggestion that they might have already said all they had to say. That said, Reptilia is fantastic: urgent staccato guitars darting around a raw-throated vocal.
12. Ask Me Anything (2006)
In the middle of First Impressions of Earth, a song unlike anything the Strokes had tried before: there is nothing but a distorted Mellotron, a light dusting of strings and Casablancas’s vocal, dolefully insisting: “I’ve got nothing to say.” It sounds surprisingly like a less arch Magnetic Fields: sad but very pretty.
11. 12:51 (2003)
The Strokes: 12:51 – video
After Is This It, the degree of anticipation surrounding the band was, in some quarters at least, demented: the NME ran a news story when they played a solitary new song live. But their first post-Is This It single – poppier, catchier, synthier than before – suggested all would be fine. Erroneously, as it turned out.
10. The Modern Age (2001)
In 2001, the Strokes’ debut single sounded very direct and exciting: the point its tense opening minute gives way to the chorus – via Casablancas’s repeated cry of “go!” – suggested a band offering a kind of poise and cool that was in markedly short supply in the post-Britpop era.
9. Eternal Summer (2020)
On The New Abnormal, the Strokes finally did the thing most people had long given up on them doing: released a consistent album that reshaped their sound but retained their essence. Its pleasures are summed up by the lengthy Eternal Summer, layered with electronics and angsty falsetto vocals: fresh and fantastic.
The Strokes pictured in 2020 (from left): Nick Valensi, Julian Casablancas, Fabrizio Moretti, Albert Hammond Jr and Nikolai Fraiture. Photograph: Linda Nylind/The Guardian
8. Hard to Explain (2001)
On arrival, the Stokes understood the power of leaving audiences wanting more: short sets, no encores, a debut album that barely lasted half an hour. Hard to Explain, meanwhile, careers along, soaring vocals over metronomic drums, then – as you are anticipating a big finish – stops dead with a kind of implicit shrug.
7. Under Control (2003)
A lot of the best moments on Room on Fire were essentially an Is This It redux, but Under Control took the group into noticeably new territory: a languid, sad and rather beautiful breakup song, which allowed Casablancas, who always acknowledged his love of Frank Sinatra, to fully unleash his inner crooner.
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6. All the Time (2013)
Comedown Machine was another Strokes album that, as Casablancas delicately put it, suffered “some grey areas on control and quality”: the band declined to tour or promote it. But All the Time is the exception that proves the rule. It’s just a great song: concise, sharp, powerful yet poppy.
5. The Adults Are Talking (2020)
One striking thing about The New Abnormal was how contemporary it made The Strokes sound, 22 years into their career, a point proven when its fast-paced but marvellously understated opening track went viral on TikTok, adopted by users too young to have witnessed Last Nite or Is This It first-hand.
4. You Only Live Once (2006)
The Strokes: You Only Live Once – video
The highlight of First Impressions of Earth was its opening track, which super-sized the Strokes’ choppy, trebly sound into something that could – conceivably – fill arenas. That it didn’t is no reflection on the quality of the song, which might be the best thing the band recorded in their troubled middle years.
3. New York City Cops (2001)
Not really about policemen but an ill-advised one-night stand, New York City Cops is the Strokes at their most attitude-laden and snotty: “Kill me now ’cause I let you down,” Casablancas sneers. The brief drum break is fantastic, the gripping bursts of wiry lead guitar a nod to Television.
2. Someday (2001)
Someday seemed to encapsulate the Strokes’ early insouciance: an accusation of “lacking in depth” is breezily dismissed by a narrator who apparently doesn’t “have to try so hard”. The loosely strummed guitars and a killer melody only amp up the sense that it was all appealingly effortless.
1. Last Nite (2001)
The Strokes: Last Nite – video
Sometimes, a band’s most famous track is unrepresentative, but sometimes it perfectly encapsulates their appeal. The latter is true of Last Nite: frantic downstrokes on trebly guitars, roaring vocal, New York brashness to spare. It’s also a more complex song than its indie-disco anthem status might suggest, the lyric – in which the narrator responds to their partner’s expression of unhappiness by turning around and walking out with a parting “I don’t care” – is completely at odds with the messy joyousness of the music, which sounds like a party in the process of getting out of hand.
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An artist’s song went viral because everyone hated it. Welcome to the world of cringe choices, writesRaashid Andrabi while listing the top Kashmiri music content that people consumed online in 2022
An artwork displaying the age-old dictum – do not watch, do not talk and do not hear.
On August 5, 2018, when the switches on communication were put off, the depression loomed large over Kashmir. Gradually the home-restricted enforced idleness, in a class of people paved way for content creation. It was slow, painful and costly but it got some youngsters busy. On February 2021, when the 4G internet was finally restored after around 18 months, there was a spike in content consumption. As the demand shot up, the content creators scrambled to keep the supplies ready for upload.
From news to music, people now consume everything online. Unlike past when overcrowded buses and the shop fronts would decide which number is popular, the internet now offers the precise details of who did what and how it topped the chart. In 2022, the top ten ‘songs’ offer an interesting mix. What is interesting is that Noor Mohammad who was No 10 in TheNewsCaravan 2021 listing is part of the No 1 in the 2023 list for 2022. Barring Ishfaq Kawa and Umar Nazir, none of the seven others is in the top 10 in 2022 music content consumption in the Kashmiri language.
Nazneen
Finally, the tinsel town took over. Mumbai’s music composers Salim and Sulaiman Merchant tied up with Raj Pandit and featured Kashmir’s folk singer, Noor Mohammad to make a perfect number. Premiered on November 18, 2022, it has one crore views on YouTube, 57k on Facebook and 345k on Instagram. Mostly Ghulam Nabi Doolwal’s poem Yareh Myaneh Nazneeeh Yeh Chu Mulaqat, the song starts with a Lal Ded Vaakh. Nazneen means charming.
A perfectly choreographed number, it has a bunch of 15 singers and instrumentalists with Suliman on a Tumbakhnari. The focus remains on the Rabab-playing Noor Mohammad, a remote north Kashmir singer discovered for the virtual world by TheNewsCaravan, nearly five years ago. Raj Pandit, who also sings with Noor, termed the response “overwhelming” and “absolutely unreal!”.
Dilbar
The rise of Ishfaq Kawa from Shadipora (Sumbal) is phenomenal. Introduced to Kashmir by Nundi Bani, a tearful melancholy dedicated to mothers who lost their sons, the 2-years old song has already been watched by more than 1.5 crore people. In 2022, it was his Dilbar (lover) that already has 70 lakh views on his YouTube, 300k on Facebook. In the Reels section of Instagram, the song has been remixed for more than 5000 times making it one of the most viral Kashmiri songs of 2022.
Ishfaq Kawa, one of the Kashmir singers who rules the virtual world of Kashmir music
“In 2019, when I returned to my room after my performance in a show, all of a sudden, a melody started playing in my head,” Kawa said. “I devoted a week to writing this and I released it after around three years.”
With simple lyrics sung in a powerful soulful voice, the romantic number is popular with teenagers.
Sang Dil
Maahi Aamir (singer)
In October 2017, Mahi Aamir, a young performer started Kashmiri Rounders, a YouTube channel, now with more than 10 lakh subscribers. It is mostly about comedy but sometimes it dabbles with music too. In March 2022, it uploaded a ‘song’ Sanag Dil (Hardheartedness) that got a whopping 53 lakh views. Though filmed well, the romantic number’s lyrics are “manufactured” by Umi A Feem. Despite being watched hugely, its lyrics were adversely commented on. “This video does to poetry what WhatsApp has done to English,” one broadcaster commented when approached by this reporter. Regardless of this, it was watched by 30 thousand people on Facebook too.
Mohabatuk Niyaai
Sun by Moin Raja and Aahil Raja, Mohabatuk Niyaai (conflict of love) was watched by 40 lakh people. This is despite the fact that many people think it isn’t music at all. “Music is a serious art form,” a well-known Kashmir-based composer and singer said. “The level of degradation has been so great now even laymen can be singers.”
The song uploaded on the youtube channel Moin Raja Official (90k subscribers) was seemingly recorded in a room. The song’s lyrics are not particularly romantic. The duo vocalists have made an attempt to sing the traditional Kashmiri song in a contemporary style, but they have failed horribly.
Roye Choun
With Roye Choun (Your Face), Ishfaq Kawa is taking the second slot in the top-singer singer10 chart of 2022. It has cumulative views of nearly 40 lakh including almost half of a million on Facebook. Co-written by Kawa and Muntazir Yassir, it is Kawa’s voice that is the prime attraction. Basit Fazli of Qalaam Studio produced the music, and Sheikh Gufran and Faiz Allie served as the DOP and director respectively.
Be Dard Dadi Chane
Released by Mashq TalksPodcast YouTube channel on August 21, 2022, this song by the singing sensation Ayaan Sajad’s was watched by 30 lakh times and is still growing. Given the new discovery, Ayaan was profiled by formal and social media that garnered millions of views on other platforms.
On TheNewsCaravan’s diverse platforms, his interview mixed with the song had more than 16 lakh views. The song has been praised all around the world by Kashmiri-speaking populations for the mesmerizing voice of the young Ayaan Sajad as well as the composition. It is sort of a fusion using famous Kashmir sufi poet Shamas Fakir and the mesmerising voice of the emerging singer Ayaan Sajad, who hails from the Anantnag. The song was recreated in the remix section of reels more than 40 thousand times making it one of Kashmir’s most famous songs of 2022.
Lealli
Sung by Umar Nazir, Lealli song got 26 lakh views on YouTube. A skilled singer, Nazir began singing as a young boy and received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in music from Mumbai. The song is an emotional outburst of a lover who praises her lady love in absentia and ‘rips’ his heart out while crying about his desperation and frustration. Lealli in Kashmir is what Laila is to the world. Unlike lyrics, visuals are powerful and it features the traditional bache kout, a dancing lad in mustard fields with modern exhilarating dance sequences as well.
Umer Nazir (Singer)
“I anticipated the affection and support from Kashmir. I have been singing for a while, and although I sing in a variety of genres, I tend to favour upbeat music,” Umar said. “Traditional Kashmiri songs pique my attention, and I may sing them in the near future.”
Zooni
Arafat Bhat, 11, uploads on his Rap-Kid Arafat YouTube channel. Hailing from Prechoo village in Pulwama, the young boy’s talent has been praised throughout Kashmir. More than 15 lakh people have watched his song Zooni. Besides, it has about 350 thousand views on Facebook and Instagram. The song is a mashup of Kashmiri and Urdu. Loosely written lyrics, the number addresses an elusive, Zooni, a lover and tells her what the rest of the world feels about her.
Tata Sumo
Though neither well-written nor better-performed, Tata Sumo is one of the many pieces of cringe content that people like. Sung by Mir Parvaiz and Amreena Bhat, it has garnered around 15 lakh views on YouTube. Besides, the ‘song’ has about a million views on several pages that are unrelated to the song’s actual vocalists. It is basically a “musical” conversation between two lovers, one of whom is a Sumo driver.
10. Jhaanjar
The song Jhaanjar (Cymbals), sung by Adil and the lyrics written by Basit Malik gathered around 1.3 million views in just four months on the personal youtube channel of the singer Adil Lucky.
The song is produced by Dardil Shabir while the music to it was given by JCI studio. The song has received a lot of praise for using the basic traditional Kashmiri style with all the local instrumentals like Tumbaknari and Jhaanjar.
Mumbai: Actor Urmila Matondkar was known as a fashion and glamour star of the 90s. She has delivered some fantastic performances in films like ‘Rangeela’, ‘Judaai’, ‘Khoobsurat’, ‘Pyaar Tune Kya Kiya’, ‘Pinjar’, and others.
Apart from her acting performances, she was also known for her hot and sizzling dance moves. As the actor turns a year older today, take a look at her top 5 songs.
Rangeela Re
First on the list has to be ‘Rangeela Re’ from the film ‘Rangeela’. One of the high points of this Ram Gopal Varma film was the songs. All of the youth of the 1990s performed the track’s hook step at least once. Sung by the legendary singer Asha Bhosle and composed by AR Rahman, the song was a big hit and Urmila gathered all the eyeballs with her dance moves.
Chamma Chamma
Urmila did an amazing job in the dance number ‘Chamma Chamma’ from the movie ‘China Gate’. In the song, her thumkas unquestionably won our hearts. Sung by Alka Yagnik, Shankar Mahadevan and Vinod Rathod, the song was released in the year 1998 and still remains fans’ favourite.
Kambakth Ishq
Urmila Matondkar delivered one of the best performances of her career in the film ‘Pyaar Tune Kya Kiya’. The song ‘Kambakht Ishq’, more than her performance, was what caught everyone’s attention in the film. Sung by Asha Bhosle and Sukhwinder Singh, the song featured Urmila and Fardeen Khan.
Aa Hi Jaiye
Urmila won fans’ hearts with her performance in the song ‘Aa Hi Jaiye’ from the film ‘Lajja’. She was seen in a guest appearance role and made a powerful impact with her sizzling dance moves in the song.
Mangta Hai Kya
Sung by A.R Rahman and Shweta Shetty, the song was a part of the film ‘Rangeela’. Urmila and Aamir Khan’s hot chemistry in the song makes this a must-watch for all 90’s kids.
She will be soon making her acting comeback with the upcoming thriller web series ‘Tiwari’.
