"When an AI-generated country song called Walk My Walk hit No. 1 on Billboard's country digital song sales chart this month, it was credited to a fictional artist named Breaking Rust a white, digitally generated avatar that didn't exist two months ago. But the song's vocal phrasing, melodic shape and stylistic DNA came from someone who does exist: Grammy-nominated country artist Blanco Brown, a Black music artist who has worked with Britney Spears, Childish Gambino and Rihanna."
"I didn't even know about the song until people hit me up about it, said Brown, whose 2019 country rap hit The Git Up helped usher in a new, hybrid era of country crossover. He didn't learn about the chart-topping AI track until his phone was flooded with messages from friends. My phone just kept blowing up, he said. Somebody said: Man, somebody done typed your name in the AI and made a white version of you. They just used the Blanco, not the Brown."
"The moment is the latest example of how generative AI is upending the music industry, giving anyone the ability to instantly create seemingly new songs by typing prompts into a chat window, often using models trained on real artists' voices and styles without their knowledge. Who is behind the AI-generated country song? The credits for the grit-filled, chant-heavy track Walk My Walk list Aubierre Rivaldo Taylor as one of the song's creators."
An AI-generated country song titled Walk My Walk reached No. 1 on Billboard's country digital song sales chart and was credited to a fictional artist named Breaking Rust, a white, digitally generated avatar. The track's vocal phrasing, melodic shape and stylistic DNA derived from Grammy-nominated country artist Blanco Brown without his knowledge. Brown discovered the song only after friends flooded his phone with messages. Generative AI tools enabled rapid creation of the track by typing prompts, using models trained on real artists' voices and styles. Streaming credits list Aubierre Rivaldo Taylor as a creator; Taylor has been credited on other AI country projects linked to collaborator Abraham Abushmais.
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