Daniel Bedingfield has stated he believes that AI is the way forward for music, and has questioned the “neo-luddites” who’re attempting to withstand it.
The singer and producer mentioned the controversial problem in a brand new interview with The Guardian, the place he stated that he believes the expertise is right here not going anyplace and that it needs to be embraced by artistic folks.
“AI is now right here for ever,” he stated. “And so I feel that there will probably be two paths: there’ll be the neo-luddite path, after which there’ll be everybody else, a lot of the planet, who thinks the music’s actually good and enjoys it.”
Bedingfield has not too long ago developed his personal AI app, Hooks, which pairs music with AI-generated movies, and has additionally put collectively a brand new album comprised of AI-generated songs.
“It is going to be potential to proceed with out AI. However the query will probably be, why would you?” he argued. “Why struggle it when you possibly can have an entire gospel choir singing your refrain in two days’ time?”
The function of AI in creating music is very contentious amongst artists and music followers. Final 12 months, Grimes gave permission for followers to make use of her voice in their very own music with the assistance of AI, offered they share the royalties along with her, and has stated she expects the expertise to “form minds going ahead for the remainder of time”.
Nick Cave, nonetheless, described it as a “grotesque mockery of what it’s to be human” and informed platforms corresponding to ChatGPT to “fuck off and go away songwriting alone”. Ed Sheeran, Slash and Sting are others which have spoken out towards the perceived menace of AI.
Earlier this 12 months, Bedingfield launched into his first UK tour since 2005, taking part in exhibits in Manchester, Birmingham and London.
The gigs marked the twentieth anniversary of his debut album ‘Gotta Get Via This’, which contained the Grammy-nominated title monitor, additionally a UK Quantity One single.
The album was first launched in 2002 and likewise included the chart-topping singles ‘If You’re Not The One’ and ‘By no means Gonna Depart Your Facet’.
Bedingfield went on to launch his second studio album ‘Second First Impression’ in 2004 and shared the EP ‘Cease the Traffik – Secret Worry’ in 2012, earlier than dropping a particular version of the gathering the next 12 months with numerous monitor modifications.
In recent times, he has relocated to Los Angeles and has been a choose on The X Issue in New Zealand, carried out with Fred Once more.. in New York and has been engaged on his new music.
Earlier this 12 months, Bedingfield mirrored on his early success and subsequent retreat from the general public eye.
“I in all probability got here throughout as an arsehole a couple of occasions, however I used to be attempting to masks my worry by being standoffish and 20 years later, I can perceive that. The whirlwind of press and a focus was so much to deal with for a 21-year-old’s growing psyche, and it made me run away and dwell a life.”
“So after it, I did farming, dated so much, and went world wide. I’d transfer to a rustic, keep there for six months, study the language and fall in love a couple of occasions.”
