Meek Mill has said he’s a huge fan of the controversial AI-generated Drake and The Weeknd song, despite Universal Music Group’s recent condemnation of the track.
Meek’s support comes a day after UMG, to whom Drizzy and The Weeknd are both currently signed, issued a statement on the song — which was titled “heart on my sleeve” — and removed the track from all streaming platforms after it racked up over 630,000 listens on Spotify alone.
“UMG’s success has been, in part, due to embracing new technology and putting it to work for our artists — as we have been doing with our own innovation around AI for some time already,” the statement began.
“With that said, however, the training of generative AI using our artists’ music (which represents both a breach of our agreements and a violation of copyright law) as well as the availability of infringing content created with generative AI on DSPs, begs the question as to which side of history all stakeholders in the music ecosystem want to be on: the side of artists, fans and human creative expression, or on the side of deep fakes, fraud and denying artists their due compensation.”
Regardless, the Philadelphia rapper couldn’t help but admit the track is catchy, and said the AI tune just shows how desperately the world craves new music from Aubrey Graham and Abel Tesfaye.
“This my 5th time banging this and it’s flame,” Meek wrote on Twitter. “We need new music from y’all 2.”
A.I generated song Drake ft. The Weeknd – heart on my sleeve https://t.co/rUWeKgmtSA via @YouTube this my 5th time banging this and it’s flame…. We need new music from y’all 2 ☝🏾
— MeekMill (@MeekMill) April 19, 2023
The track comes amidst growing concern about AI technology infiltrating the music industry. UMG previously issued a P.S.A. in the Financial Times, pleading for major streaming services to block AI platforms from using its music to “train” their technology.
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