Grimes, an artist, DJ, and artificial intelligence advocate, is putting her money into the AI game by agreeing to split 50% of her royalties with AI-generated tracks that use her voice.
Her team is actually creating a full website where creators can register to use her voice in order to receive monetization to be split with Grimes.
She claims that because she isn’t signed to a label, she has the authority to allow other creators to use her voice as she sees fit.
Sharing her stance on AI via Twitter, Grimes stated, “We expect a certain amount of chaos. Grimes is an art project, not a music project. The ultimate goal has always been to push boundaries rather than have a nice song. The point is to poke holes in the simulation and see what happens even if it’s a bad outcome for us. ”
This point of view is in opposition to major labels like Universal Music Group, which has asked their streaming partners Spotify and Amazon Music to ensure no AI platforms can use their content to train algorithms.
But Grimes has spoken up about AI-generated music since the beginning. She will even be a keynote speaker on the subject at this year’s edition of the International Music Summit in Ibiza.
Read Grimes’ stance on AI in music and her agreement to split royalties with tracks that use her voice:
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
— (@Grimezsz) April 24, 2023
Featured image from Grimes
