'Daddy's Car' is a pop song. Listening to it, one might not recognize the band, but the style is undeniably recognizable: like a rich, dreamy version of a Beatles track. What surely none would realize, though, is that 'Daddy's Car' was composed by artificial intelligence.
The song is a project by the SONY CSL Research Laboratory, a lab that has been working on the intersection of AI and music for some time. In fact, the company had already created an AI system that reworks classical music into modern pop artists' styles (such as the Beatles.) 'Daddy's Car,' however, is the first completely original pop song to be composed by a machine.
To be sure, humans had a hand in creating the song as a whole. French composer Benoit Carre wrote the lyrics to the song and selected the Beatles samples that the AI used as source input for inventing the track's rhythms and melodies.
Machine-Written Pop Songs
SONY CSL Researchers Created 'Daddy's Car' Using Algorithms
Trend Themes
1. AI-composed Pop Music - The trend of using artificial intelligence to compose original pop music has grown, presenting opportunities for disruption in the music industry.
2. AI-driven Creative Collaborations - The trend of using AI to co-create music with human composers presents opportunities for disruption in creative industries beyond music.
3. Reworking Classical Music Into Modern Styles - The trend of using AI to transform classical music into modern styles presents opportunities for disruption in music education and classical performance industries.
Industry Implications
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2. Artificial Intelligence - AI developers can expand on the intersection of AI and music to create unique AI systems that efficiently generate original music without human intervention.
3. Education - The use of AI in transforming classical music into modern styles presents opportunities for disruption in the music education and classical performance industries.