James Blunt has been “humiliated” by AI variations of his personal lyrics.
James Blunt was ‘humiliated’ by AI variations of his personal lyrics
The ‘You are Lovely’ hitmaker has been experimenting with synthetic intelligence out of curiosity, however he was mortified by how “generic” the AI’s creation was of lyrics in his personal model.
He advised the ‘I By no means Thought It Would Occur’ podcast: “Each single one in all us should have, having heard of [AI], typed in after which written ‘Give me a verse primarily based on this, within the model of, in my case, a James Blunt lyric’.
“The reality is, both AI comes up with one thing very, very generic or my lyrics are simply completely mundane.
“So AI has completely humiliated me at any time when I’ve gone and requested it to impersonate myself. It’s taught me, if something, to not use AI and [I] should do higher.”
James, who could be extremely self deprecating on social media and in interviews, did weigh in on the significance of seeing individuals’s “flaws” and “errors” in music to offers songs “character”.
He defined: “The factor about songwriting and music typically is, it’s your flaws and your failings and your errors which make it have character.
“Character is one thing that isn’t formulaic or generic and even when I’ve written one thing earlier than and I say ‘Let me write it within the model of me once more,’ it will likely be boring to myself, I have to exit and check myself and push myself to do one thing totally different.
“And a few of these issues I’d make by mistake and I don’t assume AI can do this but. I don’t assume it may well usher in true character flaws and errors at this stage.”
James lately opened up about writing ‘You are Lovely’ – his chart topping ballad specializing in a person accepting that his love for one more lady will all the time be unrequited – and revealed it was primarily based on a real story.
He advised the Metro newspaper’s Rush Hour Crush column: “It is a true story. She was an ex. She was along with her new boyfriend – I did not know that he existed. However we walked previous one another, we caught one another’s eye.”
He added: “We lived a lifetime in that second however I did not do something about it. I simply went residence and wrote a track about it and bought a home out of it – the entire thing. So, I am comfortable for them.”