A new AI-generated song featuring fake Fly And weekend is taking the internet by storm — but there may be a tech startup behind it … according to an in-depth Twitter dive.
The name of the track is ‘Heart on my sleeve’… and it is currently trending on TikTok/Twitter. Allegedly, it was created with the use of nothing but AI programming – meaning there were no humans involved which sounds like a banger… which sounds exactly like Drizzy and Abel. In other words, AI efficiency is getting better.
AI created Drake & The Weeknd song.
We’re so messed up. pic.twitter.com/Agwd4skLQP
— Barstool Sports (@barstoolsports) April 16, 2023
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Right from the start, you hear the familiar Young Metro intro… which then moves into a bass-heavy club beat in which Drake begins the opening verse. It’s incredibly solid – and it definitely sounds like Drake wrote/raped it too. Ditto for Chorus of the Weekend.
On the face of it, you’d think this was a leak… but Twitter sleuths are claiming that it isn’t, and that it’s entirely the work of a robot – which is kind of scary if it’s true… especially for the label. For.
This song is currently viral on all platforms.
But I think it’s all a genius marketing stunt…
Not by Drake, by SaaS Startups.
Here’s a 30-second synopsis of the Aye Drake song and my prediction for who’s behind it. pic.twitter.com/puklgqjElZ
— Michelle Cohen (@MitchellLandon) April 16, 2023
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Now, as to who might have made this track and why – an AI program somewhere along the line must have been told by someone to do something like this, unless we’re already in ‘terminator’ territory – One man thinks he has the answers… and he might be on to something. shout out to Michelle Cohen AppSumo’s here to do the heavy lifting.
He started a Twitter thread that did a lot of digging into the origins of ‘Heart on My Sleeve’… and it seems it all started with a TikTok account by the name of Ghostwriter977.
And the bio link goes to a Laylo page and asks people for their phone #.
That would be a strange move from Drake.
Or a strange ploy by an AI ghostwriter wanting more streams. Why not link it directly?
Also, what is LALO?
This is where it gets interesting … pic.twitter.com/6TxW0rnNZp
— Michelle Cohen (@MitchellLandon) April 16, 2023
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That account claims to have the full song at the link in their bio, but when you click on it… it takes you to a weird site that asks for your phone number with a promise to send you the song that way. Used to be. If this sounds fishy… that’s because it very well could be.
The site the link takes you to is owned and operated by a startup company called Lelo… and they pride themselves on being able to give creators more tools to reach more fans/subscribers via “droplets”. Tells as. Anyway, this ghostwriter account also uploaded another AI Drake song a few days ago… where he’s covering Colly Caillat’s ‘Bubbly’.
Point to be noted: The song “Bubbly” is lol and it’s kinda banging too. pic.twitter.com/Nu0EQarUde
— Michelle Cohen (@MitchellLandon) April 16, 2023
@MitchellLandon
Mitch stops short of saying that this is definitely what Lalo is doing… but the company itself is feeding into the narrative that it is… judging by how they retweeted and responded to his entire thread cheeky ghost emoji, Because of this, Mitch and the others think this is just a genius marketing ploy to attract new users/customers to Laylo… assuming that it is, in fact, them.
As far as Drake and the Weeknd are concerned… yes, they would like to work on it. ‘Cause this song is too good to be out in the world without him signing it. Also, yes… we are so spoiled.