New Nirvana song 'Drowned In The Sun' uses AI to bring Kurt Kobain’s musical style back

When people are debating limits of Artificial Intelligence, it just proved its abilities. A music project titled Lost Tapes of 27 Club by Over Bridge used AI to write songs. In this musical project, AI was used to analyse works of some of musicians who died at age of 27 due to mental health issues. n songs that y would have written if y were alive were written. Among se 27 Club musicians, Kurt Kobain’s songs were examined to create a new Nirvana song by AI entitled Drowned In Sun.

How Was New Nirvana Song By AI Created?

Lost Tapes of 27 Club’s official website runs down process of writing song. First, “hooks, rhythms, melodies, and lyrics” of a selected musician – here Kurt Kobain – was ded into AI system. n AI examined pattern of music and generated new song Drowned In Sun. Google AI programme Magenta was used. n Eric Hogan, who is le vocalist of Atlanta based Nirvana cover band called Nevermind, sang song. 

Talking about song to Billboard, Eric Hogan said that song has Nirvana vibes completely but it is not that accurate that “someone’s going to get a cease-and-desist letter.” le singer of “ultimate tribute” to Nirvana band pointed out that new song‘s vibe is similar to Nirvana’s You Know You’re Right song and In Utero album. Eric Hogan said, “Kurt would just sort of write whatever hell he felt like writing. And if he liked it, n that was a Nirvana song.”

album features three or songs that replicate style of or artists – Amy Winehouse’s style in Man, I Know, Doors’ style in Ros Are Alive and Jim Hendrix in You’re Gonna Kill Me.  Lost Tapes of 27 Club brings out how music industry impacted musicians’ mental health. project’s official website says that songs were produced to imitate style of select 27 Club singers. Beyond that, four-song album raises importance of mental health awareness. It prompts musicians to get help y need to take care of ir mental health. Stressing on importance of it, Over Bridge wrote, “because even AI will never replace real thing.”

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