Grimes has unveiled Elf.Tech, her personal AI voice mimicking software program that can enable customers to report vocals in Grimes’ voice.

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The singer-producer introduced Elf.Tech by way of her social media on April 30, confirming that it’s at present in its beta testing part. “For those who go to elf.tech u can add ur voice singing or report straight into the app (click on the “create” button to do that). It is going to output the identical audio however with my voice,” Grimes defined.

1 – that is all a beta check so it might be imperfect at first. However! Let’s do that out! For those who go to https://t.co/7OEKD2XbPd u can add ur voice singing or report straight into the app (click on the “create” button to do that). It is going to output the identical audio however with my voice 🧚🏻‍♀️

— 𝔊𝔯𝔦𝔪𝔢𝔰 (@Grimezsz) April 30, 2023

In her Twitter thread, Grimes additionally mentioned customers can “be at liberty to take benefit” of the Grimes IP, and that the platform can gather grasp recording royalties for customers in the event that they distribute their songs by means of Elf.Tech.

“You should use Grimes title and likeness (I humbly ask that you just please be tasteful tho). Grimes is now open supply and self replicating,” she wrote on Twitter earlier than including that Elf.Tech will search a 50 per cent cut up on grasp recording royalties “in alternate for a Grimes feat and distribution”.

Grimes additionally confirmed that she will likely be releasing “actual Grimes music within the coming weeks and months”, including that ‘Music For Machines’ and ‘I Wanna Be Software program’ are “coming quickly” although launch dates are at present unknown.

6 – & I will be releasing actual Grimes music within the coming weeks and months too ofc ^_^ Music for Machines and I wanna be software program coming quickly !

And once more plz excuse any hiccups or bugs – that is all new and we’re workshopping it! Xo📚🚀💅🏻

— 𝔊𝔯𝔦𝔪𝔢𝔰 (@Grimezsz) April 30, 2023

Grimes first introduced Elf.Tech final week (April 24), saying she and her staff had been engaged on “a program that ought to simulate my voice properly”. The next day, Grimes revealed that Elf.Tech had been arrange and so they had been determining find out how to register makes use of and import vocals.

She additionally outlined a number of situations through which tracks could be taken down. “We might do copyright takedowns ONLY for rly rly poisonous lyrics w grimes voice: imo you’d rly must push it for me to wanna take smthn down however I assume plz don’t be *the worst*. as in, attempt to not exit the present Overton window of lyrical content material w regards to intercourse/violence. Like no child homicide songs plz,” she wrote.

Okay hate this half however we might do copyright takedowns ONLY for rly rly poisonous lyrics w grimes voice: imo you’d rly must push it for me to wanna take smthn down however I assume plz do not be *the worst*. as in, attempt to not exit the present Overton window of lyrical content material w regards to…

— 𝔊𝔯𝔦𝔪𝔢𝔰 (@Grimezsz) April 24, 2023

In late April, Grimes confirmed that she had parted methods with Columbia Data. She had solely been on their roster since March 2021. She additionally spoke on the annual Worldwide Music Summit (IMS) in Ibiza on April 28, the place she delivered the keynote speech moderated by BBC Radio 1 Dance DJ Jaguar. In her speech, she went into matters surrounding synthetic intelligence, music rights administration and know-how.

“I really feel strongly that there’s means an excessive amount of gatekeeping in music,” mentioned Grimes. “Copyright sucks. Artwork is a dialog with everybody that’s come earlier than us. Intertwining it with the ego is a contemporary idea. The music trade has been outlined by attorneys, and that strangles creativity.”