The baffling legalities around “Heart on My Sleeve,” the song that uses AI-generated renditions of vocals by Drake and the Weeknd, continued on Friday as Recording Academy chief Harvey Mason Jr. po…
“I’m sorry but I have to clear up some of this bad and really inaccurate information that’s starting to float around,” Mason said in Friday’s video. “ ‘Heart on My Sleeve’… isfor Grammy consideration. Let me be extra, extra clear: Even though it was written by a human creator, the vocals were not legally obtained, the vocals were not cleared by the label or the artists, and the song is not commercially available, and because of that. It’s not eligible.
However, by that logic, since the underlying song was written by a human, “Heart on My Sleeve” would appear to be eligible. But apparently the fact that the vocals are essentially unlicensed — getting into a hazy realm of intellectual property involving a human’s unique voice and the ownership thereof, rather than songwriting — and the more mundane issue of its commercial availability , would seem to disqualify it.
Presumably, if Drake, the Weeknd and Universal were to sign off on permission to use AI-generated versions of the voices — which would probably be a precedent-setting decision — the song could be commercially released and thus become eligible. Also, it seems possible that Ghostwriter — whom Mason says he has spoken with several times — could argue that his use of the voices is a parody, which would seem to evade at least some of the rules governing ownership. However, that is purely speculative.
“I take this stuff very seriously,” a clearly frustrated Mason said in Friday’s video. “It’s all complicated and it’s moving really really quickly… But please please do not be confused: the Academy is here to support and advocate protect and represent human artists and creators, period.” The GRAMMY Award recognizes creative excellence. Only human creators are eligible to be submitted for consideration for, nominated for, or win a GRAMMY Award.
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