One of the most trending media on TikTok over the past week is a fake song, and this was a track called "Heart on My Sleeve" which featured two Canadian hip hop artists Drake and The Weeknd. However, these two artists did not really collaborate recently and all of the song's vocals were made by deepfake and AI, by a user that goes by "Ghostwriter977."
In this world and age where AI finally gained traction and advancements that put it at the top, anything is possible, including creating lit music without actually getting legitimate artists to do it.
'Heart on My Sleeve' The Drake and The Weeknd Collab that Never Happened
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Drake and The Weeknd's Music Label Collaboration
In a now-deleted video uploaded on TikTok by an anonymous creator called Ghostwriter977, Drake and The Weeknd appeared on one song where the pair collaborated. This song is the recently trending track released on social media called "Heart on My Sleeve," and garnered as much as 10 million views over the weekend.
Not only that, but Ghostwriter also uploaded this via Spotify and was able to rack up as many as 250,000 streams on the music platform.
The song had a massive reach and was highly regarded by TikTok and Spotify users as one of the hottest songs released at this time, but only came to realize later that this was deepfaked.
Several users already took the song from TikTok and reuploaded it on YouTube in all its AI glory, where its vocals would have one thinking it was sung by real artists.
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It is all Deepfake and AI, Song is Not Real on TikTok, Spotify
Despite its significant distinction from the real artists, Drake and The Weeknd's voices, it is not real.
The creator also made it more personal as it talked about their exes, particularly with The Weeknd's former alleged partner, Selena Gomez, who was also previously linked to Justin Bieber, mentioned in the song.
Other creators on TikTok have also reposted the song and created a deep dive into it, noting that it was made using AI.
Deepfake and AI Advancements
From appearing as fake politicians and actors on the internet to creating songs using artists' voices, deepfake is looking to be a technology that can do it all, especially in bringing pop culture advancements to the world. One of the most recent developments in deepfake is how David Guetta, the famed French DJ who used an AI to include American rapper, Eminem, in his latest song.
The movie, series, and music industry may be rid of deepfakes now, with one artist recently speaking out against the scary feats of AI and what it brings, centering on the "baba yaga" himself, Keanu Reeves.
Twitch's streaming industry was also infested by deepfakes, as anonymous creators use influencers' face and behavior which is easily available on the internet to make porn without their consent, something which they denounce.
Deepfake and AI have taken over the world, and the pop culture industry is already rid of the generative content which captures the face, voice, and behavior of known personalities. Drake and The Weeknd's new song which has already taken the world by storm is a deepfake, with this AI-generated content got fans hoping these two Canadian rappers come together for a real one.
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