Recording Academy CEO says deepfaked Drake/The Weeknd song is not eligible for a Grammy
thefader.comRecording Academy CEO Harvey Mason Jr. has posted an Instagram video walking back comments published in the New York Times yesterday expressing support for the Grammy eligibility of "Heart on My Sleeve," a song created using deepfaked voice models of Drake and the Weeknd.
Criticizing what he characterized as "bad and really inaccurate information," Mason Jr. said that the song, written by an anonymous producer called Ghostwriter, was not eligible for a Grammy award. “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. Read Next: Drake/The Weeknd deepfake song “Heart on My Sleeve” submitted to Grammys “I take this stuff very seriously," he continued. "It’s all complicated, and it’s moving, really, really quickly.
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