Ed Sheeran announced his new album on possibly the best day – Pumpkin Spice Latte launch day!
08.08.2023 - 08:51 / nme.com
Ed Sheeran has shared his thoughts on the use of artificial intelligence in music, calling the technology “weird”.The ‘Subtract’ singer-songwriter spoke about AI during a recent interview with Audacy, which took place at the Hard Rock Hotel in New York City.Towards the end of the conversation, Sheeran was asked whether he had seen any of the music-orientated AI projects that are becoming increasingly popular across social media.“What I don’t understand about AI is like, for the last 60 years, Hollywood movies have been telling you, ‘Don’t do it’. And now everyone’s doing it,” he responded.
“And I’m just like, ‘Have you not seen the movies where they kill us all?'”Sheeran continued: “Also, I just don’t know why you need it – if you’re taking a job away from a human being, I think that’s probably a bad thing.“The whole point of society is we all do jobs. If everything is done by robots, everybody’s gonna be out of work.
I just find AI a bit weird. But ChatGPT… fucking why not?”Later, Sheeran said that he owns the teddy bear from Steven Spielberg’s 2001 film A.I.
Artificial Intelligence in his collection of movie props. “I watched that the other day and I was like, ‘See! Spielberg and [Stanley] Kubrick were trying to tell us something’.”You can watch the video interview in full below.Earlier this year, a fake “lost” Oasis album was created by AI before Paul McCartney said the tech had allowed him to make a “final” song by The Beatles.Bad Seeds frontman Nick Cave previously described the concept as “a grotesque mockery of what it is to be human”, and later stated that he wanted AI platforms like ChatGPT to “fuck off and leave songwriting alone”.Other artists to have weighed in on the issue include Noel Gallagher, Sting and
.Ed Sheeran announced his new album on possibly the best day – Pumpkin Spice Latte launch day!
Jon Burlingame A music supervisor has a big job, as defined by the TV Academy: She or he “creatively contributes to the story, character development and overall narrative of the program by engaging in song selection, guiding original song creation and production, overseeing on-camera music performances… contributing to the creation of a unique music aesthetic.” This year’s five nominees reflect those ideals: Frankie Pine, music supervisor for “Daisy Jones & The Six,” was hired five years ago; she was even part of the casting process for the rise-and-fall story of a ’70s rock band. “It was all-encompassing,” she says, “being able to do every aspect of music to help create that authenticity.” Pine submitted episode 8, which depicts the band touring the U.S.
APPOINTMENTSBMG has promoted Tony Abner to Global General Counsel and EVP Business & Legal Affairs. Abner joined the company in 2018 as VP Business & Legal Affairs, becoming SVP Business & Legal Affairs in 2020.Morrison Hotel Gallery – the music photography gallery with locations in New York and LA – has announced former Sony Music exec Adam Block as its new CEO. “I’m deeply honoured to be stepping into the role of CEO at Morrison Hotel Gallery, a beacon of artistry in the world of music photography”, he says.
Ed Sheeran is having a productive year.
Following a landmark season, kicking off with a broadcast deal with Apple worth $2.5 billion and the signing of soccer legend Lionel Messi to Inter Miami, Major League Soccer continues to cement itself within North American sport culture. With some of the biggest names in music and entertainment becoming fans, the league’s hip-hop connection was the ideal starting point for the league’s new digital feature, Major League Soccer’s The Jersey Swap.
A playing card featuring Memphis Grizzlies star point guard Ja Morant has increased in value after Sean and Leigh Anne Tuohy, the couple embroiled in a dispute over payments from the film The Blind Side, were spotted in the background.
Corey Taylor has revealed which Slipknot songs he personally thinks are the most over-rated and most under-rated in a new interview.The discussion took place in a new interview with Revolver, in which the Stone Sour and Slipknot frontman revealed his personal opinion on the latter’s extensive discography.Since joining the line-up in 1997, and the band now having seven studio albums under their belt, Taylor admitted, perhaps unsurprisingly, that there are some tracks that he doesn’t necessarily enjoy performing.In the interview, he recalled that the song from their discography that he finds most overrated is the hit track ‘Wait And Bleed’ – one of the many fan-favourites captured within their 1999 self-titled album.“I’m very much on the record saying that ‘Wait and Bleed’ is a pain in my fucking ass,” he began. “I’ve been singing it for 26 years and it hasn’t gotten easier, folks!“But I still sing it with Slipknot and with my solo project, which tells you how much of a psycho I am, because I know people love that song,” he added.
Robert De Niro just turned 80 and he celebrated at a star-studded party!
Now that the world is recovering from the initial shock of the lawsuit Michael Oher filed this week against Sean and Leigh Anne Tuohy, old words are being dug up that might shed light on the situation.
stricken from the official consideration list as a result of the recent allegations made by her ex-dancers. But which world class pop star might do it? Ed Sheeran? Not bloody likely!The problem, you see, is that the halftime show is a big American event and Ed just doesn’t have the pizazz to pull it off. Or at least that’s what critics of the idea of him playing the show are saying.
Ed Sheeran has said that he won’t be headlining a Super Bowl Halftime performance on his own.Speaking to Andy Cohen for radio network SiriusXM, Sheeran was asked if he would ever want to perform at the Super Bowl. Sheeran said: “There was a conversation awhile ago, I think it was when Coldplay did it – of me going on to play ‘Thinking Out Loud’ and I think that would be the only way I would do it is if I were joining someone else.”“I think it’s an American thing.
Don’t expect Ed Sheeran to be in the running as the next Super Bowl halftime show performer.
Andy Cohen on Sirius XM radio show, Ed Sheeran revealed that Taylor Swift's could be next in her list of re-recorded albums. Speaking about Swift's and her upcoming re-release of , Sheeran shared that the pair have yet to get in the studio to lay down their collab, «End Game.»«No, I haven't.
Ed Sheeran is still waiting on Taylor Swift to call him about re-recording “End Game”.
Ed Sheeran performed a private concert in the Hamptons exclusively for SiriusXM subscribers and there were so many celebs in the crowd!
Ed Sheeran welcomed quite the crowd to his latest concert. On Monday, the 32-year-old singer put on a special show for SiriusXM subscribers in The Hamptons, and A-listers filled the crowd of concertgoers.Stars including John Mayer, Jon Bon Jovi, Andy Cohen, Paul McCartney and Gwyneth Paltrow were on hand to watch Sheeran perform music from his latest album,, and several of his fan-favorite songs.Fans who weren't lucky enough to score an invite to the star-studded show can get in on the fun when the concert airs on SiriusXM's on Aug.
There’s at least one shark that’s not showing up in New York City these days: Bruce, the famous mechanical predator of Steven Spielberg’s sea horror classic Jaws, is the Godot-like presence in the Ian Shaw-Joseph Nixon comedy The Shark Is Broken, an amiable, slight new behind-the-movie-scenes play opening a 16-week engagement on Broadway tonight.
There’s a story behind Darius Rucker’s collaboration with Ed Sheeran.
Channel 5 news presenter Dan Walker has scaled the perilous Mount Kilimanjaro for Comic Relief and braved sparkly costumes and spray tans as a competitor on Strictly Come Dancing. But he had to face his two worst fears while filming alongside his long-time pal Helen Skelton for their new travel series Dan & Helen’s Pennine Adventure. The journalist and TV presenter, 46, is “mildly terrified” of horses, following an incident when he was a sports reporter.