AI Song Contest 2021

The AI Song Contest 2021 was the second edition of the AI Song Contest, an international music competition for songs that have been composed using artificial intelligence (AI).[1] The contest was held on 6 July 2021 and was co-organised by Wallifornia MusicTech, a Belgian technology and entertainment hub, and DeepMusic.ai, an American company that promotes collaboration between musicians and AI researchers.[2][3] The contest took place on AI & Creation Day, a 1-day virtual conference that was part of the 4-day Music & Innovation Summit organised by Wallifornia MusicTech.[4] The contest was won by M.O.G.I.I.7.E.D. from the United States with the song "Listen to Your Body Choir".[5]

AI Song Contest 2021
Dates
Final6 July 2021
Host
VenueLiège, Belgium
Presenter(s)Cesar Majorana
Host broadcasterWallifornia MusicTech
DeepMusic.ai
Amsterdam Music Lab
Participants
Number of entries38
Debuting countries
Non-returning countries
Vote
Voting system50% jury, 50% audience (average of online ratings)
Winning song United States
"Listen to Your Body Choir"

Format

Each participating team had to submit a song of up to four minutes that has been composed using artificial intelligence.[6] Human input was allowed, but the more AI was used, the more points the entry got from the jury.[6] The entries were also evaluated by the public through online ratings.[6] The winner was announced in a live show on 6 July 2021.

Imogen Heap, panelist and jury member of the AI Song Contest 2021

Presenters and panelists

Throughout AI & Creation Day, various topics were discussed relating to artificial intelligence (AI), music and the AI Song Contest, including the AI Song Contest Award Ceremony in which the winner of the AI Song Contest 2021 was announced. These topics were discussed by various presenters, panelists, and teams competing in the AI Song Contest 2021.[4] The presenters were Dr Rebecca Fiebrink, Sophie Goossens, Rujing Stacy Huang, Lamtharn Hantrakul, Anna Huang, Hendrik Vincent Koops, Ryan Groves, Dr John Ashley Burgoyne and Dutch TV-host and writer Cesar Majorana, who hosted the Award Ceremony.[7] Panelists who did not compete in the contest included British-Iranian artist Ashkan Kooshanejad, ML engineer M. Stella Tavella, English singer-songwriter Imogen Heap, American computer scientist Carol E. Reiley, American computer scientist Ajay Kapur, Belgian CEO Gérôme Vanherf, American songwriter Mark Simos and Australian music and technology company Uncanny Valley (who participated in and won the AI Song Contest 2020 representing Australia with the song "Beautiful the World"). Panelists who competed in the contest include STHLM, Diwas ft. Chepang, Kutumba & Hari Maharjan Project, Menara, Gonimix & Andino, H:Ai:N, M.O.G.I.I.7.E.D., CJ Carr (a member of Dadabots), and Sound Obsessed.[7] They represented Sweden, Nepal, Spain, South Korea, United States and Germany in the contest, respectively. All participating teams were present for the Award Ceremony, at which Cesar Majorana announced the points from the online vote and Imogen Heap announced the points from the jury.[8][9]

Jury

The jury consists of eight AI experts, who assessed each entry based on the use of artificial intelligence in the songwriting process.[10] Each jury member also appeared as a presenter or panelist on AI & Creation Day.

Competing entries

The live show took place on 6 July 2021 at 18:00 CEST and was broadcast by Wallifornia MusicTech as part of the virtual Music & Innovation Summit.[4] The contest featured the following competing entries:[11]

Origin Team Song Language Points Place
Jury Public Total
 Belgium Battery-operated "Pure Paint" Instrumental 3 6.4 9.4 34
Beatroots AI "Robotic Love" English 6 9.3 15.3 14
 Bolivia Genetic Scale "Scaling Pilot" Instrumental 5 5.6 10.6 32
Musicians Meeseeks "The Dawn of AI" Instrumental 2 2.7 4.7 38
 Brazil Symbiotic Sounds[lower-alpha 1] "Sem amor" Portuguese 4 8.1 12.1 25
TridecatoNICS "Feijão de corda (String Beans)" Portuguese 4 9.7 13.7 20
 Canada Metacreation Lab "A Song About the Weekend (and You Can Do Whatever You Want)" English 2 7.7 9.7 33
 Catalonia AImCAT "I Feel the Wires" English, Catalan 5 11.2 16.2 11
 China Pineapple[lower-alpha 2] "Mileaway" English 2 6.1 8.1 36
 France Gulluni x Algomus "The Last Moment Before You Fly" Instrumental 9 9.6 18.6 3
Nous sommes Whim Therapy "Let It Go" English 6 10.8 16.8 9
Uuav "Multi-Temporal Artefacts 4" Instrumental 6 7.1 13.1 21
 Germany BeatWire "Love Will Guide It" English 4 7.7 11.7 26
HfMT Hamburg "Belta tormenti" Italian 4 7.7 11.7 27
Sound Obsessed "Vessel" English 8 9.5 17.5 8
 Hungary Artax "Seventeen Years Against Walls" English 5 7.7 12.7 22
 Ireland Blue Seeds "Rhythm 'n Blue" Instrumental 7 7.6 14.6 19
 Mexico 5Seven Records "Engulf" English 2 3.8 5.8 37
   Nepal Diwas ft. Chepang, Kutumba & Hari Maharjan Project "Dreaming of Nepal" Instrumental 6 9 15 17
 Netherlands Lovelace & The Machines "Quantum Trap" English 11 9.3 20.3 2
Thunderboom Records "Fountain" English 3 7.9 10.9 30
UUrhythmicArt "A Glitch in Humanity" English 5 9.9 14.9 18
 South Korea A/S (Artificial Spirit) "Beyond the Kosmos" English 7 9.1 16.1 12
H:Ai:N "Han:Han" (Han:한) Korean 8 10.5 18.5 4
Rubato Lab "Daybreak" Instrumental 3 8.2 11.2 29
Seoul Wave Factory "Voyage to Earth" Korean 6 10.6 16.6 10
 Spain Menara, Gonimix & Andino "Coco, duérmete ya" Spanish 8 10.1 18.1 6
 Sweden STHLM "Evigt förlorad (Forever Lost)" Swedish 10 8.1 18.1 5
 United Kingdom Smorgasborg "Like a Diamond Dust" English 5 10 15 16
The Elephants and The "Circus" English 7 10.7 17.7 7
 United States Audoir "Start It Up" English 5 7.1 12.1 24
Dadabots "Can't Play Instruments" Instrumental 3 5.3 8.3 35
Jason Brancazio "Make It Funky Now!" Instrumental 6 9.2 15.2 15
M.O.G.I.I.7.E.D. "Listen to Your Body Choir" English 12 9.7 21.7 1
Never Before Heard Sounds "Features Music" Instrumental 6 5.6 11.6 28
Nobel Yoo "Manifold" Instrumental 3 7.6 10.6 31
Zillion Inch Keytar "Body of a Nightmare" English 6 6.6 12.6 23
Mixed Transatlantic Waves "Destined to Be Human" English 5 10.3 15.3 13

Notes
  1. Based in the Netherlands.
  2. Based in the United Kingdom.

References
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  2. "About". AI Song Contest 2021. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
  3. "AI SONG CONTEST 2021 : 2nde édition en Juin et Juillet 2021". Eurovision-fr.net (in French). 27 April 2021. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
  4. "Global Music Summit". Wallifornia. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
  5. "Listen To Your Body Choir by M.O.G.I.I.7.E.D. wins AI Song Contest 2021". AI Song Contest 2021. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
  6. "Participate". AI Song Contest 2021. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
  7. "AI & Creation day". AI Song Contest 2021. Retrieved 3 July 2021.
  8. "AI Song Contest Award Ceremony". AI Song Contest 2021. Retrieved 3 July 2021.
  9. Award Ceremony : AI Song Contest, retrieved 6 July 2021
  10. "Jury". AI Song Contest 2021. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
  11. "Participants". AI Song Contest 2021. Archived from the original on 1 June 2021. Retrieved 4 June 2021.
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