SEVENTEEN singer/producer WOOZI has responded to a British news report claiming that the K-pop group uses artificial intelligence when recording their music. WOOZI, who also co-writes the group's songs, reportedly had thoughts after a BBC News The story published last week claimed that SEVENTEEN's latest single, “Maestro,” was an example of the group's dive into using artificial intelligence in the creative process.
The track titled 'Will Out of K-pop's AI Experiment?' noted that the song's video features AI-generated scenes, with the outlet quoting WOOZI as saying that he was “experimenting” with AI when making new music and that the group “practiced making songs with AI as we want to evolve along with technology rather than complain about it.'
According NME, WOOZI posted a response on his Instagram Story on Sunday in which he said, “All of SEVENTEEN's music is written and composed by human creators.” Korean outlet Newsis claimed that WOOZI's initial comments were taken out of context and what he said was: “I tried to write and compose lyrics with AI, of course. Instead of complaining, I'll practice the same step as this one. I look for shortcomings and think about what strengths there are. Technology is advancing rapidly. I think about how to maintain our unique identity in this context. I thought we had good chemistry because we were able to form a good sense of empathy while shooting the music video with the directors.”
Newsis also cited SEVENTEEN's record label Pledis Entertainment as a supporter of WOOZI, saying, “It is not true that artificial intelligence was used in the lyrics of Seventeen's songs, and we have conveyed our position to the foreign media that reported on this to correct the content ».
In April, Soompi stated that while promoting the band's new greatest hits album, 17 It's right hereWOOZI talked about practicing songwriting using artificial intelligence to understand its pros and cons, but emphasized that he wasn't currently using it.
As of press time, a representative for SEVENTEEN had not responded Advertising signhis request for comment.
The BBC later added an editor's note to its story contradicting SEVENTEEN's claim saying:This article has been amended to confirm that while artificial intelligence is being experimented with in K-pop, it was not used to write songs for Seventeen's latest album.”
