{"id":2047329,"date":"2025-09-24T20:55:16","date_gmt":"2025-09-24T20:55:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2047329"},"modified":"2025-09-24T20:55:16","modified_gmt":"2025-09-24T20:55:16","slug":"celebrities-speak-out-after-ai-artist-signs-multimillion-dollar-record-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/celebrities-speak-out-after-ai-artist-signs-multimillion-dollar-record-deal\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrities speak out after AI artist signs multimillion dollar record deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>An artist just landed a record deal worth millions. The catch is that the voice does not belong to a human.<\/p>\n<p>Xania Monet, an AI-generated artist created with the platform Suno, recently signed a $3 million contract with Hallwood Media. The deal is one of the largest yet for an artificial intelligence artist, and has sparked swift backlash from musicians.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-artists-push-back-on-ai-music\">Artists push back on AI music<\/h3>\n<p>Grammy-nominated singer Kehlani made her feelings clear on social media. In a now-deleted TikTok video, she said, \u201cNothing and no one on earth will ever be able to justify AI to me, especially not f\u2014- AI in the creative arts in which people have worked hard for.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-san-app-download\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-san-app-download__desktop\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-block-san-app-download__qr\" src=\"https:\/\/san.com\/wp-content\/themes\/san2025\/assets\/images\/app-download-block-qr-code.png\" alt=\"QR code for SAN app download\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-san-app-download__title\">\n\t\t\tDownload the SAN app today to stay up-to-date with Unbiased. Straight Facts\u2122.\t\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-san-app-download__subtitle\">\n\t\t\tPoint phone camera here\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Kehlani also pointed out the fairness of using such a tool, considering people who have \u201cworked hard for, trained for, slept on the floor for, got injuries for, worked for their entire lives.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>SZA also added her voice to the conversation. On Instagram Stories, she argued that AI devalues music and also raised concerns about environmental harm.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHey I hate AI. If you f\u2014 w me PLEASE don\u2019t make any AI images of me or songs. Ppl and children are dying from the harm n pollution AI energy centers are creating,\u201d she wrote.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-the-person-behind-xania-monet\">The person behind Xania Monet<\/h3>\n<p>Like other AI artists, there is a human creator behind the project. Telisha Jones, a Mississippi poet, writes the lyrics and personal stories powering Xania\u2019s catalog.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"We See You Mama\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DnGXTV1Jtqo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>While Jones can sing on her own, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/pro\/ai-music-artist-xania-monet-multimillion-dollar-record-deal\/\">Billboard<\/a> reports that marketing executive Romel Murphy admitted she\u2019s not the \u201cvocal beast\u201d that Xania is. Most of the lyrics draw from Jones\u2019 true stories, and fans in the YouTube comment sections often say they relate to the songs.<\/p>\n<p>One song, \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/N1YD_21_TN8?si=CVgUl8TUwck1BT6k\">Miscarriage blues<\/a>,\u201d is filled with grieving mothers in the comments.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI can\u2019t stop crying,\u201d one user wrote, while another thanked Xania for the song.<\/p>\n<p>Although it\u2019s clear to some that Xania is AI, as evidenced by the animation and misspelled words in music videos, several people in the comments remain unsure. In July, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/san.com\/cc\/the-velvet-sundown-band-admits-theyre-ai-after-weeks-of-speculation\/\">SAN reported<\/a> on a group called The Velvet Sundown, who admitted after weeks of songs going live that they\u2019re AI.<\/p>\n<p>Similar to Xania, The Velvet Sundown racked up millions of listeners on Spotify with a \u201960s-inspired rock sound. Xania already has nearly 700,000 monthly listeners on Spotify and more than 7 million total views on YouTube.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-timbaland-and-industry-support\">Timbaland and industry support<\/h3>\n<p>The voice of Xania Monet comes from Suno, the AI music system backed by producer Timbaland. He showed support for the project, posting on Instagram that she was \u201ckilling it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While Suno can create full song lyrics, vocals and production from a simple text prompt, Jones reportedly writes her own lyrics.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/pro\/ai-music-artist-xania-monet-multimillion-dollar-record-deal\/\">Billboard<\/a>, the record deal to sign Xania Monet followed a bidding war that ended with Hallwood Media offering $3 million. The payout goes to Jones and her team, since she owns the rights to Xania.<\/p>\n<p>However, the business model still raises uncertainty. Since the songs are AI-generated, it is unclear what exactly the label bought and how monetization will work. Meanwhile, Suno itself is facing multiple lawsuits over alleged copyright infringement.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"supporting-team-list\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"author\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\tMathew Grisham (Digital Producer)\t\t\t\t<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"author\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\tand Jake Larsen (Video Editor)\t\t\t\t<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tcontributed to this report.<br \/>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t<\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source san.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An artist just landed a record deal worth millions. The catch is that the voice does not belong to a human. Xania Monet, an AI-generated artist created with the platform Suno, recently signed a $3 million contract with Hallwood Media. The deal is one of the largest yet for an artificial intelligence artist, and has [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1981218,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25173],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2047329","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artists"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Netflix-announces-dates-for-Dallas-Philadelphia-entertainment-complexes.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2047329","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2047329"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2047329\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1981218"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2047329"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2047329"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2047329"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}