Table of content

Acknowledgements 4

Abstract 5

Abbreviation 5

1 Introduction 7

1.1 Background for the thesis 7

1.2 Limitation 8

2 Theory 10

2.1 The research question 10

2.2 Inspiration 13

2.3 Holly Herndon 14

2.4 CLG and Scaler2 15

3 Methodology 19

3.1 Context 19

3.1.1 Research design 19

3.2 The Artists 21

3.3 Choosing and introducing the artists 22

3.4 Prior experience 24

3.5 Expectations 24

4 AI, Lyric and Arrangement 25

4.1 AI and ethics 26

4.2 Sessions 31

4.3 The music 32

4.3.1 Ida Sofie Laland 32

4.3.2 Raine St. Frank 34

4.3.3 Torfinn McKenzie 35

5 Analysis 37

5.1 Expectations vs experience 37

5.2 Efficient or distracting 40

5.3 The feeling of ownership 40

5.4 AI song vs human songs / Do they fit their repertoire 42

6 Discussion 45

7 Conclusion 47

Bibliography 48

Appendix A - GANTT Chart 51

Appendix B – Guide for the first interview 52

Appendix C – Guide for the second interview 53

Acknowledgments

 

Firstly, I would like to thank my supervisor, Andreas Waaler Røshol for the guidance and inspiration throughout my journey of researching and writing this thesis. I am also deeply thankful for Rachel Meddings for inspiring the topic of this thesis, and most importantly, for your friendship.

Thank you to the artists for letting me take part in your creative process, as well as sharing thoughts and opinions with me. Some great songs came out of this because of you:

Raine St. Frank

Torfinn McKenzie

Ida Sofie Laland

Thank you to my dear family and friends for the support and uplifting words during the process of writing. I could not have done it without you. Lastly, thank you to my Halvor, for your continuous support and for making me coffees when I needed it the most.