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 2021 contest was independently organised by John Ashley Burgoyne, Ryan Groves, Anna Huang, Rujing Stacy Huang, Hendrik Vincent Koops, and Rebecca Leger, and it was supported by the technology hubs Wallifornia MusicTech, DeepMusic.ai, and Amsterdam Music Lab.[2][3] The results of the competition were announced on 6 July 2021 at a virtual conference that was part of the four-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 [nl]
Participants
Number of entries38
Vote
Voting system50% jury, 50% online voting
Winning song United States
"Listen to Your Body Choir"
2020 ← AI Song Contest → 2022

Format

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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 voting.[6] The winner was announced in a live show on 6 July 2021.

 
Imogen Heap

Jury

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The jury consisted of eight AI experts, who assessed each entry based on the use of artificial intelligence in the songwriting process:[7]

Competing entries

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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:[8]

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[a] "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[b] "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 feat. 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

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

References

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  1. ^ "AI Song Contest returns in 2021". The Music Network. 26 April 2021. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
  2. ^ "About". AI Song Contest 2021. Archived from the original on 26 October 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. ^ a b "Global Music Summit". Wallifornia. Archived from the original on 28 October 2021. 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. Archived from the original on 30 March 2022. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
  6. ^ a b c "Participate". AI Song Contest 2021. Archived from the original on 30 April 2021. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
  7. ^ "Jury". AI Song Contest 2021. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
  8. ^ "Participants". AI Song Contest 2021. Archived from the original on 1 June 2021. Retrieved 4 June 2021.
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