{"id":101699,"date":"2024-10-28T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-10-28T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/?p=101699"},"modified":"2024-10-28T10:49:25","modified_gmt":"2024-10-28T10:49:25","slug":"rockin-around-the-christmas-tree-reimagined-in-spanish-thanks-to-ai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/rockin-around-the-christmas-tree-reimagined-in-spanish-thanks-to-ai\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Rockin&#8217; Around The Christmas Tree&#8221; reimagined in Spanish thanks to AI"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 style=\"user-select: auto;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff; user-select: auto;\">Universal Music uses ethically trained AI to give Brenda Lee&#8217;s Christmas classic a Spanish reworking.<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Universal Music Group (UMG) has given Brenda Lee\u2019s holiday classic \u201cRockin&#8217; Around the Christmas Tree\u201d a twist with a new Spanish version created using AI. With over 65 years of history, this track is a festive staple, but now it\u2019s reaching an even broader audience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>UMG collaborated with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.soundlabs.ai\/\">SoundLabs<\/a> to produce this version, which uses an AI voice model to reimagine Lee\u2019s vocals in Spanish, while staying impressively true to her distinct sound. SoundLabs used its AI tool, MicDrop, to train an AI model on Brenda Lee\u2019s voice, allowing it to \u201csing\u201d in Spanish. The AI captures her unique tone and vocal style, creating a rendition that feels authentic to her original performance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Brenda Lee - Noche Buena Y Navidad (Rockin&#039; Around The Christmas Tree) (Audio)\" width=\"720\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jLootk0bu7U?start=39&#038;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>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Brenda Lee herself was thrilled with the outcome, especially since she\u2019d performed in several languages but had never recorded this particular song in Spanish. \u201cThroughout my career, I performed and recorded many songs in different languages, but I never recorded \u2018Rockin\u2019\u2019 in Spanish, which I would have loved to do. To have this out now is pretty incredible and I\u2019m happy to introduce the song to fans in a new way.\u201d<br \/><br \/>UMG sees AI as a way to expand the reach of timeless music across languages and cultures, and they\u2019re committed to artist involvement in these projects. Bruce Resnikoff, CEO of UMG\u2019s catalog division, views this project as a pioneering step toward using artist-approved AI models to make music more accessible worldwide. Cindy Mabe, UMG Nashville\u2019s CEO, remarked on how Brenda Lee\u2019s voice defines Christmas for many listeners, and she\u2019s excited to share this new version with Spanish-speaking fans.<br \/><br \/>This project also aligns with UMG\u2019s support for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coons.senate.gov\/imo\/media\/doc\/no_fakes_act_one-pager.pdf\">NO FAKES Act<\/a>, which aims to protect artists from unauthorised AI reproductions of their voices. 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