Noughties chart-topper Daniel Bedingfield has broken his 20-year hiatus from making music to call on artists to embrace artificial intelligence when writing new songs. The ‘Gotta Get Thru This’ singer, who had a string of number one hits in the early 2000s, said AI will disrupt the music industry prior to speaking at an event in London organised by the University of Southampton . The 44-year-old also revealed his long-awaited comeback to music with the release of a new album made using artificial intelligence.
Speaking ahead of the event in London on Wednesday June 12, organised by the University of Southampton , the BRIT-award winner said AI could affect tens of thousands of musicians across the world. He said: “It’s the most disruptive moment in music history, you can create songs – good songs – in 20 seconds. “I think that it’s over for writers and producers unless they start working with AI as a tool.
” READ MORE: Martin Kemp brings 80s DJ set to Switch Southampton The New Zealand-British artist shot to superstardom with the release of his debut album Gotta Get Thru This back in 2002. It sold four million copies worldwide and the title track reached number one in the UK. Daniel, who is the brother of songwriter Natasha Bedingfield, has been out of the charts for two decades but has this month started working on new AI-assisted music.
He added: “I’ve spent the last few days making a new drum and bass album using AI which is better than any drum and bas.
