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Sheryl Crow: “If I didn’t release songs, there were reasons for that.”
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At the end of last year, the Beatles reached number one in the German singles charts for the first time in 54 years with their new song "Now and Then" - more than 50 years after the band broke up, and even though two of the four members are no longer alive. Songs and albums by artists who have died keep appearing, now with the help of artificial intelligence. US rock singer Sheryl Crow wants to prevent such posthumous works from ever being opposed.
"I paid lawyers to ensure that my art, my voice and my likeness stay in my grave and are not dug up," Crow told the dpa news agency. "It's so crazy what you have to think about today in order to protect your life's work after your death."
The 62-year-old has also taken precautions in case unpublished songs are discovered in her estate. “I have stated in my will that no demo recording of mine may be published after my death so that others can make money from it.” There is a simple reason for this. »It's like this with my music catalog: If I didn't release songs, there were reasons for that. I wasn’t happy with it or didn’t fully support it.”
The multiple Grammy winner ("All I Wanna Do", "If It Makes You Happy") is releasing her eleventh album "Evolution" this Friday, the single of the same name is about the effects of artificial intelligence.
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