Welcome to Switched On Pop. I'm songwriter Charlie Harding, and I've got an emergency podcast

drop for you because the biggest and fastest moving story on the internet right now is about a song

called Heart On My Sleeve, a track that sounds like it was made by producer Metro Booman featuring Drake.

It's close to that, bang, tongue, running back.

In the weekend,

and it might be honestly one of the most consequential songs in music history,

because it was actually a fake made with artificial intelligence.

And the blowback from the song has been enormous and a bit confusing.

So yesterday I went on the Verge Cast podcast to break down how this song was likely made,

and what it might mean for the music industry, the tech industry, and all of our intellectual property.

So here's the Verge Cast hosted by Nealife and Tell, Alex Kranz, and David Pierce of Verge.

Hello and welcome to Verge Cast, the flagship podcast of Drake. Did not really drink, or maybe it's

Drake, or maybe it's just a crypto scam. That's the Verge Cast. I'm your friend Nealife.

Alex Kranz is here. Like it has to be Drake. If it sounds like Drake, it's Drake, right?

What a can of worms Alex is. This is like a 1950s game show.

It's a great time. Yeah, David Pierce is here. Hi, I'm the other other Drake. That's what a lot of

my friends called me. Yeah, whenever I look at you, David, I think boy, what an excellent substitute for Drake.

Really loved you in DeGrosse. Our friend Charlie Harding from Switched on Pop is here.

Hi, Charlie. Hello. I am going to clone my voice as Drake today. Yeah.

I'm very excited. All I want to talk about is AI Drake. As poor Alex and David know,

I have not shut up about AI Drake all week. Yeah. Like immediately. I think Monday, you're just like

it's Drake. We're talking about Drake. We're just the whole Verge Cast. We have comments on my story

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