Singer Akriti Kakkar interviewed with IANS and she recently collaborated with Usha Uthup who is an Indian pop, jazz, filmi, and playback singer during the late 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s. In the interview, she shares her experience working with her and how AI in music diminishes the essence of music and many more things.
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00:00I never thought that something like this would happen.
00:10I was so thrilled that I could do a song with a legendary Usha ji.
00:15When I made the song, initially there was no plan of collaborating with anyone.
00:22But as the song was being made, I felt that this deserves something special
00:28because the song was very beautiful.
00:30I sent it to Usha ji, immediately, magically, she agreed.
00:35And in the next 3 days, we made the video and finished it.
00:39And the next week, we also released the song.
00:42So I feel that sometimes, things just happen magically.
00:47And Usha ji was so kind and so giving and so...
00:54She blessed us a lot.
00:56And I feel that this is going to be a song for lifetimes.
01:00This one is called Gole Male.
01:07I always try to bring folk music back in a new form.
01:18So whenever I am recreating a song,
01:22I don't take an old song and add new music to it.
01:29I don't do a new interpretation of that song,
01:33either lyrically, visually or musically.
01:37So this is what I try to do, whenever I do a new song.
01:49No, I think familiarity is a beautiful thing.
01:52If you already know something about something,
01:55if you have heard something before,
01:57then it is only right that you remember it first.
02:00And you will probably look forward to it.
02:02But yes, if the whole color of the song has been changed,
02:08in a way that it is not respectful,
02:11then many people may have a problem with it.
02:19Well, if somebody can sing without autotune,
02:23it's amazing, they should.
02:25But since technology...
02:27What can we say about autotune,
02:29when AI has come and is also singing in people's voice.
02:32So, yeah, I mean, technology is great,
02:36but it's also bad if you overuse it.
02:41Of course, machines cannot sing like human beings.
02:45And even if they do,
02:47who is going to go and sing those songs on stage
02:50when live audiences want you to?
02:57No, I mean, if it's a balance of both,
03:00that can also be done.
03:01Recreations can also be a great balance of art and skill.
03:06Recreations can also be a great balance of art and skill
03:10and creativity and familiarity.
03:14So it can be a bit of all.
03:16We can't talk about just one particular recreation.
03:21But if a recreation is being done,
03:23then it can also be done in this way.
03:25That you don't have to just modernize it,
03:28stick a groove and put a rap in it,
03:31and the song is ready.
03:33You know, not necessary.
03:37Unfortunately or fortunately, majority, yes.
03:41Because independent artists will never have the kind of money
03:45to compete with Bollywood.
03:47And if you keep promoting yourself,
03:50you keep promoting yourself,
03:51everything requires money.
03:53So if you give Bollywood funds to independent artists,
03:59then it can be a matter of competition.
04:02Now there are many ways to see this.
04:05It has happened to me many times
04:07that I have also tried this song many times
04:09and eventually that song has not been released in my voice.
04:12It makes me only learn
04:14that what would have happened
04:16that they did not use my voice.
04:19Or if my voice was used in this song,
04:22then what did I do?
04:24I did not use my voice.
04:26I did not use my voice.
04:28Or if my voice was used in this song,
04:30then what did I do?
04:32It makes me learn.
04:34Its second point is that
04:36either you get discouraged and sit
04:38that my voice was not used.
04:40I did not want to use my voice.
04:42This can also be a way of life.
04:44But then it's all about attitude in life.
04:46Either you go ahead crying, crying, crying.
04:48Idea is to keep going ahead.
04:55I think they are driven by algorithms.
04:59I think I am going to be killed for all of this.
05:02I think they are driven by algorithms.
05:04But artists need to just focus on art.
05:08Because if we start thinking behind algorithms,
05:11then we will not be artists.
05:13We know how to make our own music.
05:15We should focus on creativity.
05:17If we focus on that,
05:19good music will be made.
05:21And it will automatically become a part of the algorithms.