Randy Travis gets his voice back in a new Warner AI music experiment

May 5 2024 by The Verge

 
Randy Travis in 1987. | Photo: Mark Junge / Getty Images

For the first time since a 2013 stroke left country singer Randy Travis unable to speak or sing properly, he has released a new song. He didn’t sing it, though; instead, the vocals were created with AI software and a surrogate singer.

The song, called “Where That Came From,” is every bit the kind of folksy, sentimental tune I came to love as a kid when Travis was at the height of his fame. The producers created it by...

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