After Republican National Committee co-chair Lara Trump takes a detour from indie music, she debuts a track that’s heavily Auto-Tune-ed.Everything is possible,” Democrats responded with “the downfall of the party.” Released three days early to avoid being dismissed as an awkward April Fools’ Day joke, it was described as “a new AI-generated song about Laura Trump. Lara Trump’s rocky start as Republican National Committee co-chair. ”
You can listen to it here. My advice, however, is that regardless of your politics, musical tastes, or thoughts on artificial intelligence, you are not in favor of doing anything else with your time.
In a statement, Harrison called Trump’s music career “embarrassing, unserious and a waste of money” and praised the Democratic National Committee for “not investing as much time and money into producing our songs.” Still, investing less time and money into something awkward and unserious is still… awkward and unserious?
Furthermore, injecting generative AI into election season feels like opening a door that’s hard to close. Next time we consider the question of whether it’s appropriate to use generative AI in a political context, it probably won’t be a bad musical spoof with silly lyrics.