The latest virtual artist who’ll be putting music out through a major label is Noonoouri, a digital character.
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News round-up: Twitter/X, US voluntary AI commitments, Bebe Rexha, TikTok and Superplastic
Please note that this week, we’re taking our annual week-long news summer pause – however, we are still publishing a Lead story each day, and quick links to other important […]
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HYBE’s virtual artist Midnatt releases debut in six languages
K-Pop firm HYBE has unveiled its latest artist, Midnatt, releasing the official music video for their debut release in six languages.
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Sony Music Japan’s Prism Project adds three more virtual artists
Sony Music Japan’s virtual talent management agency Prism Project has just announced its latest three avatar artists.
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Tencent Music talks up Lucy, its first ‘hyper-real’ virtual artist
Tencent Music has been showing off its first ‘hyper-real virtual pop idol’, an avatar artist named Lucy who debuted in late 2022.
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Amazon’s Alexa Fund invests in synthetic-reality startup Superplastic
One of the companies in the synthetic reality space, Superplastic, has just raised a $20m funding round led by Amazon’s Alexa Fund.
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Music NFTs roundup: Rihanna, Def Jam, Guzzu…
Rihanna isn’t selling NFTs this week: she’s got a Super Bowl half-time show to concentrate on. But one of her producers is.
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Virtual artist Polar gets in on the Christmas-single action
We’ve reported on a number of virtual artists this year, and Polar is one of the examples that appears to have some momentum.
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Phonky thang? Universal Music Italy debuts virtual artist Zero Pain
Virtual artists signed to major labels? It’s a slightly touchy subject in 2022 thanks to the controversy around FN Meka…
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Hume raises $11.7m to create more virtual music ‘metastars’
Angelbaby is one of the emerging crop of virtual artists that have been created by web3 startups.
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Wave and Riot Games team up for virtual band Pentakill
Pentakill are making a comeback in what Wave describes as “an epic virtual experience for the ages” to take place on 8 September.
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Warner Music Group reports 27% growth driven by traditional and emerging streaming
About a year ago, when it became clear the pandemic was here for a while, there were some question marks over the impact it would have on streaming. Would people […]