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AI (Artificial Intelligence) has become a hot topic in recent years. Some are for it due to its efficiency and “creativity,” while others are against it for many reasons. Some are concerned about how it’ll affect the job market, as it “steals” jobs from others and takes advantage of real artists’ work.
Still, social media accounts solely dedicated to creating and posting AI-generated song covers in the voice of the BTS members have increased rampantly. Most ARMYs are not on board with this. Some who support these covers argue that they have become relatively common, and fans of other artists do it, too. On the other hand, those opposing these covers feel that not only does it infringe upon the artists’ intellectual property, but by feeding their voices into an AI program, fans are inevitably contributing towards future situations where these tools can be used for malicious purposes.
I’ve already seen people on tiktok feeding Joon’s voice to a voice Ai to make one of him reciting the lyrics of The boy’s a liar pt 2, which is sort of cute as an isolated thing, but what else would jobless people do with joon’s voice 🫤
— ˗ ˏˋgaby ˎˊ ⁷ ⓘⓢ ⓗⓐⓟⓟⓨ (@demonswilldrown) March 5, 2023
Let's just remind everyone that army used to change Jungkook's voice pitch on his songs to call it another members version and praise the member for it .. But now that ai uses only Jk's voice to make it "cover" songs for fun… it's problematic 😭 pic.twitter.com/QidveAvAwr
— ✨ (@LittIePu9) April 23, 2023
Most BTS members have not directly addressed the issue. However, ARMYs took RM’s lyrics in “All Day ft. Tablo” as a hint of where he and BTS might stand morally on this issue.
“fuck the artificial intelligence (AI), fuck the algorithm” – all day, namjoon, 2022 https://t.co/OixuhQ6TuT
— bee⁷ 🧸 (@triviaindigo) July 16, 2023
Today, BTS’s Jungkook briefly spoke about AI covers as he surprised ARMYs with an unexpected live broadcast via Weverse for the first time since his mandatory military enlistment.
JEON JUNGKOOK LIVE
DEC 2023 DEC 2024 pic.twitter.com/TEEAi9K2ZK
— MAYCEE ⁷ fan account (@seokjinmylabsss) December 18, 2024
Jungkook spent some of his free time with ARMYs because he missed them. He gave them life updates before singing some karaoke.
jungkook is the top k-soloist of 2024. at his level, he’s doing a live while on military leave & even jotting down the songs we are asking him to sing in his notes—this is jungkook 🥹 you can’t find another idol like him 😭🫶 pic.twitter.com/VAFZ0ghydl
— ⍨ (@kookvocalist) December 18, 2024
🐰 i missed you, i missed you so much… haha ah so embarrassing😆
HE'S SO CUTE😭😭😭 pic.twitter.com/M2G282E5Et
— ·ᴗ· (@joonstudio) December 18, 2024
Jungkook sang some of his own hit songs, as well as others’, such as BLACKPINK Rosé and Bruno Mars’ “APT.”
Jungkook shows VOCALS while covering APT. by Rosé and Bruno Mars. pic.twitter.com/0ddNszLhmH
— About Music (@AboutMusicYT) December 18, 2024
Jungkook sings Die With a Smile by Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars. pic.twitter.com/Ppszux96EC
— About Music (@AboutMusicYT) December 18, 2024
Jungkook also briefly covered labelmate ILLIT’s hit song, “Magnetic,” and Girls’ Generation’s Taeyeon’s “To. X.”
JUNGKOOK SANG “MAGNETIC” BY ILLIT TOO!! 🥹🫶 pic.twitter.com/oh6R43wibR
— moni⁷ 𖠌 (@sevenrchive) December 18, 2024
jungkook said he saw so many ai covers of him singing taeyeon's to.x so he tried singing it
OH he said fuck the AI covers
— Paula (@syjungies) December 18, 2024
One reason he covered the songs above is that he had noticed AI covers of the songs, as though he had sung them. So, he wanted ARMYs to hear the real thing.
🐰 Oh right, there’s lots of AI songs lately and I’ve even seen AI singing videos of myself too but… there’s an AI version of me singing To. X by Taeyeon, it was received so well I was thinking I should sing it
— ﾐ⭐️ﾐ (@ayjk97) December 18, 2024
Jungkook recognized that the original artist’s voice sounded best, but he believed his real voice sounded better than the AI’s. Still, he expressed concern about how AI will make it harder for people to get jobs.
‘Magnetic?’ I know people liked the AI cover… Should I try it? Will I be able to beat the AI version? Bring it on! Honestly, I don’t think it’ll be long before it becomes impossible to tell apart AI recordings anymore. We’re in trouble. It’s all going down. This is how we’ll all lose work. How does the song go again? [Starts singing] Should I look up some of my AI covers? Should we play ‘Beat The AI?’
— Jungkook
BTS's Jungkook Singing Magnetic🤘💗
I also mention illit:
🐰 I saw that too, the Magnetic AI one, the one mixed with the instrumentals of Seven. Will I be able to sing it? I mean, of course, ILLIT will be best at it
🐰 But I think the AI version (of me singing) sounds better. pic.twitter.com/ou5pTTardK
— estef♡ (@illit_gllit25) December 18, 2024
ARMYs naturally agreed with Jungkook’s concerns. They believe it’s “dangerous” to feed the BTS members’ voices into AI systems.
this isnt the first time that jungkook is rightfully upset about people using his voice for ai covers. stop feeding the tannies voices to train ai its fucking dangerous and they do not appreciate it. stop that shit right now. pic.twitter.com/xlDWBzfY3w
— lara ✧.* (@dionysusonfire) December 18, 2024
jungkook being worried about AI and how we might not be able to tell them apart anymore and also wondering if there will be jobs in the future… damn
— ྀི♡ fai ♡ྀི (@myyouwithjk) December 18, 2024
taking a break from my breakdown to remind everyone that jungkook fucking hates ai and did not appreciate hearing magnetic by illit in his voice btw
— kim seokjin public enemy #1 (@damnthatseoks) December 18, 2024
Previously, Jungkook shared that he found “no sincerity” in AI. Read more below.
BTS’s Jungkook Shares His Take On AI Vocal Covers
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