# Elvis sings "Baby Got Back" **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 30, 2023, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elvis-sings-baby-got-back/986366 "2023-06-30T18:31:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2023, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elvis-sings-baby-got-back/986366/1 "2023-06-30T18:31:58Z")
[Faked with AI of course, but it’s surprisingly believable.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MINwa4_BVsY) ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2023, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elvis-sings-baby-got-back/986366/2 "2023-06-30T18:35:04Z")
Cute. Doesn’t sound like him, but cute. ---
**Author:** ![Folly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folly/32/3219_2.png) [@Folly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folly)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2023, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elvis-sings-baby-got-back/986366/3 "2023-06-30T18:39:24Z")
I was expecting a rapping Elvis but got _Don’t Be Cruel_, with new lyrics. Catchy though. ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2023, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elvis-sings-baby-got-back/986366/4 "2023-06-30T20:05:15Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > Cute. Doesn’t sound like him, but cute. > [@Folly](#): > > got _Don’t Be Cruel_, with new lyrics. Yeah, it sounded like a State Fair-level Elvis impersonator. I would not have suspected that the meter of the lyrics would track so well to the tune of “Don’t Be Cruel”, though. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2023, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elvis-sings-baby-got-back/986366/5 "2023-06-30T20:07:02Z")
I agree it didn’t sound exactly like the real guy, but I was still impressed that it sounded like someone. The voice quality changes on different pitches. I guess there must be AI that handles singing, and not just voices that were then pitch shifted (which is how that particular creator usually does their stuff—they pitch shift real vocals). ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2023, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elvis-sings-baby-got-back/986366/6 "2023-06-30T20:08:34Z")
Elvis is easy to imitate, often poorly, but his singing style is easily recognized. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2023, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elvis-sings-baby-got-back/986366/7 "2023-06-30T20:10:52Z")
I don’t have the links off-hand, but I’ve seen a number of these types – the Dope just had a thread with a (rather poor) Jim Morrison impression, in the sense of it actually sounding like Jim Morrison. It was a bit like this one in quality – as you say, it sounds like someone, but it doesn’t sound like the artist it purports to sound like except in the vaguest way. I wouldn’t even give it “State Fair-level Elvis impersonator.” As am impression of the guy, it’s really so far removed to me. The AI will get there, and probably sooner rather than later. But I was expecting something much better. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2023, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elvis-sings-baby-got-back/986366/8 "2023-06-30T20:16:09Z")
I’m skeptical that the voice was actually AI-generated; as others noted, it’s clearly in Elvis’s style, but as an impersonation of his voice, it’s pretty mediocre. I lean towards it being simply recorded by a singer who does a somewhat-passable Elvis impersonation. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2023, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elvis-sings-baby-got-back/986366/9 "2023-06-30T22:19:22Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > I lean towards it being simply recorded by a singer who does a somewhat-passable Elvis impersonation. Eh, I dunno. I’ve heard stuff to this level that AI can do, so I’d bet it really is AI Elvis. Here’s the guy who trained that model with stuff on his channel: > **[Elvis Presley - Because You Are Who You Are (AI cover)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwe4L0gS-h0%2F)** > > Elvis Presley singing Because You Are Who You Are by K.S. Rhoads. If you read through the comments, it really doesn’t seem like some guy bullshitting. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2023, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elvis-sings-baby-got-back/986366/10 "2023-06-30T22:58:11Z")
Also, if you just look up “AI singers” on Youtube, you’ll find a slew and see where the technology is at right now – and it’s very clearly up to the level of what’s in the OP.