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I was sent a song about Richard by a friend and it was lovely.  I was astonished to find out it was done by AI, so I thought I’d have a go myself.  I’m not very musical so being able to ‘write’ one with the help of AI was great! Yes, I know it’s problematic for musicians, artists and other creative people (I’m an artist myself, so I understand) but there must be a compromise that can be found.

So, I started putting in prompts and have ended up with over 300 songs! The ones about Richard could be made into an AI musical! Anyway, if you’d like to hear the first song in my Richard musical click The Sorrow of Richard the Third.

Here are the lyrics (not perfect, but not bad for an AI app):

The Sorrow of Richard the Third

[Verse]
Young Richard in the evening light
A shadow falls on darkest night
He learns his fate in whispers cold
His heart a storm of grief untold

[Verse 2]
His father’s gone beyond the veil
Bloodied fields where dreams do fail
A brother lost in noble strife
Their heads on spikes a cruel knife

[Chorus]
Mother weeps in shadows deep
For husband lost and sons asleep
Her heart’s a garden choked with weeds
In sorrow’s grip her spirit bleeds

[Verse 3]
A kingdom’s clash in war’s cruel grip
The hands of fate with iron whip
In York’s grey streets the echoes cry
A boy becomes a man by night

[Verse 4]
The ghosts of kin upon the breeze
Their whispers through the ancient trees
The weight of crown in future’s hand
A destiny he must command

[Bridge]
Grief so heavy like a stone
In halls of legacy alone
Richard’s eyes so young yet grim
In shadows dark his light grows dim

If you’d like to have a go yourself, the app is called SUNO… click here.