Shaan, a singer, criticised the new practice of artificial intelligence creating songs that sound like they were performed by a different singer.

AI Voice Cloning is a common term for it. Users can use AI tools to create covers and remixes of existing songs, adding new melodies, rhythms, and harmonies to the original song while also adding the voices of various artists.

In an interview with ANI, Shaan criticised the AI song voice swap trend, which involves reimagining the late singers through the use of AI tools for new song covers. Shaan called this a "cruel" and incorrect way to remember the late singers.

"I find this AI very cruel when they try to produce songs like 'Yeh gaana agar Kishore da gaate, yeh gaana agar Mohammed Rafi gaate (If this song was sung by Kishore Kumar and Mohammed Rafi). What they sang in the 40s, what they sang in the 60s, and what they sang in the 80s were very different. So if they were singing today, it would again be very different," said Shaan.

The singer further said that it is wrong to artificially produce the voice of a dynamic singer with the help of technology. "It is wrong that you make that song sound like they would sing it like that. Not necessary. You can't AI a person whose singing has been so dynamic. So it's wrong that you take the tone of any four songs and make tons of tracks and covers with that," said Shaan.

Additionally, he calls the audience "silly" for contrasting the AI's voice with that of the real singers. Shaan claims it is unfair that the Saiyaara song, which features Kishore Kumar's voice, was produced by the younger generation using artificial intelligence.