Better Than Ezra Lets Fans Write AI Single
Better Than Ezra are inviting fans to help create the band’s next release using an AI songwriting platform, with the group promising the winning entry will be recorded as an official single. The initiative centres on a contest announced by frontman Kevin Griffin, with a deadline and selection date set ahead of the band heading into the studio.
According to Loudwire, Better Than Ezra are partnering with SoundBreak, a service that lets users generate songs by choosing “official AI versions” of participating artists and then adding a “vibe,” lyric, or verse for the system to build on. Griffin told fans to use SoundBreak and select either him or bassist Tom Drummond to qualify, adding that he and Drummond will choose a winner on May 15.
Griffin also said the band plans to take the winning track into the studio and release it as the next Better Than Ezra single. The report notes that SoundBreak-created songs can be placed in the platform’s streaming player and distributed to third-party services including Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube, and TikTok, with higher-tier plans allowing users to collect royalties that are shared with the selected artist.
The contest arrives as artists across rock and pop continue to debate where AI fits into songwriting, ownership, and compensation. Better Than Ezra, best known for the 1995 alternative hit “Good,” have continued releasing music in the years since, with their ninth studio album “Super Magick” arriving in 2024.
Whether fans embrace the experiment or question its implications, the band’s approach turns the next single into a test case for how legacy acts might use AI-driven platforms to involve listeners directly in the creative process.
