Aidan Yagu

Last call for the Zinstrel Challenge, presented by ElevenMusic 🚨 I Pivot is in the final 11 and voting closes Wednesday 14 Oct, 11:59 pm US time.

The song is 100% ElevenMusic 2.5, start to finish, no other tools. The words are mine. Eleven's models used to garble complex hip-hop lyrics; 2.5 slows the delivery down to say every word right, so I paired it with what fits that pace: dusty jazz loops, a walking upright bass, early De La Soul and Pharcyde energy.

How to vote (takes a minute):
1. open zinstrel.com/challenge
2. tap ↑ until I Pivot is #1
3. add your email and submit. Signed in, your vote counts twice 🙏

#AidanYagu #IPivot #ElevenMusic #JazzRap #ZinstrelChallenge

3 days ago |[YT] | 2

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A 30-second film I made is on a wall in San Francisco! 😭❤️

“Where Is Everybody?” was selected for The Modern Renaissance Gallery at Summer Signal ‘26. Top row in the middle, you know the guy 😅

It’s about a man (meeee ^^) who sketches a world on a scrap of paper and merges with technology to realize his vision on the grand big canvas. (with a lil Fermi twist)

Kinda like how I made it, I sketched this one. A tool put it on a wall. Then someone put it on a bigger one. 🔥

Thank you to @Anthum.ai for the opportunity, and to @GMI for putting it up there.

Written and directed by me, images and Videos generated in Anthum.ai Studio, Sound-design by me. Assembled in DaVinci Resolve. 30 seconds, no dialogue.

I put it on my channel just now:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UsOlz...

Here a Video of the Event:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkNdp...

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1 week ago |[YT] | 6

Aidan Yagu

The Fifth Man - Concept Art 👀 - tomorrow 9th October (FFF anniversary)

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1 week ago |[YT] | 3

Aidan Yagu

Some timing you can't plan.

Zinstrel recently published a piece on why AI artists choose anonymity, and my mask is in it. Huge thanks to Marcus Lawrence for the conversation and for asking the right question!

Read it here, it's worth it: zinstrel.substack.com/p/the-secret-and-not-so-secr…

Now for the twist: my next song drops distrokid.com/hyperfollow/aidanyagu/the-fifth-man this Friday, October 9th, and it's about exactly that. Written long before the article. Released on the first anniversary of Fresh Friday Festival.

One year of FFF 🎉 And this one is sponsored by ElevenLabs: the community prize is a one-month ElevenLabs Creator subscription. (I'm staff, so I'm out. Your odds just went up.)

We still have open slots. Got an AI music video? Submit it now: freshfridayfestival.com

See you Friday.

1 week ago (edited) |[YT] | 5

Aidan Yagu

So I just woke up and got tagged to something I was not expecting at all. Dave is a music teacher and professional for many years who I met through AI:Underground and I knew he always liked my stuff. But to the point he would write a review ....man I am shedding a few tears here. Love you brother! This was unexpected and awesome and so endlessly nice of you for going through my material again and again and Marcus to publish it on his Plattform.
Many thanks from the bottom of my heart ❤️

Please check both out @dlaymanpiano on YouTube and ofc the review itself at zinstrel.com/features/a-guy-and-ai-the-ghost-in-th…

3 weeks ago |[YT] | 23

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"If the only thing you're contributing is the prompt, you're not making hip-hop. You're making a mood board with a beat."



New blog. On realness. On the mask.
On where an outsider with AI tools actually fits inside conscious hip-hop. McLeod, KRS-One, DOOM, Masta Ace, FN Meka (and why that one earned every bit of its backlash).



aidanyagu.com/blog/realness-in-ai-hip-hop



#HipHop #ConsciousRap #AIMusic #MFDOOM #MastaAce

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5 months ago |[YT] | 12

Aidan Yagu

It's OUT!!! Everywhere 🤘 Day one.



Again, to everyone who came to the premiere last night - thank you! Genuinely.
You showed up for something I made, something new, something that took time....and something I'm incredibly proud of. I don't take that lightly.



To everyone hitting play for the first time today: thank you for giving me your time. That's the real currency and I know it.



A Guy and AI is out now on all streaming platforms. Head to aidanyagu.com for all the links in one place.



And while you're there... you may wanna check the lyrics section. There's a little game hiding in there somewhere, just waiting for you.


I hid 50+ references to AI tools, services, buzzwords and general terms i had access to in the past year across the lyrics to that one specific song. Some obvious. Some buried deeper. There's a highscore board and nobody's cracked it yet.

I'll even give you a head start: the first answer is "OpenArt"



you think you know your way around: proof it!
first one who get's everything right get's bragging rights.



Cheers,
Aidan

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5 months ago |[YT] | 14

Aidan Yagu

Release Day - A Guy and AI

Really appreciate everyone who came to the premiere.
The Album just went live on Spotify and Suno and will release over the next hours and days on all the major streaming platforms.

For everyone who want's to have some background, i recommend reading my release post here:
aidanyagu.com/blog/a-guy-and-ai-release

also if you have a good ear and think you are knowledgeable in the AI tool-sphere and terminology, go try your luck deciphering the lyrics to my Song: "A Guy and AI"
(open.spotify.com/track/38NA7tN4aX4WVLuWfEoCPP?si=f…)

here is the Quiz, have fun and let's see who can find all 50 references! (there are more but some of them are a bit unfair) 👀
aidanyagu.com/lyrics/a-guy-and-ai


Cheers,
Aidan

5 months ago |[YT] | 8

Aidan Yagu

Alright, it's time.
Thursday night. 11pm GMT+2.


A Guy and AI drops and I'm doing a full premiere of the album on YouTube. All 25 tracks, start to finish and I would love to have you there.


Fair heads up: it's 1 hour 42 minutes. If that's too much to commit to on a Thursday night, or you are planning to drop by somewhere in between ….I'd rather say don't. Not because I don't appreciate you showing up, but because I don't want to rob you of the experience of listening to this from start to finish the first time in one go. I promise it makes sense and is worth it when you can commit that time.


But any listen you give it later means just as much as showing up to that ridiculous stream. (Honestly, I thought I should just drop it at midnight, but I think having a little get-together for those of you who can make it , even if it's just a handful, is worth it for me.)


This Album was made by an AI Creator for AI Creators. It’s the very core of this album and I hope the things you hear in it will speak to you. Also keep an eye on my blog around midnight 😊


Either way, you can already save it on Spotify so it's ready when it drops: distrokid.com/hyperfollow/aidanyagu/a-guy-and-ai


See you Thursday (maybe).
Aidan

5 months ago |[YT] | 1

Aidan Yagu

New blog post is up and this one might sting a little. 🫤

For a long time, the most asked question in AI music communities has been some version of: “Why aren’t my views growing?” or “What am I doing wrong?”

The honest answer? It’s probably not your talent. It’s the bubble we built for ourselves.


In the blog I break down:


→ How collaborative filtering actually works (and what it learns from your viewers)
→ Why creator-community watch parties may be quietly training the algorithm against you
→ What genre-hopping does to your audience signal



👉 aidanyagu.com/blog/the-bubble-we-built





#AIMusic #YouTubeAlgorithm #CreatorEconomy #ContentStrategy #MusicCreators #BuildingInPublic

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