Vietnam’s first ‘virtual’ female singer officially debuted, causing mixed public opinion: ‘Where does this voice come from?’

Ann is pictured as an 18-year-old female singer and is told by the crew that she will be able to perform live, attend events, and play advertising TVCs thanks to the technology developed by the studio.

Right after the female “singer” Ann was “debuted”, netizens also had the opportunity to discuss and have mixed opinions about the first virtual female singer of this Vietnamese music village. Many people praised the team’s efforts and progress when pioneering to bring a new “virtual” idol to the Vietnamese music market.

Along with that, there are many criticisms, saying that the image of this virtual idol is not impressive, the mouth movements do not match, the graphics also create an old feeling. Notably, many opinions are curious about: Where does the essence of Ann’s voice come from? From pure technology or has a real-life voice “dubbed” Ann?

Some mixed opinions from netizens:

– Pretty, not inferior to Korean virtual idols, but the strokes are still too hard, the mouth twitches don’t match, the movements are not smooth. Feeling nostalgic for Japan’s Final Fantasy almost 20 years ago. But anyway, this is a development and a lot of effort, supporting the progressive spirit of the team.

– If it’s virtual, then invest a little more in images, 1 MV will be fine in a year, but lose some Chinese 3D animations.

– She looks like a Japanese singer. Nothing creative. C’mon!

– The motion expressions are too hard, the music is good. Expressions and movements are not as good as the animation of decades ago.

– But in the end, whose voice is this?

– Still don’t understand where your voice comes from, generator?

Regarding the nature of Ann’s voice, her “father” – BOBO Dang – shared at the press conference on the afternoon of March 14: ” About Ann’s voice, we have to do a lot of other things. With a real singer, it took digital technologies to reproduce the voice color, combined with some recording techniques to choose the best voice color for the genre we wanted.

AI is one of the tools we use to create this voice color, but it’s not all. Besides to add emotion, we also use a lot of natural human sounds such as breathing or breathing to create realism. And in the next products, we hope we can help Ann’s voice improve even more.”