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

Ann - Vietnam's first "virtual" female singer - released her debut MV called How to Say I Love You on the evening of March 14 .

Ann is portrayed as an 18-year-old female singer and the crew said she will be able to perform live, attend events, and act in TV commercials thanks to technology developed by the studio.

Ann - How to Say I Love You

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

Along with that, there are many negative opinions, saying that the image of this virtual idol is not impressive, the mouth movements are not synchronized, and the graphics also give a feeling of being old. Notably, many opinions are curious about: Where does the nature of Ann's singing voice come from? Is it purely from technology or is there a real voice in real life "dubbing" for Ann?

The beauty of virtual singer Ann.

Some mixed opinions from netizens:

- Pretty as Korean virtual idols but the features are too stiff, the lip sync is not in sync, the movements are not smooth. It reminds me of Japan's Final Fantasy nearly 20 years ago. But anyway, this is a great development and effort, supporting the team's progressive spirit.

- If it's already fake, invest a little more in the image, releasing 1 MV a year is fine, but it looks worse than Chinese 3D animations.

- Too much like a Japanese singer. No creativity at all. Disgusting!

- The expressions and movements are too stiff, the only good part is the music. The expressions and movements are not even as good as the animations of decades ago.

- But whose voice is this in the end?

- Still don't understand where this guy's voice comes from, is it machine generated?

Many people also wonder about Ann's singing voice.

Regarding the nature of Ann's voice, her "father" - BOBO Dang - shared at the press conference on the afternoon of March 14: " Regarding Ann's voice, we had to do many steps differently from a real singer. We had to use digital technology to recreate 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 many natural human sounds such as breathing or inhaling sounds to create realism. And in the next products, we hope to be able to help Ann's voice become more complete."

Ann - Vietnam's first virtual female singer