Brenda Lee’s ‘Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree’ gets Spanish version thanks to AI: Listen
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Brenda Lee’s ‘Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree’ gets Spanish version thanks to AI: Listen

A Spanish version of Brenda Lee’s “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree” created with artificial intelligence — and with Lee’s approval — is here just in time for the holiday season.

The new version, titled “Noche Buena y Navidad”, was produced by Grammy winner Aureo Baqueiro, who kept the original music and backing vocals from the original version but replaced Lee’s lead vocals with a new Spanish-language vocal created using SoundLab’s AI MicDrop tool. It was released last Friday.

This audio plugin, which allows a person to transform their voice into another person’s voice, makes it appear as if Lee was back in the recording booth at age 13, singing the song in Spanish.

A press release from Universal Music Group credits “an innovative use of responsibly trained AI technology” for helping create “Noche Buena y Navidad.”

PHOTO: Brenda Lee album cover

“I’m so impressed with this new Spanish version of ‘Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree,’ which was created with the help of AI,” Lee said in a press release.

“Throughout my career, I performed and recorded many songs in different languages, but I never recorded ‘Rockin’ in Spanish, which I would have loved to do,'” she continued. “To get this out now is pretty incredible and I’m excited to introduce the song to fans in a new way.”

Lee’s iconic Christmas song, released 66 years ago, topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart last year.

Listen to “Noche Buena Y Navidad (Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree)” here: