Lucian Grainge

But there'll be a time maybe you can't also.

But the importance is that- Why do you get afraid of this? So someone like Sir Lucian Grainge has said that, "I'm not afraid of AI," right? He's the head of Universal Music.

He says there were so many things that have come into this world long back.

There was, like, Limewire.

It's another Finance Friday.

But before we dive into the shallow money trench, Lucian Grainge sat down with Ethan Millman over at The Hollywood Reporter for an interview this week.

Given that it's not Grammy week, the only explanation I can find is that he's feeling the need to get out there and talk up UMG, with its stock sort of in the tank right now.

There's nothing earth-shattering in the talk.

Obviously him taking over for, um, Julie Greenwald and Craig Kallman, who had run Atlantic Records for almost 20 years, that in and of itself was a massive shakeup.

It's hard to talk about Elliot and his influence without saying that, of course, he is the son of Lucian Grainge, the chairman CEO of the Universal Music Group.

Um, so in some ways that means that he certainly grew up in the music business, um, and has been around it for the entirety of his life.

Um, and- And, you know, he had definitely some tangible successes at 10K, which was his indie company that he had founded before Warner bought it.

Yeah.

I mean, can, can I ruin your supper real quick and read the quote from Sir Lucian Grainge in the, uh, the, the Universal, uh, Eleven Labs press release?

Well, well-

'Cause this is just disgusting

Okay.

Anyway, this is just, I don't know, just this, it just oozes with, with disgustingness to me.

So, "The most exciting possibilities for AI and music are those that put artists, songwriters, and fans at the center," said Sir Lucian Grainge-

Yeah