Music Videos Created with Generative AI - March 20, 2026

Music Videos with Generative AI Presented by Ilya Kipnis Connect with Ilya: LinkedIn | GitHub https://quantstrattrader.wordpress.com --- THE ORIGINATOR: SKYEBROWS A British professional CG artist since 2010, SKYEBROWS is a visual editor and one of the best early adopters of AI for music video creation. As a reminder of how fast things are moving — the infamous Will Smith eating spaghetti video was only two years ago. His breakout video, "Breathing Elon's Musk," was made with Grok Imagine. A comic-style, fluid animation set to music, it surpassed one million views. According to one reaction video, a comparable production using traditional methods would have cost over $100,000. Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWZYP5jn5w4 --- ANOTHER CREATOR: LEAFLIT (MITSUHA) Leaflit is a VTuber (Virtual YouTuber — a streamer who uses an anime character avatar), game designer, entrepreneur, and GenAI video creator. Her work includes: ICE Anime Trailer — an anime-style trailer built around a satirical premise about a girl joining ICE. Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQBpJCFLxL4 Put Them in the Box — an anime music video about internet extremists. Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1et1WEvJITY Deportation — a music video in the style of 90s boy bands (think NSYNC). Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U31NSPIqmBQ --- THE SKYEBROWS CINEMATIC UNIVERSE Skyebrows has inspired a wave of new creators. Brand new YouTube channels (under 1,000 subscribers) are already producing work in his style. Example — Neon Knights (True Defenders): an 80s/90s cyberpunk anime-style video. Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ki1MmLZ6C_k --- THE TAKEAWAY GenAI is evolving at a remarkable pace, and the cost savings potential is enormous. It may spark a renaissance of animation styles that were previously lost to time and economics. GenAI allows creators to combine fluid animation with tuned vocals in ways that were never before accessible. A standout example is a collaboration between Skyebrows and his mother, who provided vocals: Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8dMy5_Lox4 People can make music videos right now. Leaflit has suggested it may be possible to create full anime episodes before the year is out. Traditional anime costs $3-4 million for 10 episodes — GenAI could cut that by an order of magnitude. The sky's the limit.