Which artists and genres influenced Glenda Fairbach’s musical style?
Executive summary
Glenda Fairbach, as referenced in available reporting, appears to be a constructed persona whose "music" is produced with AI and posted online, which means there is no verifiable artist biography listing direct influences; separate reporting about a Cuban artist known as Glenda (Glenda López Expósito) identifies specific artist influences (Esperanza Spalding, Jamie Cullum, Laura Mvula), but that profile is distinct from the fictional Fairbach character [1] [2]. Given the two conflicting strands in the record, any claim about Fairbach’s musical influences must be qualified: either she is a fictional AI creation with influences implied by its creator/dataset (not documented in the sources), or the named human artist Glenda cites particular jazz and contemporary vocalists as inspirations [1] [2].
1. The record: two different “Glendas” in the sources
Reporting shows two separate references that are easily conflated: an encyclopedic entry for a Cuban singer who uses the stage name Glenda (Glenda López Expósito) lists her inspirations, while a forum post identifies “Glenda Fairbach” specifically as a fictional character whose songs are AI-generated; the sources do not assert they are the same person and implicitly warn against conflation [2] [1].
2. If referring to the Cuban artist “Glenda”: named artist influences
The Wikipedia entry for Glenda (the Cuban-born singer and flautist) explicitly names Esperanza Spalding, Jamie Cullum, and Laura Mvula as her musical inspirations, placing her in a lineage of jazz-minded vocalists and contemporary crossover artists who blend jazz technique with pop, soul, and modern songwriting sensibilities [2].
3. Genres suggested by the named inspirations
The trio cited—Esperanza Spalding, Jamie Cullum, Laura Mvula—points toward jazz, jazz-pop crossover, and contemporary soul as primary stylistic touchstones: Esperanza Spalding is widely associated with modern jazz and improvisation, Jamie Cullum with jazz-inflected pop and singer‑songwriter sensibility, and Laura Mvula with orchestral soul and art-pop textures; the source’s naming of these artists therefore implies a musical orientation toward jazz and sophisticated pop/soul hybrids in Glenda’s work [2].
4. If referring to Glenda Fairbach, the fictional AI persona: lack of documented influences
The forum report identifies Glenda Fairbach explicitly as a fictional character created by an individual using the name Jon Andre Lundal and states her songs are created with AI, uploaded to YouTube and Instagram; that account does not list artistic influences for Fairbach, nor does it supply a biographical lineage comparable to a human artist’s inspirations, so there is no primary-source evidence in the provided materials to say which named artists or genres shaped Fairbach’s style [1].
5. What “AI-created” implies about influences and attribution
When music is generated by AI, observable stylistic features may reflect the training data, designer intent, or prompts rather than personal listening history; the available reporting notes only that Fairbach’s songs are AI-generated and does not document the dataset, prompts, or human collaborators behind them, so any inference about specific artist influences for Fairbach would be speculative beyond the cited claim that she is fictional and AI-driven [1].
6. Reconciling narratives and guarding against misattribution
The juxtaposition of a real Cuban musician named Glenda who cites specific jazz and contemporary vocalists and a separate online claim that Glenda Fairbach is an AI fiction highlights a common media risk: name conflation can create misleading assertions about influence and authenticity; the sources themselves do not connect the two profiles and must be read as separate claims unless further corroboration appears [2] [1].