### Clue: Song artist sent up by flipping smart software? (4)
### Answer: ARIA 
 ### Explanation: Definition: Song
 **Reversal of**(… sent up, in a down clue) RA(a member of the Royal Academy of Arts/an artist) **plus**(by) **reversal of**(flipping) AI(abbrev. for "artificial intelligence"/smart software intended to emulate human and animal intelligence).