Bleachers' Jack Antonoff Denounces AI in Music: 'Godless Whores'
Jack Antonoff, frontman of Bleachers, passionately condemns the use of AI in music creation, calling it a betrayal of the 'ancient ritual' of songwriting, recording, and performing.
Jack Antonoff isn't holding back his feelings about AI in music. The Bleachers frontman has a rather colorful term for those who use it: “Godless whores.”
In a letter to fans posted on Instagram, ahead of the May 22 release of Bleachers’ new album, Everyone for Ten Minutes, Antonoff expressed his commitment to “the ancient ritual of writing, recording, and performing as it comes to us from god.”
He emphasized the importance of the organic creative process:
> “What we do is an ancient ritual,” he wrote. “You don’t have to write music anymore. You don’t have to record it, and you don’t have to bring the band out and play. And yet for us, the idea of optimizing what we do is a complete miss of the entire point of what compels us in the first place. We (myself, the band, and everyone I know frankly) have never been looking for this work to become quicker or easier. We were never frustrated by the randomness and magic it takes.”
He didn't mince words for those embracing AI:
>He encouraged anyone who likes the idea of using AI to create work to “drive right off that cliff,” adding, “We’re genuinely happy to see you go.” He also described AI users as “bad actors … [who] willingly reveal themselves through slop,” while describing artists who don’t use AI as “the struggling greats,” adding that even as the number of greats thins out, he, his band, and his friends will “remain more dedicated than ever to reveal what comes from within.”
>“Writing music, recording, and performing it — that’s it,” he wrote. “[There’s] nothing more embarrassing than considering there is a way to optimize this holy process.”
Rolling Stone recently published an article exploring the growing use of AI in music, describing it as the “don’t ask, don’t tell era of AI in music.” Interestingly, the report highlighted that younger producers seem to have the most reservations about AI.
Antonoff's sentiments echo this, with Charlie Puth quoted in the Rolling Stone piece saying:
>“[AI] might become smart enough one day where it’ll mimic human imperfections, but I just don’t ever see it,” Charlie Puth said in the article. “I see us humans getting smarter.”
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