Tyga clarifies that he used AI-assisted production tools on $TARFACE, not an AI-generated album, and he’s not worried about machines replacing him.
Tyga isn’t backing down from the firestorm surrounding his AI-assisted album $TARFACE, and he’s making it clear that critics are misunderstanding what he actually did. After Pitchfork handed the project a devastating 0.0 rating and Doja Cat called him out, the veteran artist sat down with TMZ to clarify exactly how much artificial intelligence played a role in the production, pushing back against the narrative that he simply handed everything over to a machine. He spent months in the studio working on this project, and he wants people to understand that AI was a tool, not the artist. He acknowledged using AI-generated elements for specific sounds, such as guitar solos and production textures, particularly when he needed authentic 1980s vibes quickly. The album itself was designed as a complete departure from his usual catalog, built around an alter ego rooted in ’80s pop aesthetics.
The conversation took an interesting turn when Doja Cat’s recent livestream criticism surfaced, where she called Tyga “a penis for making an A.I. album.”