Tyga's Album Is A Great Sign for Authenticity
Perhaps Tyga’s latest album “$tarface” is a hopeful sign for the future of music. An outright rejection of anything artificial, blatant cash grabs, and the decline of art that presents itself as anything but the truth. Maybe I am a bit too hopeful, but the backlash against his album gives me a glimmer of hope that everything will be okay as AI emerges in all facets of daily life.
For those unfamiliar, Tyga’s album received an incredibly rare zero score from Pitchfork, describing the album as a “slop-pop concept album is smug and complacent and depressing.”
The article continues, “Its very existence has made the world a worse place.”
While the article is a beautiful read, it made me realize that the world of music should recognize that journalists, musicians, and, most importantly, customers hold the power to reject the surge in AI music.
Far too often, we hear music that sounds generic, bland, and blatantly computerized, lacking the proverbial soul to make art with a buzzable feeling. However, while it could be a simple fact that current Tyga truly sucks at music, the collective rejection of his project is the best step in thwarting the nonsensical bits and pieces of music that have already found their way into streaming services.
If musicians can say enough is enough, backed by journalistic integrity and the aforementioned lack of consumer dollars, perhaps this train of AI in music could be derailed before we have to deal with it at a full-steam-ahead collision course.
I’m saying this without even touching on the negative talking points, such as the fact that AI flat-out cuts actual artists off without paying actual creatives, steals content without a second thought, and is slowly turning every form of art into a full-blown crisis.
I know this is entirely wishful thinking, but it’s simply what’s on my mind at the moment. Articles from The Guardian, Pitchfork, The New Yorker, or The Atlantic are doing great work in exposing everything. I can only hope artists and consumers join the fight.
