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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.
The distinction matters to him, and he’s not shy about saying so.
“What I said was, I used A.I.-assisted things in the production. I said all the vocals are me, I wrote all the songs,” Tyga explained, frustrated that the conversation had spiraled into something bigger than his actual statement.
He spent months in the studio working on this project, and he wants people to understand that AI was a tool, not the artist.
“But I didn’t make a full A.I. album. That’s not what I did. I was in the studio for months working on this.”
When asked about Pitchfork’s brutal review, Tyga couldn’t resist a joke.
“I don’t really know what Pitchfork is. All I know is the devil uses a pitchfork. That’s all I know,” he said with a laugh. But his tone shifted when discussing the broader criticism.
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.
According to TMZ, Tyga emphasized that he wrote every song and performed every vocal on the record.
“I indeed wrote the songs, and those are my vocals. We used some A.I. sounds in the production, but we still created everything,” he said.
The artist doesn’t share the anxiety that AI will eventually replace musicians like him.
“As an artist who’s been in this for so long, I don’t care. I don’t mind A.I. I’m not scared for my position. I think I’m better than the A.I. I think I’ve proven that for the last 15 years.”
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.”
Rather than escalate things, Tyga laughed it off and said he still loved Doja.
He sees a fundamental difference between using AI as a production tool and letting it entirely replace the artist.
“The question is are people against A.I. or against A.I. in some things?” he asked, highlighting what he views as selective outrage in the industry.
