Overview
- Antonoff posted a letter on Instagram Wednesday calling people who make AI art "godless whores" and telling them to "drive right off that cliff."
- He described songwriting, recording, and performing as an "ancient ritual" and said attempts to optimize that process with AI drain the work of meaning.
- He warned that "bad actors" will show themselves through "slop" and said easier AI tools could spread already struggling artists even thinner financially.
- The note is one of his typed journal entries leading into Bleachers’ album Everyone for Ten Minutes, which is scheduled for release on May 22.
- Coverage places his comments in a wider split where some artists reject AI and others use it, as platforms like Suno report rapid subscriber growth and labels such as Universal Music Group challenge AI-made tracks.