Overview
- Pitchfork published a 0.0 review of $TARFACE on Wednesday, marking the outlet’s first zero in roughly 19 years and drawing widespread attention to the album.
- Tyga has confirmed that generative AI helped create some instrumentals on the record while saying his vocals and lyrics remain fully his and likening the tech’s role to Auto-Tune.
- Reviewer Drew Millard called the album “smug and complacent” and said he was able to reproduce a track in the album’s style using AI, arguing that the record lacked human texture.
- Coverage of the review has focused less on the score itself and more on unresolved industry questions about how artists must disclose AI use, how charts should count AI-assisted tracks, and how reliable current forensic tools are.
- Early commercial signals report weak first-week sales and low chart placement for $TARFACE, a result observers say could reflect listener pushback as debates over AI’s role in music continue.