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While the entire world is experiences the rapid development of AI, country music is going through a weird, wild moment. In a genre that has largely been dependent on authenticity and in many way slower to embrace technology the other genres, some of the biggest names in the genre are finally saying something about it. After Breaking Rust, a fully AI-generated “artist” just landed a No. 1 spot on Billboard’s Country Digital Song Sales chart with “Walk My Walk,” real country stars have openly reacted. Let look at what of some of the biggest country artists have said in response to AI's developments.
“An AI artist might have the #1 country song right now, but AI can’t play a live show.”
- Jason Aldean
“People who don't write their own songs complaining about A.I. writing songs is like a guy in finance complaining about farmers switching from horse plows to tractors”.
- Zach Bryan
“If all your songs sound the same. You either should be open to writing with other people or you’ve been using AI to write your lyrics the whole him”
- Gavin Adcock, in response to Zach Bryan
"I would struggle to think something that couldn't feel could really write a song, to make somebody else feel”
- Riley Green
"I mean, the world's always going to change. Anything's going to happen. Nothing's worth freaking out over, I think is the main thing. … Real country writers, I think, are going to be around forever”
- Nate Smtih
"It's a little scary that it's kind of out there in the Wild West. I'd like to see some more regulations on it."
- Tracy Lawrence
“That AI mess has got us doing all kinds of crazy things. You’re out there dying, I’m out here having a baby.”
- Reba McEntire in response to Dolly Parton and Reba rumors
