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MGK on Whether He Would Use AI in Music: 'Anyone Ever Brings That Sh*t Around Me, They're Fired'

The 'Lost Americana' artist previously mocked AI in a lyric from his "El Pistolero" track.

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MGK has zero interest in going the slop route.

In a recent post shared to the platform formerly known as Twitter, a fan of the Lost Americana artist pleaded with him to refrain from using AI in his music, album covers, and merch. MGK was quick to respond, asserting that he would give anyone who even so much as attempted to associate his work with AI the proverbial boot.

“Anyone ever brings that shit around me, they’re fired,” he wrote.

In a follow-up post, MGK said he had “cleaned house” in response to speculation that a few past posts shared by his team may have used AI in some capacity.

“This type of shit will not be present in [my] new era,” he added, as seen below.

In the 2024 track “El Pistolero,” off his Hotel Diablo reissue, MGK assessed his artistic output as boasting “the type of raps that you can’t reenact with AI.”

As of this writing, MGK doesn’t have any more confirmed tour dates through the end of the year. In May, he’ll touch down in Daytona Beach for the 2027 edition of Welcome to Rockville. The four-day Florida festival will see him joined on the lineup by blink-182, Korn, Relient K, Eve 6, Steve-O, Papa Roach, and many more.

Also expected to be on the agenda for MGK next year is a new album. In October, he likened what he’s been working on as of late to “a nuke.”

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