Jack Antonoff has slammed AI music creators as “godless whores”.

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The Bleachers frontman took to Instagram on Wednesday (May 13) to post a journal entry where he said writing music “has become and ancient ritual”.

“The idea of optimising what we do is a complete miss of the entire point of what compels us in the first place,” he continued. “We (myself, the band and everyone I know, frankly) have never been looking for this work to become quicker or easier. We were never frustrated by the randomness and magic it takes. We do it for that exact reason – and without the process itself: nothingness.”

He went on to criticise AI users, encouraging them to “by all means drive right off that cliff”.

“We’re genuinely happy to see you go,” Antonoff continued.…