AI is not ruining music.

Bad taste is.

I’ve seen people blame AI for everything from weak lyrics to generic melodies.

That’s convenient.

Because it shifts responsibility away from the creator.

Let’s be honest.

Most forgettable songs were not written by AI.

They were written by people.

Long before ChatGPT existed, radio stations were already full of songs built on clichés, recycled ideas, and predictable formulas.

The uncomfortable truth is that technology didn’t invent creative laziness.

It merely exposed it.

A songwriter can use AI and create something thoughtful.

A songwriter can avoid AI completely and still write something nobody wants to hear twice.

The tool isn’t the deciding factor.

Judgment is.

Taste is.

Experience is.

The real question isn’t:

“Did you use AI?”

The real question is:

“What did you do after AI gave you the first draft?”

Because that’s where songwriting begins.

Not where it ends.

If you’re publishing the first thing a machine gives you, that’s not creativity.

That’s delegation.

The artists who will thrive in the next decade won’t be the ones who reject every new tool.

They’ll be the ones who know how to recognize weak writing when they see it.

AI can generate words.

It cannot replace discernment.

And discernment is where great songs are born.

What’s your take?

Will AI make better artists, or expose weaker ones?