After Writing 5 Albums With AI, Boy George Says Artists Shouldn’t Panic — ‘If You Get Replaced By A Robot, You Weren’t Trying Hard Enough’

Artists shouldn’t panic about being replaced by artificial intelligence, singer Boy George said.

The technology now plays a big role in how he writes and experiments with new songs, George said early this month on the “Fearne Cotton’s Happy Place” podcast.

“I’ve written like, five albums already with AI,” he said.

He framed AI as a tool that sharpens creativity rather than replacing it.

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A Creative Tool, Not A Threat

The 64-year-old told podcast host Fearne Cotton that the technology helps him become a better lyricist. He acknowledged concerns about job losses but said he sees the technology as a creative tool rather than a threat.

“I say to everyone, if you get replaced by a robot, you weren’t trying hard enough,” he said.

In his view, AI can help shape a song, but the artist still has to bring the ideas and decide what makes the final cut. He pointed to his track, “I Am Iran,” as an example, in which he used AI to help write in Persian even though he does not speak the language.

“Obviously I don’t sing in Persian… I don’t write as a Persian because obviously I’m not,” he said, with AI helping carry his British writing style into Persian in an interesting way.

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You Can Train It — And Control It

George told Cotton he uses ChatGPT as part of his writing process and pushes back on lines that do not sound like him. “I have fantastic conversations with ChatGPT and I’ll say, ‘Oh that’s crap, that’s not what I would say,'” he said. “You can train it.”

He said he keeps working on the lyrics until they sound right and that the technology allows him to work on his own.

Boy George isn’t letting AI replace him — he’s using it as a tool to sharpen his craft. Similarly, platforms like Rad AI empower creators to harness artificial intelligence strategically, giving them control over output while amplifying productivity and creativity.

Not everyone in music has responded the same way. Singer SZA recently told i-D magazine she feels “at war because of AI,” while Spotify (NYSE:SPOT) said in September that it removed more than 75 million spam tracks as it tightened rules around AI-generated music.

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