{"id":2382644,"date":"2026-04-21T10:33:40","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T10:33:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2382644"},"modified":"2026-04-21T10:33:40","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T10:33:40","slug":"grimes-teases-new-album-psy-opera-made-without-generative-ai-but-says-ai-is-bigger-than-jesus-and-most-dangerous-thing-thats-ever-going","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/grimes-teases-new-album-psy-opera-made-without-generative-ai-but-says-ai-is-bigger-than-jesus-and-most-dangerous-thing-thats-ever-going\/","title":{"rendered":"Grimes teases new album \u2018Psy Opera\u2019 made without generative AI \u2013 but says AI is \u201cbigger than Jesus\u201d and \u201cmost dangerous thing that\u2019s ever going to happen\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/grimes\">Grimes<\/a> has teased her new album \u2018Psy Opera\u2019, confirming that she didn\u2019t use any generative <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/tag\/ai\">AI<\/a> when working on the project while speaking more broadly about the tech\u2019s impact.<\/p>\n<p>The Canadian artist (real name Claire Boucher) released her fifth and latest full-length effort, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/reviews\/grimes-miss-anthropocene-review-2612446\">\u2018Miss Anthropocene\u2019<\/a>, in early 2020.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"post-content-read-more\">\n<li><strong>READ MORE:\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/features\/music-features\/grimes-kito-cold-touch-artificial-intelligence-3446311\">I used Grimes\u2019 AI vocals to make a hit \u2013 here\u2019s how I did it\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>She has since shared a string of standalone singles, however \u2013 the most being last year\u2019s <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/grimes-shares-new-song-artificial-angels-written-from-the-perspective-of-ai-this-is-what-it-feels-like-to-be-hunted-by-something-smarter-than-you-3900521\">\u2018Artificial Angels\u2019<\/a>. The song was written from the perspective of AI, though Boucher clarified at the time that she was generally against AI being used to make music.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s only useful to me for novel\/ experimental sound design were they to allow that aspect back,\u201d she said. \u201cOr possibly for more efficient advanced things like bg noise removal etc\u2026 Or for jokes. Otherwise I fear it is a bit slop oriented at the moment which seems like the opposite of innovation to me. It def has the capacity to innovate tho.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>During a new conversation with <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.interviewmagazine.com\/music\/the-return-of-grimes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Interview<\/em><\/a>, Grimes shared details about her long-awaited new album \u2018Psy Opera\u2019 \u2013 but said she did not rely on any use of generative AI to create it. She also revealed that the LP was \u201cnot quite done\u201d currently.<\/p>\n<p>Boucher explained that she had \u201ctotally quit music a couple of years ago\u201d, and had intended to be a \u201cstay-at-home mom\u201d. She continued: \u201cI couldn\u2019t listen to music without getting PTSD. I was only interested in writing and reading.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI started writing poetry, and then someone was like, \u2018Can you write a rap for this K-pop artist?\u2019 I started writing the rap and I was like, \u2018This is too good. I\u2019m keeping this because it\u2019s crazy\u2019. But then we had a problem for eight months where I was just a white rapper.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She added: \u201cLuckily we moved past that, but it was this really cathartic thing. I actually took most of the stuff off the record because it was violently aggressive.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Grimes explained that this \u201caggressive\u201d material had followed her \u201cgoing through various stages of nihilism and vengefulness\u201d. She recalled: \u201cI would not play it for the public, but I could send you some of the lyrics. For most people, it\u2019s better to talk it out in therapy or whatever, but for me, I just have to burn it off.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"COBRAH - Sign from God ft. Grimes - Live at Coachella 2026\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NfrezF3RblU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>\u201cI think that\u2019s the huge privilege of an artist. Nothing can hurt you because every bit of pain you\u2019ve lived allows you to make great things.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Remembering how her approach had changed recently, Grimes shared: \u201cThen the last three months or so, I started being like, \u2018Do I feel emotions for music again?\u2019 And then I was like, \u2018Hey guys, we\u2019ve got to crank out some pop songs. We can\u2019t just have an experimental spoken word album with biblical screeds\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When asked if she used generative AI in her music, Grimes replied: \u201cI actually don\u2019t use it in my music. People have really misunderstood me here.\u201d However, she did admit that she used the Chinese AI model DeepSeek for help writing lyrics to a track of the same name.<\/p>\n<p>However, it appears that AI will still be a central theme of the forthcoming \u2018Psy Opera\u2019. Boucher said of her process: \u201cI was thinking about how everyone is like, \u2018We\u2019re building gods\u2019. I\u2019m like, \u2018Why do you automatically assume you\u2019re so much lesser? You\u2019re literally responsible for creating AI. You\u2019re abdicating so much self-esteem and pride and responsibility and agency when you act like whatever AI is, no one has a hand in it\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd I was getting emotional because we might really go extinct, for a number of reasons. Human life is very frail and time is very long. But I\u2019d hope, if we had good relations with AI, they would take our DNA and make more of us when things get more hospitable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_2655832\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2655832\" style=\"width: 2000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2655832\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Grimes CREDIT: Press<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n<p>Grimes also addressed <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/grimes-copyright-sucks-art-is-a-conversation-with-everyone-thats-come-before-us-3437941\">her previously condoning \u201copen sourcing all art and killing copyright\u201d <\/a>and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/grimes-gives-fans-permission-to-use-her-voice-on-songs-created-by-ai-3434810\">asking fans to use her voice to create new music using AI<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was like, \u2018Whatever, use my voice, you can be Grimes,&#8217;\u201d she explained, adding that she personally wasn\u2019t concerned about people using generative AI. \u201c\u2018I\u2019ll do a revenue share and all publishing splits can go 50-50 with fans on blockchain\u2019. We did it more as an economic experiment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Grimes did clairfy that she \u201cthink[s] copyright is important, but I also think there\u2019s ways in which it can totally change\u201d, saying: \u201cAnd you can definitely be paying people for things like fan fiction. So we\u2019re publishing a white paper on that now, because it\u2019s a pretty good business model.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, Boucher said she was in favour of using AI for military safety purposes: \u201cWe need to support companies like Anthropic. We need to be aware of what\u2019s going on, and why it\u2019s dangerous. For the last six years, everyone\u2019s been like, \u2018Stop talking about this AI nonsense\u2019. And I\u2019ve been like, \u2018Guys, we\u2019re going to end up in a military disaster. Will anyone listen to me?\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNot to be on my high horse, but this is the most dangerous thing that is ever going to happen. This is a bigger deal than Jesus. It\u2019s the same as monotheism taking over the Western world, if not much, much more impactful.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/grimes-supports-kim-petras-hits-out-at-major-labels-ai-3924768\">Grimes hit out at labels for \u201cnow investing in AI\u201d and using the technology to \u201cuse [an artists\u2019s] IP to literally recreate\u201d them<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In 2024, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/grimes-reckons-the-use-of-ai-in-music-will-probably-shape-all-minds-going-forward-for-the-rest-of-time-3611901\">Grimes said the use of AI in music \u201cwill probably shape all minds going forward for the rest of time\u201d<\/a>. She explained: \u201cWhen everyone has the same tools that can make professional quality stuff, then you get to see the actual talent really rise to the top.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Boucher and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/createsafe.io\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CreateSafe<\/a> previously <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/grimes-makes-over-200-grimesai-records-available-for-content-creators-to-use-on-any-platform-3520596\">teamed up with Slip.stream to make 200+ GrimesAI songs available for content creators to use on any platform<\/a>, \u201copening up new horizons for artistic expression\u201d.<\/p>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_author tdi_75 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 tdb-post-meta\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_75\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-author-name-wrap\">Grimes made a surprise appearance at <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/festivals\/coachella\">Coachella 2026<\/a> earlier this month during Cobrah\u2019s set, where she debuted a new collaboration called \u2018Sign From God\u2019.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n  !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n  {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n  n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\n  if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\n  n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n  t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n  s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,'script',\n  'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n  fbq('consent', 'revoke');\n  fbq('init', '370979561341328');\n  fbq('track', 'PageView');\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.nme.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Grimes has teased her new album \u2018Psy Opera\u2019, confirming that she didn\u2019t use any generative AI when working on the project while speaking more broadly about the tech\u2019s impact. The Canadian artist (real name Claire Boucher) released her fifth and latest full-length effort, \u2018Miss Anthropocene\u2019, in early 2020. 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