{"id":2097210,"date":"2026-08-17T09:52:58","date_gmt":"2026-08-17T06:52:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2097210"},"modified":"2026-08-17T09:52:58","modified_gmt":"2026-08-17T06:52:58","slug":"tyga-hits-back-at-doja-cat-calling-him-a-penis-for-making-an-ai-album-with-tarface-and-slams-pitchforks-0-10-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2097210","title":{"rendered":"Tyga hits back at Doja Cat calling him a \u201cpenis for making an AI album\u201d with \u2018$tarface\u2019, and slams Pitchfork\u2019s 0\/10 review"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/doja-cat-tyga@2000&#215;1270.jpg&#8221;]<\/p>\n<article id=\"template-id-2749694\" class=\"post-2749694 tdb_templates type-tdb_templates status-publish post\">\n<div id=\"tdi_65\" class=\"tdc-zone\">\n<div class=\"tdc_zone tdi_66  wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div id=\"tdi_67\" class=\"tdc-row stretch_row_1400 td-stretch-content\">\n<div class=\"vc_row tdi_68  wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_column tdi_70  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-column td-pb-span12\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_breadcrumbs tdi_71 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 tdb-breadcrumbs \" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_71\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span>News<\/span><i class=\"tdb-bread-sep td-icon-right\"><\/i><span>Music News<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_title tdi_72 tdb-single-title td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_72\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Tyga hits back at Doja Cat calling him a \u201cpenis for making an AI album\u201d with \u2018$tarface\u2019, and slams Pitchfork\u2019s 0\/10 review<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_subtitle tdi_73 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_73\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p>&#8220;All I know is the devil uses a pitchfork\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\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\"><span class=\"tdb-author-by\">By<\/span> Liberty Dunworth<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_date tdi_76 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 tdb-post-meta\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_76\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><time class=\"entry-date updated td-module-date\" datetime=\"2026-08-17T10:52:58+01:00\">17th August 2026<\/time><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p> <!-- .\/block --><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"tdi_77\" class=\"tdc-row stretch_row_1400 td-stretch-content\">\n<div class=\"vc_row tdi_78  wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_column tdi_80  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-column td-pb-span8\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_featured_image tdi_81 tdb-content-horiz-left td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_81\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<figure>\n                                    <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"696\" height=\"442\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/doja-cat-tyga@2000x1270-696x442.jpg\" alt=\"Tyga and Doja Cat. CREDIT: Kevin Winter\/Getty Images\" title=\"doja-cat-tyga@2000x1270\"><figcaption class=\"tdb-caption-text\">Tyga and Doja Cat. CREDIT: Kevin Winter\/Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"vc_row_inner tdi_83 article-content-row vc_row vc_inner wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_column_inner tdi_85  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-inner-column td-pb-span12\">\n<div class=\"vc_column-inner\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_content tdi_86 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 td-post-content tagdiv-type\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_86\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p>Tyga has hit back at criticism towards his new album \u2018$tarface\u2019, including Doja Cat calling him a \u201cpenis for making an AI album\u201d and <em>Pitchfork<\/em> giving him a 0\/10 review.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>READ MORE: In the age of AI Oasis, there\u2019s no point being ordinary<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The rapper dropped his new album at the end of last month, his ninth studio record and the follow-up to his 2025 album \u2018NSFW\u2019. After its release, he later confirmed that he used AI as a \u201ctool\u201d on the LP.<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad0 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span>  <\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-article-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cWe definitely used AI as a [tool]. And I know people are going to be mad about me saying this, but it\u2019s where technology is going,\u201d he said at the time. \u201cIt\u2019s no different than when Auto-Tune came out. Some people were opposed to it, but real artists took it and used it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When asked where the AI was used, he replied: \u201cWe were like, you know what? I need some \u201980s synths for a certain part of this song. I need a guitar solo done ASAP. It is what it is.\u201d Tyga also clarified that production on the album and \u201call the vocals\u201d were created without AI.<\/p>\n<p>Since then, there has been some backlash to the album, including from Doja Cat who took aim at him during a recent livestream. Having worked with Tyga on two songs previously, she said on Wednesday (August 12): \u201cNobody asked me anything about Tyga, but I felt like saying this. Tyga is a penis for making an AI album.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Doja Cat comments on the recent controversy of Tyga using AI for his new album:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTyga is a p*nis for making an AI album.\u201d pic.twitter.com\/vWdgPMYyPJ<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Doja HQ (@DojaHQs) August 13, 2026<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>As well as that, the new album received the lowest possible rating in a <em>Pitchfork<\/em> review, which gave it 0\/10 rating. In the review, Pitchfork described \u2018$tarface\u2019 as \u201csmug and complacent and depressing\u201d and wrote that \u201cits very existence has made the world a worse place.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad1 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\"><\/span><\/p>\n<h5 class=\"taboola-mid-article-title\">Recommended<\/h5>\n<div id=\"taboola-mid-article\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Now, Tyga has responded to the backlash and defended the album. Speaking about Cat\u2019s comments, Tyga said on <em>TMZ Live<\/em>: \u201cListen, I love Doja, but she made a demonic album\u201d \u2013 not explicitly clarifying which album of hers he meant. \u201cBut I still love her\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>As for the Pitchfork review, he dismissed the criticism and said that he wasn\u2019t aware of the publication beforehand. \u201cI don\u2019t really know what <em>Pitchfork<\/em> is. All I know is the devil uses a pitchfork,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>The rapper also defended the use of AI in the album again, explaining that he wrote all of the songs himself and was wanting to experiment with a new sound.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI just feel like there\u2019s no rules anymore,\u201d he said. You don\u2019t have to put yourself in a box on what things have to be creatively. I\u2019ve been in the game for 15 years-plus. So, after a while, you just got to try different stuff.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad2 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span>  <\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-article-2\" class=\"lazy-ad\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cThis is the first project that people are seeing that\u2019s completely different than other things that I\u2019ve done,\u201d he continued. \u201cThis character, $TARFACE, is a completely separate artist, completely separate aesthetic and everything.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\ude2c Tyga defends &#8220;$TARFACE&#8221; after Pitchfork&#8217;s 0\/10 rating, and responds to Doja Cat diss.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I don&#8217;t know what Pitchfork is; all I know is the devil uses a pitchfork.&#8221; pic.twitter.com\/9JxYUbdDZk<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 TMZ (@TMZ) August 13, 2026<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The use of AI in music creation continues to be a divisive topic in recent years, and Tyga is one of a handful of artists who have admitted to using the technology.<\/p>\n<p>Others include Empire Of The Sun\u2019s Luke Steele, who said that \u201cof course\u201d he uses AI in his music, calling it \u201cjust another tool\u201d and comparing it to \u201ca really smart guitar pedal\u201d. Boy George also said he used AI to help write his pro-Israel reggae song \u2018We Will Dance Again\u2019, which eventually led to it being removed from Bandcamp for violating its AI rules.<\/p>\n<p>Others, including Mac DeMarco, SZA and Lorde, have been far more critical of the growing influence of AI, with Jack Antonoff slamming musicians who use it as \u201cgodless whores\u201d. 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experience\u201d<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>                    <span class=\"td-page-meta\"><\/span><span class=\"td-page-meta\"><span class=\"td-page-meta\"><\/span><\/span><span class=\"td-page-meta\"><\/span>                <\/article>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_content tdi_86 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 td-post-content tagdiv-type\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_86\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p>Tyga has hit back at criticism towards his new album \u2018$tarface\u2019, including Doja Cat calling him a \u201cpenis for making an AI album\u201d and <em>Pitchfork<\/em> giving him a 0\/10 review.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>READ MORE: In the age of AI Oasis, there\u2019s no point being ordinary<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The rapper dropped his new album at the end of last month, his ninth studio record and the follow-up to his 2025 album \u2018NSFW\u2019. After its release, he later confirmed that he used AI as a \u201ctool\u201d on the LP.<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad0 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span>  <\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-article-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cWe definitely used AI as a [tool]. And I know people are going to be mad about me saying this, but it\u2019s where technology is going,\u201d he said at the time. \u201cIt\u2019s no different than when Auto-Tune came out. Some people were opposed to it, but real artists took it and used it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When asked where the AI was used, he replied: \u201cWe were like, you know what? I need some \u201980s synths for a certain part of this song. I need a guitar solo done ASAP. It is what it is.\u201d Tyga also clarified that production on the album and \u201call the vocals\u201d were created without AI.<\/p>\n<p>Since then, there has been some backlash to the album, including from Doja Cat who took aim at him during a recent livestream. Having worked with Tyga on two songs previously, she said on Wednesday (August 12): \u201cNobody asked me anything about Tyga, but I felt like saying this. Tyga is a penis for making an AI album.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Doja Cat comments on the recent controversy of Tyga using AI for his new album:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTyga is a p*nis for making an AI album.\u201d pic.twitter.com\/vWdgPMYyPJ<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Doja HQ (@DojaHQs) August 13, 2026<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>As well as that, the new album received the lowest possible rating in a <em>Pitchfork<\/em> review, which gave it 0\/10 rating. In the review, Pitchfork described \u2018$tarface\u2019 as \u201csmug and complacent and depressing\u201d and wrote that \u201cits very existence has made the world a worse place.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad1 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\"><\/span><\/p>\n<h5 class=\"taboola-mid-article-title\">Recommended<\/h5>\n<div id=\"taboola-mid-article\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Now, Tyga has responded to the backlash and defended the album. Speaking about Cat\u2019s comments, Tyga said on <em>TMZ Live<\/em>: \u201cListen, I love Doja, but she made a demonic album\u201d \u2013 not explicitly clarifying which album of hers he meant. \u201cBut I still love her\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>As for the Pitchfork review, he dismissed the criticism and said that he wasn\u2019t aware of the publication beforehand. \u201cI don\u2019t really know what <em>Pitchfork<\/em> is. All I know is the devil uses a pitchfork,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>The rapper also defended the use of AI in the album again, explaining that he wrote all of the songs himself and was wanting to experiment with a new sound.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI just feel like there\u2019s no rules anymore,\u201d he said. You don\u2019t have to put yourself in a box on what things have to be creatively. I\u2019ve been in the game for 15 years-plus. So, after a while, you just got to try different stuff.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad2 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span>  <\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-article-2\" class=\"lazy-ad\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cThis is the first project that people are seeing that\u2019s completely different than other things that I\u2019ve done,\u201d he continued. \u201cThis character, $TARFACE, is a completely separate artist, completely separate aesthetic and everything.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\ude2c Tyga defends &#8220;$TARFACE&#8221; after Pitchfork&#8217;s 0\/10 rating, and responds to Doja Cat diss.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I don&#8217;t know what Pitchfork is; all I know is the devil uses a pitchfork.&#8221; pic.twitter.com\/9JxYUbdDZk<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 TMZ (@TMZ) August 13, 2026<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The use of AI in music creation continues to be a divisive topic in recent years, and Tyga is one of a handful of artists who have admitted to using the technology.<\/p>\n<p>Others include Empire Of The Sun\u2019s Luke Steele, who said that \u201cof course\u201d he uses AI in his music, calling it \u201cjust another tool\u201d and comparing it to \u201ca really smart guitar pedal\u201d. Boy George also said he used AI to help write his pro-Israel reggae song \u2018We Will Dance Again\u2019, which eventually led to it being removed from Bandcamp for violating its AI rules.<\/p>\n<p>Others, including Mac DeMarco, SZA and Lorde, have been far more critical of the growing influence of AI, with Jack Antonoff slamming musicians who use it as \u201cgodless whores\u201d. Daft Punk\u2019s Thomas Bangalter also recently spoke out against it, describing AI as \u201ca way to bypass the creative process\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>In response to the rise of AI-generated music, both Apple Music and Spotify have shared plans to let users know if they were listening to music that had been made using AI.<\/p>\n<p>This followed a study last year that revealed that 97 per cent of people \u201ccan\u2019t tell the difference\u201d between real and AI-created music.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[analyse_source url=&#8221;https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/tyga-hits-back-at-doja-cat-calling-him-a-penis-for-making-an-ai-album-with-tarface-and-slams-pitchforks-0-10-review-3963127&#8243;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/doja-cat-tyga@2000&#215;1270.jpg&#8221;] NewsMusic News Tyga hits back at Doja Cat calling him a \u201cpenis for making an AI album\u201d with \u2018$tarface\u2019, and slams Pitchfork\u2019s 0\/10 review &#8220;All I know is the devil uses a pitchfork\u201d By Liberty Dunworth 17th August 2026 Tyga and Doja Cat. 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