{"slug": "tyga-s-ai-assisted-album-earns-zero-star-pitchfork-review-publication-s-lowest", "title": "Tyga's AI-Assisted Album Earns Zero-Star 'Pitchfork' Review, Publication's Lowest Score in 19 Years", "summary": "Tyga's ninth studio album, *$TARFACE*, received a zero-star review from Pitchfork, the publication's first in 19 years, after the rapper confirmed the album incorporated AI. Pitchfork critic Drew Millard called the album a \"piece of shit\" and said it \"places the listener in their own personal David Cronenberg film.\" Tyga defended the use of AI, comparing it to Auto-Tune, while artists like SZA have condemned AI's role in music.", "body_md": "[Tyga](https://www.complex.com/tag/tyga) is making history with his [new album](https://www.complex.com/tag/albums).\n\nThis week, *$TARFACE*, the Decaydance Records alum’s ninth studio album, earned [a scathingly crafted Pitchfork assessment](https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/starface-tyga-starface/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=dhtwitter&utm_content=null) from Drew Millard that now stands as the publication’s first zero-star review in nearly two decades.\n\nTo be clear, this means the album, which has been [confirmed by Tyga himself to have incorporated AI](https://www.complex.com/music/a/jaelaniturnerwilliams/tyga-suno-suno-ai-album), earned exactly zero stars. None. Zilch. Nada. Bupkis.\n\n*$TARFACE*, to quote Millard’s review, is a “piece of shit” that “places the listener in their own personal [David] Cronenberg film.” To boot, it’s also “smug and complacent,” thus landing it squarely in zero-star territory.\n\n“All I can say is: Tyga, you really earned it,” Millard later added in an X post.\n\nAt the time of this writing, Tyga does not appear to have publicly addressed having given *Pitchfork* an opportunity to dole out this rare dishonor.\n\nIn a [recent interview](https://www.vibe.com/features/editorial/tyga-starface-album-used-ai-as-a-tool-1235182068/) with *VIBE*’s Mikey Fresh, Tyga conceded that he and his team “definitely used” AI on the album, further arguing, albeit erroneously, that such programs are akin to [Auto-Tune](https://www.complex.com/tag/auto-tune).\n\nAlternatively, many artists have taken a defiant stance against generative AI’s infiltration of the industry, [SZA](https://www.complex.com/shop/artists/sza) among them. Upon learning in June that hundreds of her songs had been used to train AI models, the seven-time [Grammy](https://www.complex.com/tag/grammys) winner called any musician who supports “degenerate shit” of this variety “[disgusting](https://www.complex.com/music/a/treyalston/sza-musicians-disgusting-ai-music).”\n\n“There’s nothing you could ever say to me to make this okay,” she added at the time.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/tyga-s-ai-assisted-album-earns-zero-star-pitchfork-review-publication-s-lowest", "canonical_source": "https://www.complex.com/music/a/tracewilliamcowen/tyga-ai-assisted-album-zero-star-review", "published_at": "2026-08-12 18:39:20+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-08-12 18:48:19.183271+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["generative-ai", "ai-ethics"], "entities": ["Tyga", "Pitchfork", "Drew Millard", "SZA", "Decaydance Records", "VIBE", "Mikey Fresh", "David Cronenberg"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/tyga-s-ai-assisted-album-earns-zero-star-pitchfork-review-publication-s-lowest", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/tyga-s-ai-assisted-album-earns-zero-star-pitchfork-review-publication-s-lowest.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/tyga-s-ai-assisted-album-earns-zero-star-pitchfork-review-publication-s-lowest.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/tyga-s-ai-assisted-album-earns-zero-star-pitchfork-review-publication-s-lowest.jsonld"}}