You can hear it in Bird’s answers right away: he isn’t trying to “drop a message” and walk off. He’s building a whole world. We sit down with X Bird X to unpack how his background in fine art, comics, and DIY creativity feeds into an album rollout that includes music videos, a comic adaptation, and songs that tackle social issues without turning into a sermon.
We dig into AI in music and AI-generated art from a working-artist perspective. Where is the line between a helpful tool and a shortcut that replaces authorship? Bird explains how he uses AI for research and language, why he doesn’t hate it, and why he still draws a hard boundary around prompt-to-product “creation.” We also talk about the real economics of the modern record industry, when budgets make tools tempting and musicians end up paying for everything from videos to promotion.
