Boy George on AI Music and Creative Authorship

A sourced history of statements and actions associated with this topic.

Disputes over authorship, creative labor, disclosure, and platform treatment when generative AI contributes to music or audio.

Scope: Distinguishes assistive tools from generated performance and records disagreements about thresholds without presuming that every use of AI has the same creative or legal significance.

Condemned0Distinct events · No published events — Not selected; activate to add.Defended or excused0Distinct events · No published events — Not selected; activate to add.Challenged the characterization1Distinct events · August 10, 2026–August 10, 2026 — Selected filter; activate to remove.Minimized0Distinct events · No published events — Not selected; activate to add.Mixed or conditional0Distinct events · No published events — Not selected; activate to add.Explicitly stayed out0Distinct events · No published events — Not selected; activate to add.

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1 total published event · Inclusive range: August 10, 2026–August 10, 2026

August 10, 2026Challenged the characterization
Addressed record
Boy George remained the song’s author because he wrote its lyrics and melody and used AI as a creative collaborator.
“I wrote that song. The lyrics are mine, the melody is mine.”
Speaker capacity
Songwriter and recording artist responding to a platform removal
Editorial rationale
He accepts using AI but directly disputes the characterization that the resulting work was not authored by him.
Boy George defends AI use and his authorship of “We Will Dance Again” (opens in a new tab)

Reporting reproducing Boy George’s detailed authorship defense, description of AI as removing human interference, and political-motive allegation.

View context Did Boy George remain the author of an AI-generated song?