Nigerian singer and songwriter Johnny Drille has said that Artificial Intelligence (AI) will inevitably have a greater impact on music, saying musicians and other industry participants need to collaborate with the technology rather than fight it.

According to Johnny Drille, AI will continue to gain prominence as technology advances, despite ongoing worries about maintaining the human element in music.

The singer claimed that the difficulty facing creatives is how to use AI as a tool while preserving musical originality and emotional resonance, adding that the industry must find a balance between innovation and authenticity.

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“AI music is going to get more prominent. I think we have to figure out a way to work with AI because I don’t think it’s going anywhere. Technology never goes away; it becomes more prominent.

“I don’t know how we are going to figure out the human part of it or how we will retain the human element of music and keep music human, but I think we have to find ways to embrace AI as a tool to help music. It’s inevitable,” he stated.

He emphasised that similar critiques are now being levelled against AI-generated music, recalling how older generations earlier opposed technologies like digital recording and auto-tune.

“If you go back in history, one of the earlier ways people recorded music was using tape machines with actual tapes, and you were limited to a few tracks. After that came portable recorders and then the digital stage with computers,” he said.

“People always opposed new technology whenever it came. Some said it wasn’t real music if it was recorded on a computer or if artists used auto-tune instead of their real voices. I think it’s the same thing with AI,” he added.