Blue Öyster Cult Addresses Donald Trump’s Use of ‘(Don’t Fear) The Reaper’ in AI Video Mocking Democrats

Blue Öyster Cult is making definite that radical person each of the facts erstwhile it comes to Donald Trump‘s caller station featuring “(Don’t Fear) The Reaper.”

The set precocious released a connection pursuing the president’s usage of its 1976 Billboard Hot 100 deed successful an AI-generated video posted to Truth Social. In the clip, a rendering of Trump wearing a acheronian cloak hits a cowbell to the notorious bushed of “Reaper,” portion a faux JD Vance plays the drumset.

“Dems, you babies/ Here comes the reaper,” reads onscreen substance successful spot of the song’s existent lyrics. “Gonna necktie your hands … Cry babe extremity your plan.”

Shortly aft the video was posted, the radical shared a statement connected its socials. “Let’s clarify a fewer things: BLUE ÖYSTER CULT was not contacted oregon notified successful advance,” the radical wrote.

Though the bandmates didn’t explicitly accidental whether they personally approved of the song’s inclusion, they did marque definite to region themselves from the video’s creation. “The copyright successful the opus (Don’t Fear) The Reaper is 100% owned by SONY MUSIC,” their station continued.

The rockers added, “BLUE ÖYSTER CULT has nary ineligible close to either authorize oregon withhold usage, which is 100% controlled by SONY MUSIC.”

Trump’s usage of a opus without nonstop consent from its creators is thing caller to his governmental career. Since 2016, the billionaire has been called out by everyone from Beyoncé the the Foo Fighters, Adele, Celine Dion and Jack White for incorporating their tracks into his run materials and societal media contented without permission.

Trump’s predominant usage of artificial intelligence, however, has lone started up successful caller years — but it’s rapidly go a hallmark of his societal media strategy. He’s posted countless pieces of AI-generated contented to his Social Media page, including doctored images falsely portraying Taylor Swift arsenic 1 of his supporters past year.

“Recently I was made alert that AI of ‘me’ falsely endorsing Donald Trump’s statesmanlike tally was posted to his site,” the pop prima responded astatine the clip successful a station endorsing Kamala Harris. “It truly conjured up my fears astir AI and the dangers of spreading misinformation.”

This past August, the White House released its “Winning the AI Race: America’s AI Action Plan,” which showcased Trump’s enactment of AI arsenic “an concern revolution, an inform...