The infiltration of AI in music has even the younger artists of the genre a little freaked out. Braxton Keith stopped by the Whiskey Riff Raff podcast for our final episode of the year (don’t worry, we’ll be back in 2026). The young country star talked about how he avoids burnout with a busy touring schedule, what it’s like to play 150 shows a year, how his band is like family, and that he actually comes from a family of dentists. Obviously, he veered off his family’s path and has become one of the shining examples of neotraditional country music. Braxton Keith is helping to keep that sound alive, and spoke on how important it is for the younger generation to experience the country sounds of yesteryear, and even touched on how often he’s asked if he’s related to Toby Keith. But one of the standout moments from our time with him was Braxton’s thoughts on AI in music. You’ve surely heard about the AI-generated song that topped the Billboard Country Digital Songs Sales chart in the past couple of months, right? Whiskey Riff reported that a track titled “Walk My Walk,” by an artist called Breaking Rust, had seemingly fooled the masses. It’s a complete AI creation all around – from the artist, to the music video, to the song itself. Braxton Keith certainly saw all of that, and noted that with the influx of AI, music is at somewhat of a crossroads. However, he still thinks that the modern day is the best time to ever be alive in the history of music: “We’re facing some other scary stuff that’s happening to music all the time. I don’t know what exactly is going down, but I do think this is a great time to be alive for music. It’s a big movie, we’re all watching it right now. We’ll see what happens.” If it is, in fact, a movie, then the antagonist would undoubtedly be artificial intelligence. No one really knows what AI could become, and what boundaries it would have, if any at all. There’s a lot of unknowns with the technology, and a lot of concern with the minimal guardrails around it. That aspect of it all, especially when you talk about AI and music creation together, worries Braxton Keith: “I’m worried about it. I’m pretty scared about it. My cousin came up to me at my debut for the Opry and was like, ‘You’re screwed. I’ve been messing around with the AI songwriting thing.’ I said, ‘Don’t say that. Why would you say that to me?’ I’ve been down the rabbit hole, and there’s some scary theories, (like AI) copyrighting every melody known to man. I’ve heard it all, and I hope they don’t. That would be really scary if they took the human-ness out of music. I think it kind of loses its special thing.” That copyrighting every melody theory really does sound like something out of a movie. Luckily for us, if the antagonist of this figurative film is the soulless AI, the protagonists are all of the songwriters and musicians out there working hard to create things on their own… like Braxton Keith. As long as artists stand their ground and insist that the human element remains within music, the industry should continue to exist and prosper. And the good guys always win in the movies, right? And you can hear more from Braxton Keith on that matter by downloading the podcast on Apple Podcasts. Just search “Whiskey Riff Raff” or click here. We’re also available on Spotify and wherever else you can listen to podcasts. Cheers, y’all. Audio Video The post Braxton Keith On The Worries Of AI Infiltrating Country Music: “We’re Facing Some Scary Stuff” first appeared on Whiskey Riff.