Chevelle’s new song “AI Phobias” asks the question every musician fears: Did we give AI too much control?

Key Highlights

• Chevelle’s new album “Bright As Blasphemy” came out August 15, 2025
• The song “AI Phobias” questions if AI controls people now
• Chevelle tours North America with Asking Alexandria and Dead Poet Society

Chevelle, a rock band from Chicago, talks about today’s fears in their new album “Bright As Blasphemy.” The album came out August 15 from Alchemy Recordings. One song, “AI Phobias,” looks at artificial intelligence and how people feel about it. This comes as AI music companies face licensing lawsuits and public skepticism grows. The song starts with the line “”Did we decide? We’re ancient animals / And now you made AI take control.”” Chevelle asks if people have given up control to technology.

The lyrics show a world where AI has too much power. Pete Loeffler sings lines like “this AI’s holding up a gun” and “it’s calculating taking us out.” He sees AI as a threat, not a tool. The words show a fear that people are no longer needed. The phrase “AI phobias” repeats as both a warning and a confession. Calling humans “ancient animals” makes us seem old compared to new technology.

Chevelle’s message comes as the music industry deals with AI training data licensing disputes and questions about whether AI will replace musicians. The band supports artists who want proper consent for AI training. Their 38-date tour shows the value of live music. As AI music generators proliferate, Chevelle’s message connects with musicians who worry about losing their jobs to technology.”

Here are the entire song lyrics for “AI phobias”:

Time is this annoying common ground
How much to make, make it stop?
Call it survival, and call me terrified
But please, don’t ever wake me up

Did we decide? We’re ancient animals
And now you made AI take control
Calling out my
(AI phobias, AI phobias)

I shudder to know who’s paranoid
(Paranoid)
And I shudder to know how, how deep it goes
So fine, no violence
But this AI’s holding up a gun
Time starts to slip

Did we decide? We’re ancient animals
And now you made AI take control
For all your crimes, though fully justified
It’s calculating taking us out

Calling out my
My, my
My

Did we decide? We’re ancient animals
And now you made AI take control
For all your crimes, though fully justified
It’s calculating taking us out
Calling out my
(AI phobias, AI phobias)
Calling out my
(AI phobias, AI phobias)