{"id":15012,"date":"2026-08-08T12:01:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-08T12:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/?p=15012"},"modified":"2026-08-08T12:01:00","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T12:01:00","slug":"fenix-flexin-isnt-even-denying-using-ai-to-make-rubberz-anymore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/?p=15012","title":{"rendered":"Fenix Flexin isn\u2019t even denying using AI to make \u2018Rubberz\u2019 anymore"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-bottom:1em; color:#666; font-size:0.9em;\">\n<strong>Terrence O\u2019Brien<\/strong><br \/>\n &bull;<br \/>\nAugust 7, 2026\n<\/div>\n<hr\/>\n<figure>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The seemingly AI generated cover art for Fenix Flexin\u2019s Rubberz.\" data-caption=\"That cover art is almost certainly AI too. | Image: Fenix Flexin\" data-portal-copyright=\"Image: Fenix Flexin\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/artworks-WsdIgVXV8NOV-0-t1080x1080.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0,0,100,100\" \/><figcaption>\n\tThat cover art is almost certainly AI too. | Image: Fenix Flexin\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/ai-artificial-intelligence\/974209\/fenix-flexin-billboard-hot-100-rubberz-ai-slop\">took long enough<\/a>, but now LA rapper Fenix Flexin appears to have <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/nfr_podcast\/status\/2085725158916956572?s=46\">admitted<\/a> using AI for the 80s synth pop-themed song &#8220;Rubberz.&#8221; His comments follow the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=fzkoENoDrbs\">producer Medasin&#8217;s videos<\/a> claiming that an AI tool called Treblo (formerly Sonauto) was used to make the song, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/ai-artificial-intelligence\/975528\/fenix-flexin-ai-music-generator-treblo\">and the company<\/a> releasing an<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/ai-artificial-intelligence\/975528\/fenix-flexin-ai-music-generator-treblo\"> AI detector that identifies it as Treblo AI-created<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a reply to a comment pointing out that Tyga admitted to relying on AI for his own controversial &#8217;80s-influenced album <em>$tarface<\/em>, on one of his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Dbt8TB3jSsY\/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&amp;igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==\">Instagram posts<\/a>, Fenix said:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">never said I didn&#8217;t use AI , i said it had nun to do w recording process . I didn&#8217;t even know what da app was till we mixed \u2026<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/ai-artificial-intelligence\/976801\/fenix-flexin-rubberz-ai-song-treblo\">Read the full story at The Verge.<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top:1.5em;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/ai-artificial-intelligence\/976801\/fenix-flexin-rubberz-ai-song-treblo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read the full article &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Terrence O\u2019Brien &bull; August 7, 2026 That cover art is almost certainly AI too. | Image: Fenix Flexin It took long enough, but now LA rapper Fenix Flexin appears to have admitted using AI for the 80s synth pop-themed song &#8220;Rubberz.&#8221; His comments follow the producer Medasin&#8217;s videos claiming that an AI tool called Treblo<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/?p=15012\" class=\"themebutton2\">READ MORE<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15012","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15012","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15012"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15012\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15012"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15012"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15012"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}