Blessthefall have addressed the recent criticism leveled against them online regarding their usage of AI-generated imagery on a shirt that they have been selling. In a statement issued today, December 02nd, the metalcore band offered:
“We’ve seen the concerns about the shirt design and want to address it directly
The artwork came from the assest our director made for the ‘MALLXCORE‘ music video. It was originally just something fun for the video — we never planned to turn it into merch. We only made the shirt because people asked for it.
The design was supposed to be a nod to our first Hot Topic shirt ‘Cat Barf’, and we didn’t realize the new version invovled AI.
Using AI like that is lame and we get why people are frustrated. There was never any intention to cut artists out or be shady
We just didn’t look closely enough at how the design was created and we’ll be pulling it from our online store.
Thanks to everyone who pointed it out. We hear you, and we’ll do better moving forward.”
As mentioned above, the shirt in question first appeared in their “mallxcore” music video, which debuted this past June. You can see a more in-depth analysis of the since-pulled shirt in the below video.
— blessthefall (@blessthefall) December 2, 2025
