Kid Rock Says He Used an AI Gospel Choir on Eminem Collaboration “Heal My Faith”

Kid Rock wanted a Southern gospel choir for the chorus of "Heal My Faith," his collaboration with Eminem. He had already recorded the hook and harmonies himself, but his backing singers were unavailable when he wanted to finish the track. So he fed the lead and harmony notes into an AI tool and asked it to generate the choir he had in mind.

"I'm an impatient guy," Kid Rock said on Real Time with Bill Maher. He said his decision came down to how long it would take to bring in singers. After several attempts, he assembled a choir part he liked and used it on the track, which appears on his Christian album Halfway 2 Jesus.

The album's Lil Wayne collaboration, "7 Sins," offers a glimpse of how Kid Rock had achieved a similar sound with live singers. He said two women and one man recorded multiple takes, changing harmony notes and doubling their parts until three voices sounded like a choir.

Maher pressed Kid Rock on what his decision meant for the singers who could have been hired for "Heal My Faith." Kid Rock pointed to an earlier change in recording technology. "Did we put drummers out of work when the drum machine was invented?" he asked. He also acknowledged that AI posed different risks and said it should be regulated "at the highest levels."

Kid Rock had previously told Billboard that he used Suno for choir arrangements and some orchestration on Halfway 2 Jesus, alongside Nashville session musicians and members of his backing band. The Maher interview put a specific recording decision behind that disclosure. On "7 Sins," three singers built a choir one take at a time. On "Heal My Faith," the choir came together one prompt at a time.