Luke Bryan has a bone to pick with his haters.During an appearance on the "This Past Weekend with Theo Von" podcast, the "American Idol" judge and country star opened up about the backlash surrounding his latest song, "Fish Hunt Golf Drink," which some social media users accused of being created with artificial intelligence.Bryan said the controversy began with a "narrative" that was created and amplified online.LUKE BRYAN CREDITS RELIGIOUS ROOTS AND SMALL-TOWN VALUES FOR HELPING HIM NAVIGATE A ‘CHALLENGING LIFE’Luke Bryan opened up about the controversy surrounding his latest song. (Getty Images for ACM)"That’s the crazy thing about where we’re at with social [media]," he said."They started a narrative that we AI-ed it.
And now whether you like the song or not, or whether you like me as an artist, whether you like what I'm about or whatever … now I'm the guy that somebody said that I AI-ed a song and wrote it."He complained, "You get one or two kids with a bunch of Instagram, a bunch of followers, that say we AI-ed it, and then the whole world goes on their narrative."LIKE WHAT YOU'RE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSVon argued that he doesn't think people actually believe he used AI to create the song, but Bryan said that the backlash has been "pretty crazy," and he recalled seeing posts from people who told him they hated him."And they’re like at a camera going, ‘I hate you.’ … And I’m like, ‘I can see your face.If I see you one day, I’m going to f---ing knock the s--- out of you, dude,’" he said.However, Bryan acknowledged that many of the online comments were coming from teenagers.GET ENTERTAINMENT SCOOP DELIVERED RIGHT TO YOUR EMAIL BY CLICKING HEREThe country star refuted claims he used artificial intelligence to write "Fish Hunt Golf Drink." (Terry Wyatt/WireImage)"But then I’m like, well, wait.
I’m not sure I’m happy about a bunch of teenagers telling a 50-year-old man he’s a piece of s--- songwriter," he ...