| Vilified | |
| Cover: | File:Vilified - Jerry Cantrell.jpeg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Jerry Cantrell |
| Album: | I Want Blood |
| Released: | [1] |
| Studio: | JHOC Studio, Pasadena, California[2] |
| Length: | 4:31 |
| Label: | Double J |
| Producer: | Joe Barresi |
| Prev Title: | Setting Sun |
| Prev Year: | 2018 |
"Vilified" is a song by American rock musician Jerry Cantrell. It was released as the lead single from his 2024 solo album, I Want Blood.
Vilified's lyrics are a negative personification of artificial intelligence, referring to misinformation it may spread.
Cantrell mentioned to Kerrang! in a 2024 interview regarding the song and I Want Blood: "...AI is a boogeyman we’ve grown up with, but now we’re living in a time that it’s becoming a reality to more of an extent. It’s weird to me. I get it, as it’s a progression of technology and our use of it, but it’s part of the conversation of our lives and the world... ...It’s like any tool – you can take a hammer and bash somebody’s head in, or you can build a house – it’s up to the user. There’s still a human element there, of intention and responsibility."[3]
The music video for "Vilified" released on July 31, 2024. It features Cantrell performing the song, alongside surreal narrative footage to complement the lyrics.[4]
The video was directed by Lorenzo Diego.[5]