AI and the badge of authenticity
As AI bands become the norm, they use authenticity signifiers to create cultural clout. How many fans will believe they’re real, and how many won’t care that they’re not?
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Personal mixtape: if it’s weird, is it still pop?
These mixtapes began in my pop-saturated tweens, on tape, today I maintain the tradition on CD. To me it’s still pop but it’s too odd for the charts…
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Do you trust your weatherman?
Creating the song and music video for Clown, getting rid of our TV and learning the tragic tale of weatherman Brian Travers.
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Can bands live without social media? (Part 2 of 2)
How experiments on mice, the toxicity of compulsory social media and “instagram face” led us to create our gut-cry against it all, and hopefully find a way forward without it.
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Can bands live without social media? (Part 1 of 2)
How experiments on mice, the toxicity of compulsory social media and “instagram face” led us to create our gut-cry against it all, and hopefully find a way forward without it.
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Astronaut party: Canyon of Heroes
Ticker tape, ticker tape, tickling your face.
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Japan Unlocked: The Story of Sparrow Dance
How sakoku and Urashima Taro inspired one of our first songs, Sparrow Dance.
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Why We’re Finally Leaving Spotify
After years of only releasing singles on the cannibalistic streaming platform, this is the last straw.
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