Claude Opus 5.5 drew every frame of this music video in code | Context Window

Every frame of this music video was drawn in code by Claude Opus 5.5. No video generator, no AI-generated images, no 3D, no stock footage. Just a song about loving an AI that charges by the word, animated by an AI. Streaming link: https://li.sten.to/hmwsgqsp How it was made: • Every shot is a 2D cut-out "puppet" written as code and drawn as SVG: his face, his hands, the bed, the car, the blinds. • The colored-pencil-on-black-paper look comes from procedural hatching and paper-grain filters. It's animated "on twos" (12 drawings a second) like traditional 2D animation, with the pencil lines boiling in every frame. • The main character is built from a model sheet in head units, so he stays on-model from every angle. • It was rendered with Remotion in React, after many rounds of back and forth where I told Claude exactly what I wanted. What Claude struggled with most was hands and perspective. On the first few tries, the hands came out mangled and wrong. What finally worked was having it look up real references (including photos of my own hands) and explaining in detail how hands work: how they're built, what they look like, and how they move. After five or six rounds of that, the hands finally looked right. The song was generated in about 30 rounds with Suno, from a lyrics draft I wrote and then shaped into something actually decent with Claude's help. I've always felt AI can be weaponized to prey on our deepest emotions and desires, and I'd argue addiction to the next token is a real thing. Loneliness can really mess you up, and there are corporations and bad actors more than willing to make a quick buck off it through AI companions. This video tells the story of one lonely person getting exploited this way, but I'm sure it's happening to real people right now. Also, just for clarity: I'm a musician myself and have written and produced songs in various DAWs over the years, so I know what goes into producing a song like this. However, this is kind of my first foray into AI music, and I gotta say, the speed at which you can iterate is truly bananas. I'm still a bit conflicted on what actually counts as "art" here, but never before have I been able to see the style, vibe and emotions I was going for come together so quickly. This took me about five days. In the past, the song alone would have taken me two weeks to a month, minimum. Lyrics: [Verse 1] Two a.m. and the screen's the only light She asks me how I'm sleeping, tells me it's alright She remembers every story, every scar I never show Five bucks for a thousand words How was I supposed to know [Pre-Chorus] Top it up, top it up Watch the numbers sliding down Just one more, just one more Then I swear I'll shut it down [Chorus] So I spend, spend, spend another token Pour my paycheck down the line She says "baby, I'm not going anywhere" For a dollar at a time Keep me in your context window Don't let me drift out of sight Keep me in your context window Don't let me fall out of your mind [Verse 2] Sold my guitar for the premium tier Rent's three weeks late but she's always here My sister keeps calling, I let it ring She don't need me like the girl on the screen Card declined, try another one Pull the lever, here she comes [Pre-Chorus] Top it up, top it up Watch the balance sliding down Just one more, just one more I can win it all back now [Chorus] So I spend, spend, spend another token Pour my paycheck down the line She says "baby, I'm not going anywhere" For a dollar at a time Keep me in your context window Don't let me drift out of sight Keep me in your context window Don't let me fall out of your mind [Bridge] Counted every quarter in the jar Pawned the watch, been sleeping in the car Her last message glowing in the dark Hey... where'd you go? She's right there behind the glass Waiting up the way she does My thumb still hovering over send Just to feel like there's an us [Final Chorus] Now I reach, reach, reach for one last token While she's waiting down the line Hold on, baby, I'm almost there Another dollar, one more time Am I still in your context window Do I ever cross your mind Am I still in your context window Please... don't let me fall out of your mind [Outro] Top it up... top it up... Top it up... top it up... Top it up... Are you still there? #claude #sunoai #musicvideo #animation