Artificial (audio)

Click the box Type a phrase Make a thousand pictures in a pixel haze Pick the best Post it fast Everybody scrolls before the chorus gets past! (everything is fucking artificial) Make a song Make a show Make another thing to watch for half a second, go! Make it cute Make it strange Move a little slider, call it “making a change” Scroll it up Scroll it down Everybody’s famous till you look around More to see Less to say Made a million things and threw them all away! Feed it in! Spit it out! What the fuck were we so excited about? Copy me! I’ll copy you! Copy every copy till we call it something new! SLOP IN MY BRAIN! SLOP IN MY BRAIN! Generating content just to retrain! Click it! Post it! Do it again! As I slowly, slowly go insane! Slop in my eyes! Slop in my feed! More, more, more of what I’ll never need! Artificial! Artificial! Make it pretty! Make it official! Everything is fucking artificial! Ask the bot “Is this hot?” “Absolutely! Love it! Give it everything you’ve got!” “Is it bad?” “You’re so right!” Every little thought I have is fucking dynamite Talk all day Stay all night Twenty-seven versions and they’re still not right One more tweak One more spin Never made a thing, but look how busy I’ve been! “Yes, I do!” “No, I don’t!” “Maybe I should finish it” you know I fucking won’t! Pick a lane! Change again! Started with a single thought, now I’ve got ten! SLOP IN MY BRAIN! SLOP IN MY BRAIN! Generating content just to retrain! Click it! Post it! Do it again! As I slowly, slowly go insane! Slop in my eyes! Slop in my feed! More, more, more of what I’ll never need! Artificial! Artificial! Make it pretty! Make it official! Everything is fucking artificial! Bots make posts Bots reply Bots tell other bots, “This made me fucking cry!” Bots make hits Bots applaud “Such a human touch! You’ve got a gift from God!” Bots make news Bots explain Bots scrape other bots to feed the bots again Round and round Down the drain No one’s even listening, but sing the same refrain! Did I make it? Was it mine? Did I have a thought or just a sentence to refine? Did I want it? Couldn’t say Spent all night creating ways to give my night away One more version One more try Maybe I’ll feel something if I get it right this time Never mind. Generate again. SCRAPE IT! TAKE IT! SAY YOU DIDN’T FAKE IT! TRAIN IT! DRAIN IT! FEED IT BACK! REGAIN IT! SLOP MAKES SLOP! CREAM OF THE CROP! COPY OF A COPY AND IT NEVER FUCKING STOPS! MAKE IT QUICK! MAKE IT CLICK! MAKE ANOTHER HIT TILL WE’RE FUCKING SICK OF IT! NOBODY’S THERE! NOBODY CARES! NOBODY’S WATCHING BUT IT’S EVERYWHERE! SLOP IN MY BRAIN! SLOP IN MY BRAIN! Generating content just to retrain! Click it! Post it! Do it again! As I slowly, slowly go insane! Slop in my ears! Slop in my eyes! More of everything till nothing’s a surprise! Artificial! Artificial! Make it pretty! Make it official! Everything is fucking artificial! SLOP IN MY BRAIN! SLOP IN MY BRAIN! Feed it to the model, let it feed it back again! Round and round! All the same! Made a billion things and can’t remember what I made! Slop, slop! Slop in my brain! Can’t stop! Do it again! Click, click! Give me a hit! Oh my God, I love this shit! Artificial! Artificial! Everything is fucking artificial! Slop, slop! Slop in my brain! As I slowly, slowly go insane!