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Verses & AI-Generated SongsA collaboration between Anthony Haden-Guest and Mark Freiser
The Verses
Nine genre-bending interpretations of Anthony's satirical rhymes created with generative AI music tools. Read the full story on Whitehot Magazine.
I understand a brand-new virus
Is on the loose in our dimension
The toll it's taking will soon rise higher
Or so I heard a science dude mention
Not that we're paying too much attention
Rumtumtum, Tiddlypom,
Let's all go out and have us some fun
Not sit around waiting for the bomb
Okay, we've rather been feeling the heat
Some whine it'll get a lot hotter than this
So it's hello, climate? Say goodbye, mate?
Squoosh those liars, truth deniers, starting fires
Don't let them spoil our meet and greet
Get out of the way of our dancing feet
A cool party is something we just mustn't miss
It's dumb just to sit on your bum at home
Glooming, and waiting for the bomb
AI's already everywhere
It's in the Earth, the Sea, the Air
It's taken over the brain, the eye, the ear
It's gotten into our art, our song, our writing
So it knows how we make stuff. Will it ever know why?
No problem, says Generative AI.
We'll be on top of that before much time goes by
Now AI's muscling up to do our fighting
So things might be getting quite exciting
Perhaps you can guess where I'm coming from?
Rumtumtum, Tiddlypom!
We're not just waiting for the bomb