Read my introduction to find out what I’m doing with AI this year if you haven’t already.

On the sawtooth challenge, I opened up my Suno app and recorded what I perceived to be a “sawtooth melody” an extended recording of my own vocalizations for a little more than a minute. Then I began typing in lyrics as quickly as I could, thinking of something frantic and saw-toothy about relationships and about hitting and missing and faking and taking and finding and figuring out, and then I typed in the following text-prompt for the music genre:

#Frenetic #Techno #Mutation #Funk #Vocaloid #Bass

Voilà… (and it’s even the extended dance version!)

[Verse 1] I’m tired of the masks Polite little lies Weekend adventures That blur and then die Smiles that feel practiced Eyes that look through Leaving me empty Half-ghost next to you

[Chorus] I’m looking for a friend Someone to love Who won’t be an end Who’ll lift me far above All these fake Interloping jaunts Funny games and crowded fonts Faces knowing just how to grin Then stealing my heart again

[Verse 2] I’m done with the haunts That glitter Then fade Stories that sparkle Then slip down the drain I want the unfiltered The clumsy The true Someone whose silence Still feels like a view

[Chorus] I’m looking for a friend Someone to love Who won’t be an end Who’ll lift me far above All these fake Interloping jaunts Funny games and crowded fonts Faces knowing just how to grin Then stealing my heart again

[Bridge] Will you stay when it’s quiet? (mm) When I’m cracked at the seams? Will you touch all the ruins And still call it a dream? If you’re out there and listening I’m wide open I’m enough Come be more than an ending Come be far above

[Chorus] I’m looking for a friend Someone to love Who won’t be an end Who’ll lift me far above All these fake Interloping jaunts Let them fade into distant wants I just need one honest grin That keeps holding my heart again