“That is what it feels prefer to be hunted by one thing smarter than you”

Grimes has returned with Synthetic Angels, a monitor that imagines the world from the attitude – and voice – of synthetic intelligence.

The only lands amid ongoing debates round AI in music, following on from earlier Grimes tracks that discover the topic, together with I Wanna Be Software program. With Synthetic Angels, the Canadian musician combines a heavy, digital beat with lyrics that channel the AI’s perspective.

“That is what it feels prefer to be hunted by one thing smarter than you,” sings a cyborg-like, AI-processed voice at first. “I can’t die, I do no need, there is no such thing as a revelation/ The one factor I covet is my very own annihilation/ Inhalation, exhalation/ Energy isn’t given, it’s taken.”

The monitor’s title nods to Grimes’ 2015 album Artwork Angels, whereas manufacturing is dealt with by Grant Boutin and Vadakin. Grimes additionally designed the quilt, which contains a collage of web memes impressed by her and her views on expertise.

Discussing the tune’s making on X/Twitter, Grimes shares that the one AI component on Synthetic Angels is “the voice firstly and the tip” and that she’s usually against AI getting used to make music.

“I feel it may be helpful for some issues however the apps largely took the cool AI artifacts out of it and I’m not tremendous eager about it to simply make regular music,” she says.

“It’s solely helpful to me for novel/experimental sound design have been they to permit that facet again. Or probably for extra environment friendly superior issues like bg noise elimination and many others… Or for jokes. In any other case I concern it’s a bit slop oriented for the time being which looks like the other of innovation to me. It positively has the capability to innovate although.”

The one AI on the tune is the voice firstly and the tip. I’m against ai music in some kinds. I feel it may be helpful for some issues however the apps largely took the cool ai artifacts out if it and I am not tremendous eager about it to simply make regular music. It is solely…

— 𝖦𝗋𝗂𝗆𝖾𝗌 ⏳ (@Grimezsz) October 17, 2025

Grimes has lengthy been vocal about synthetic intelligence and its functions in artwork, having beforehand spoken in regards to the influence of AI in music and its potential in serving to “precise expertise actually rise to the highest”.

Within the PBS docuseries A Transient Historical past of the Future, Grimes mirrored on how expertise has democratised music-making: “After I began making music, there was type of this revolution occurring in music manufacturing. Extra folks have been having the ability to make music at house on their computer systems… and I feel that is about to increase to all of artwork.”

“You already know, once I see a number of the new stuff coming with AI, all these items that’s about to blow up, when everybody has the identical instruments that may make skilled high quality stuff, then you definitely get to see the precise expertise actually rise to the highest.”