Die Antwoord yesterday uploaded their new official video on Youtube, Age of Illusion, created by an Ai.
The references from manga elaborate by artificial intelligence are many. Attentive and very patient viewers can trace back to manga and animated movies of different backgrounds from past to present. The song and the video mention the blue pill that recollects “White Rabbit” by Jefferson Airplane and The Matrix. Among the various floating anime characters, are recognizable Ninja (Watkin Tudor Jones) and Yolandi Visser depicted. The video demonstrates how machines have already broken into the professional art sector. Algorithms take on advanced tasks that engage creative workers. What will we humans do when computers can do everything? Considering that we also live in the era of fake news and deep fake we are really in the age of illusion!
Lyrics
It’s the Age of Illusion
The Age of Illusion
Everyone is beautiful
Everything is fine
In The Land of Illusion
The water babies speak Japanese
And the faeries drink wine
Everyone is beautiful
Everyone is gay
In the Land of Illusion
We paint our faces with chocolate cake
And everything’s ok
Ja ja ja ha!
Let’s go
Ja!
Yo! Let’s go
To the Land of Illusion
The Land of Illusion
Everyone is beautiful
Everything is chill
Everyone is famous
Evеryone is happy
Let’s pop another bluе pill
Blue pills
I got mad blue pills
Blue pills
I got big black pupils
In the Land of Illusion
The Land of Illusion
Everyone is beautiful
Everything is fine
In the Land of Illusion
The water babies speak Japanese
And the faeries drink wine
Ai video by Sagans
Music produced by Nazieg
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