Grimes Returns With New Music Inspired by AI
Grimes releases Accelerando from her AI-inspired album Psy Opera, revealing a human-made creative project exploring technology and humanity.
Grimes has returned with new music, releasing Accelerando, the first single from her forthcoming album Psy Opera, a project exploring artificial intelligence, humanity and the increasingly complicated relationship between technology and creativity.
Released on 9 October, the track features producer VADAKIN and arrives alongside an ambitious music video filled with futuristic imagery, destruction and unsettling visions of a world shaped by technology. It marks the beginning of the singer’s first full-length album campaign since Miss Anthropocene in 2020.
An AI-inspired album with a human creative process
Despite the album’s strong artificial intelligence themes, Grimes has previously explained that she does not use generative AI to produce her music. She has, however, acknowledged using the Chinese AI model DeepSeek to help write some lyrics for a track named after the technology.
That distinction is particularly interesting given her longstanding support for AI experimentation. Rather than presenting an entirely machine-generated musical project, Psy Opera explores what artificial intelligence could mean for humanity while retaining an important role for human creativity.
The album’s promotional visuals also reflect that mixture of technology and traditional production. Grimes has highlighted the work of approximately 70 people involved in creating the project’s elaborate visual presentation, while the video credits also acknowledge specialist digital production work.
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A dystopian world takes shape
The wider Psy Opera project explores subjects including artificial intelligence, religion, conflict and the future of human civilisation. Its accompanying Eve Is Online promotional campaign introduces a disturbing science-fiction world in which familiar ideas about creation, technology and power are turned upside down.
The release also marks a new chapter in Grimes’ independent career following her departure from Columbia Records. Psy Opera is being introduced through her own Nazgul Recording label, although a confirmed album release date has not yet been announced.
Accelerando, created with producer VADAKIN, is available now alongside its official music video. A release date for the complete album has not yet been confirmed.
