Art Inhuman: Dan Schenker Creates A.I.-generated Artwork Inspired By Paramore Coinciding with New Album This Is Why & Upcoming North/South American, UK & Ireland Tours
Art Inhuman is a collaborative effort between Artificial Intelligence (A.I.) artist Dan Schenker and writer Matt Horowitz. Dan takes band names, lyrics, and song names and with the help of an A.I. manipulates them into what he feels best represents them visually. If you have a suggestion for an upcoming addition to this series, Tweet Matt at @SharpChedder856 and/or Dan at @heydanschenker and Tag the band or artist you'd like us to feature next. This project spawned from Dan's decades-long love of music. Dan had been a fan of the band FOLLY since early high school—for the blend of Punk, Ska, and Hardcore they seamlessly wove, for the energy their music made him feel, and for the almost disproportionately poetic lyrics and topics they covered. So, when Dan thought to input some of his favorite lyrics, song titles, and album titles into Midjourney, the results were staggering. He posted them to Facebook, which caught the attention of the band, who were fascinated by the project. After the band asked to re-post Dan's work, he connected with music journalist Matt Horowitz (TheWitzard.com, NOECHO.net, IDIOTEQ.com, and more) and Art Inhuman, their semi-regular project making A.I.-generated art for some of their favorite bands, was born.
And, we're back... with the first official Art Inhuman collumn feature of 2023! So, as many of you may well know by now, Paramore dropped their long-awaited sizth studio album, This Is Why, just this past Friday. It's just about a fully reunited iteration of Riot!-era Paramore featuring, of course, frontwoman Hayley Williams, guitarist/keyboardist Taylor York, and recently re-joined drummer Zac Farro. This Is Why was produced by famed Punk, Hardcore, and Pop-punk producer Carlos de la Garza (Bad Religion, hellogoodbye, Jimmy Eat World,) who, also, produced Williams' COVID-era solo albums, Petals for Armor & FLOWERS for VASES / descansos, from 2020 and 2022, respectively. This Is Why (the album) was preceeded by "This Is Why" (the single,) along with additional pre-album singles "The News" and "C'est Comme Ça." Now, having sat with and listened to This Is Why over the weekend, we'll forewarn you: this is not the sugary Pop-punk leaning Paramore you may be expecting. This Is Why seems to be much more akin to Dance-punk/Indie Rock, such as Block Party, Talking Heads, LCD Soundsystem, Hot Chip, and even Williams' solo work, as well as Farro's own solo releases as HalfNoise. It still has sonic touchstones of the "old" Paramore, but just give it a chance and an honest listen and see what you think for yourself! Paramore's This Is Why is out now on Atlantic Records.
