AI
the
Rabbit Hole
experIment
Images generated by Midjourney through popular song lyric prompts from the 1960's - 2020's.
Curious about what happens
when AI powerhouses,
Bard and ChatGPT4,
tango over the top 5 songs of
each decade from the '60s until now?
Do their electronic minds align?
If so, what magic lies beneath?
If not, what triggers the discord?
Once we hit a rhythmic consensus,
how does the AI generative algorithm, Midjourney, spin these melodious lyrics into visual representations
of the prompt phrases?
How does it feel, how does it feel?
To be on your own, with no direction home
A complete unknown, like a rolling stone
midJourney output [initial]
Bob Dylan
Like A Rolling Stone
Highway 61 Revisted
Columbia Records, 1965
Embark on this melodic voyage,
watch generative art unfold,
and unravel the mysteries of this process in the blog linked at the page's end.
Are you ready to plunge down this AI rabbit hole with me?
In addition to the imagery below, I've also included audio clip excerpts of the prompt sequences used in Midjourney. I suggest clicking on the "play prompt" arrow several times.
If you time it just right, it syncs quite beautifully with the transition from Prompt 1 (lyrics only) to Prompt 2 (lyrics, with added qualifiers "photograph, realistic"),
...there is a sweet spot.
Experiment and enjoy!
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1960's
Bard + chatGPT4 concur on: Hey Jude - The Beatles (1968), (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction - The Rolling Stones (1965), Good Vibrations - The Beach Boys (1966)
research prompt sequence file (RPS): beatles-AI
/imagine prompt 1:
/imagine prompt 2: "photograph, realistic"
Hey Jude, don't make it bad
Take a sad song and make it better,
Remember to let her into your heart
Then you can start to make it better
MIdjourney output [initial]
The Beatles
Hey Jude
The White Album
Beatles Apple Records, 1968
play prompt
1970's
Bard + chatGPT4 concur on: Stairway to Heaven - Led Zeppelin (1971), Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen (1975),
Hotel California - Eagles (1976)
research prompt sequence file (RPS): zeppelin-AI
/imagine prompt 1:
/imagine prompt 2: "photograph, realistic"
There's a lady who's sure
All that glitters is gold
And she's buying a stairway to heaven
Midjourney output [initial]
Led Zeppelin
Stairway to Heaven
Led Zeppelin IV
Atlantic Records, 1971
play prompt
1980's
Bard + chatGPT4 concur on: Don't Stop Believin'" - Journey (1981), Sweet Child o' Mine" - Guns N' Roses (1987),
Livin' on a Prayer" - Bon Jovi (1986)
research prompt sequence file (RPS): journey-AI
/imagine prompt 1:
/imagine prompt 2: "photograph, realistic"
Don't stop believin'
Hold on to that feelin'
Streetlights
People
Midjourney output [initial]
Journey
Don't Stop Believin'
Escape
Columbia Records, 1981
play prompt
1990's
Bard + chatGPT4 concur on: Smells Like Teen Spirit - Nirvana (1991),
(no other agreement between Bard and GPT4)
research prompt sequence file (RPS): nirvana-AI
/imagine. prompt 1:
/imagine prompt 2: "photograph, realistic"
With the lights out, it's less dangerous
Here we are now, entertain us
I feel stupid, and contagious
Here we are now, entertain us
Midjourney output [2nd iteration]
Nirvana
Smells Like Teen Spirit
Nevermind
DGC Records, 1991
play prompt
2000's
Bard + chatGPT4 concur on: NOTHING. I requested a list of the "top 5", but there was no overlap between the models.
Here's my personal favorite courtesy of Bard + Midjourney.
research prompt sequence file (RPS): lincolnPark-AI
/imagine prompt 1:
/imagine prompt 2: "photograph, realistic"
I've become so numb
I can't feel you there
Become so tired
So much more aware.
I'm becoming this
All I want to do
Is be more like me
And be less like you
Midjourney output [2nd iteration]
Lincoln Park
Numb
Meteora
Warner Music Australia, 2003
play prompt
2010's
Bard + chatGPT4 concur on: Radioactive - Imagine Dragons (2012),
Somebody That I Used To Know - Gotye ft. Kimbra (2011),
Uptown Funk - Mark Ronson ft. Bruno Mars (2014)
research prompt sequence file (RPS): dragons-AI
/imagine. prompt 1:
/imagine prompt 2: "photograph, realistic"
I'm waking up
I feel it in my bones
Enough to make my systems blow
Welcome to the new age, to the new age
Welcome to the new age, to the new age
I'm radioactive, radioactive
I'm radioactive, radioactive
Midjourney output [2nd iteration]
Imagine Dragons
Radioactive
Night Visions
Universal Music Enterprises, 2012
play prompt
2020's
Bard + chatGPT4 concur on: NOT TESTED.
chatGPT's training ended December 2021, unlike Bard who is internet aware, so here is Bard's top choice for the
"top tune of the 2020's"
[end prompt]
research prompt sequence file (RPS): cyrus-AI
/imagine prompt 1:
/imagine. prompt 2: "photograph, realistic"
I can buy myself flowers
Write my name in the sand
Talk to myself for hours
Say things you don't understand
Midjourney out[put [2nd iteration]
Miley Cyrus
Flowers
Endless Summer Vacation
Columbia, 2023
play prompt
Dive deeper into the mechanics of this AI-powered journey through music history by reading the #creativeProcess blog post Down the Rabbit Hole: A Journey Through Generative AI