This is our second song on the album, we previously used AI to determine the Key Elements, Inspiration, Similar Songs and a starting point for the beat and lyrics for the song.
We will now take these components and iterate over those themes and ideas to to produce a beat and hook for the song.
Summary
In stark contrast to the swaggering defiance of the previous track, "Introspection" finds Pi exposing his regrets and flaws over brooding, minimalist production.
The sparse soundscape creates space for vulnerability as Pi looks inward. His contemplative lyrics match the stripped-down verses flowing into more soul-baring choruses. Rather than celebratory wordplay, Pi relies on raw honesty and sophisticated metaphor to process guilt.
Admissions like "My ego eclipsed the light of day" reveal the depth of his remorse. Likewise, the mellow melodies evoke melancholy as Pi lays his conscience bare.
Restrained rhyme schemes replace barbed attacks, showcasing maturity. The overall result is an atmosphere of hard-won wisdom - the meditations of an artist questioning his past from a more enlightened vantage. This introspective pivot sets the stage for reconciliation by humanising the once-cocky Pi.
Beats
For this song, we will be interpolating a beat that mixes each of the introspective songs Pi has produced or released as a solo artist.
How did we do this?
We’ve trained a model to capture all of the beats Pi has used in his career as a producer or artist, and his Hip Hop inspirations and have done the same for Theta those songs that inspired her career. We can then use this model to generate a new drum beat, or interpolate the model with other beats to infuse styles together.
It’s very similar to what legendary drummer Sugarfoot Moffett does in this video where his years of experience, influences and music understanding has enabled him to create a beat when the drums are removed from a recording.
For technical details, you can refer to this article from Google AI’s Magenta project.
Hook
Kanye West’s introspective songs Everything I Am and Runaway provide a reference point for the tone of the song.
Here we have our beat now interleaved with the sampled lyrics to see how it flows.
Lyrical Ideas
We now have the skeleton of the song, we’ll circle back to weaving these beats with Lyrics for Pi after creating the beats for the remaining songs on the album.
Although ChatGPT returned mostly cliche lyrics, here are some lines generated from ChatGPT to get us started relevant to this songs key elements, inspiration, tone and lyrical themes
echoes of my past, Ego, Haunted by choices, fame, success, the paths I chose, In the dark corners where my regret grows.
can't escape the truth the silence of my mind brings.
weight of my mistakes, the flaws in me. Through the darkness, I find my fight.
With each confession, a step closer to the end
Mistakes carved deep, scars upon my soul, the path to redemption, staring back at me