A.I. Generated Christmas Carol: Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer, King of All the Earth

by The Forever Now

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shadygracie Who knew A.I. could generate the creepy dark holiday carol of my dreams? I have long searched for holiday music with a pagan vibe that isn't saccharine and annoying, and The Forever Now's eerie rendition of lyrics generated by a robot is the best I've come across. I am going to listen to this next Christmas in, like, a sincere way. And if I have children they are also going to listen to it because I want my children to be fun to hang out with.

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What would it sound like if a machine wrote a Christmas carol? A little something like this. Created in collaboration with machine learning researcher and TED fellow Janelle Shane, The Forever Now gives life to the lyrics generated by a GPT-2 algorithm trained on 240 Christmas carols and 40GB of text data scraped from the internet.

Check out Janelle's original post about the lyrics here: aiweirdness.com/search/ai+carol

lyrics

Rudolph the Red Nosed
Rudolph the Red Nosed
Reindeer, with its red belly
The All-gracious King
The All-gracious King
Of all the earth
Had a baby at Christmas time
A baby at Christmas time

On Christmas Day
A true and holy Deity
On Christmas Day
A true and holy Deity
Went down to earth
With human flesh
Went down to earth
With human flesh
For sacrifice

Rudolph the Red Nosed
Rudolph the Red Nosed
Reindeer, with its red belly
The All-gracious King
The All-gracious King
Of all the earth
Had a baby at Christmas time
A baby at Christmas time

For sinful men such a Deity doth appear
And wink and nod in reply
As he winked and nod in reply

Rudolph the Red Nosed
Rudolph the Red Nosed
Reindeer, with its red belly
The All-gracious King
The All-gracious King
Of all the earth
Had a baby at Christmas time
A baby at Christmas time

Rudolph the Red Nosed
Rudolph the Red Nosed
Reindeer, with its red belly
The All-gracious King
The All-gracious King
Of all the earth
Had a baby at Christmas time
A baby at Christmas time

The wretched world is run by ox and ass
The wretched world is run by ox and ass
The wretched world is run by ox and ass
The wretched world is run by ox and ass

The wretched world is run by ox and ass
The wretched world is run by ox and ass
The wretched world is run by ox and ass
The wretched world is run by ox and ass

The wretched world is run by ox and ass
The wretched world is run by ox and ass
The wretched world is run by ox and ass
The wretched world is run by ox and ass

The wretched world is run by ox and ass
The wretched world is run by ox and ass
The wretched world is run by ox and ass
The wretched world is run by ox and ass

The wretched world is run by ox and ass
The wretched world is run by ox and ass
The wretched world is run by ox and ass
The wretched world is run by ox and ass

The wretched world is run by ox and ass
The wretched world is run by ox and ass
The wretched world is run by ox and ass
And in vain build I

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released December 7, 2020
Lyrics by Janelle Shane [https://aiweirdness.com/]
Mixed by Mukund Pandey & Aditya Shukla at The Box Productions [theboxproductions.in]
Mastered by Shawn Hatfield at Audible Oddities [https://www.audibleoddities.com/]

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The Forever Now Copenhagen, Denmark

Based in Copenhagen, Denmark, The Forever Now came a long way since BIRP.FM referred to their song Throw it Down as, “an atmospheric sonic palette brought to life”.

Combining cinematic elements with indie rock, synth-pop, and singer-songwriter music, the artist carves out a filmic experience with each release. ... more

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