Swingin' Submarine
Swingin' Submarine is a fully AI-generated music video about a fantastical underwater party where sea creatures and submarine inhabitants celebrate life in a whimsical, neon-lit oceanic world. Although the video and music were created using generative AI, that doesn't mean any human labor went into the production.
In fact, it is more of a human-machine collaboration, not with just one AI, but with many different specialized AIs. One large language model wrote the lyrics, one composed the music (including the voice), and another AI synthesized the video sequences. Since the current generation of AI models does not give you much creative control over the output, the only way to achieve your vision is by tinkering with a plurality of outputs, all created using simple text prompts.
As a designer and film producer, I truly welcome these wonderful tools in my portfolio as they eliminate the mental barriers of constantly worrying about the skills, effort or time needed to create a specific piece of art. As predicted, it will likely only shift the focus from creation to curation, and that will not be the end of art, but the beginning, as these tools are now in the hands of everyone!
Of course, all disruptive technologies have their downsides too. AI-generated content will make up the majority of the Internet's content in the near future, and so new societal and technological advances are needed to cope with that. But even as a media educator who is constantly trying to keep up with the latest developments, you sometimes have to stop and enjoy the quirky and weird creations of our (beloved) machines.
[Verse]
Step into my swingin' submarine, take a dive
Where the ocean's jumpin' and the beat's alive
Underwater party, it's a wild sight to see
With the jellyfish jivin' and the lobsters tappin' their feet
We're the deep-sea creatures, livin' the good life
[Chorus]
Under the sea, we're groovin' all night
Swingin' and swayin', feelin' so right
Gonna let the rhythm guide us to bliss
Come on, let's dive in, gettin' freaky with this
Under the sea, the party never stops
Dancin' with the fishes till the sun comes up
Life's a swingin' dream, a freaky delight
We're livin' in the moment, it's a wild underwater paradise
[Verse 2]
In the coral club, where the neon glows (neon glows)
Electric eels spinning records, they're the underwater pro
Seahorses twirling in a whimsical dance
Starfish shimmy, in their undersea trance
Sharks with sunglasses, they don't bite, they groove
[Bridge]
Bubble beats pulsing, in the ocean's heart (ocean's heart)
Every creature's dancing, playing their part (their part)
In this watery world, where dreams are spun
We're all together, moving as one (as one)
[Outro]
As the moonlight fades and the sun peeks through (sunrise glow)
This underwater fiesta bids adieu
But the memories linger, like a sweet ocean breeze
In our swingin' submarine, we found our seas of ease (our seas of ease)
Until next time, in our oceanic paradise
[Final Chorus]
Under the sea, where magic never ends
We'll swing and sway, with our aquatic friends
Till the next moonlit night, in the ocean's embrace
We'll keep the rhythm alive, in this spectacular space
Under the sea, where dreams come to life
In our wild underwater paradise (our underwater paradise)