An ARGH! Tune: Superficial (Dark synth-pop with post-punk)

This song was inspired by the '80s post-punk band New Order.
It critiques someone for being superficial.
The song was co-created with my friend and New Order fanatic, Struan Grant.

Superficial (Dark synth-pop with post-punk)

At the time, creating a song using Udio meant working with 32-second blocks of music.** After extensively studying New Order's style, I generated 4–6 samples approximating their sound for Struan to choose from. Every few days, we added another 32-second segment, repeating this process until the song was complete.

SIDENOTE: The song’s biggest weakness was the inability to replicate Bernard Sumner’s (New Order’s singer) vocal style. I tried hundreds of ways to describe Sumner’s unique, unpolished delivery but couldn’t capture it. If vocal control technology improves, I plan to revisit this song and update the vocals—though this may never happen if the current lawsuit rules the AI software guilty of copyright infringement.

Created using Udio’s AI technology
Music: Superficial (Dark Synth-Pop with Post-Punk)
Co-created by Jim Romer & Struan Grant using Udio.com
Title by Struan Grant
Lyrics by Jim Romer

As of this writing, Udio.com has improved, now allowing 2:10 song clips, trimming, inpainting (editing sections of music), and remixes (completely reimagining a song). However, I still find that working with half-minute segments provides better control over the music I want to create.