I Wanna Be Software

I Wanna Be Software is a single by Grimes & Illangelo, intended for her upcoming sixth album, Book 1."A New chapter from Book I" https://songlink.xyz/grimes/i-wanna-be-software
== Background ==
On April 30, 2023, the song's existence and some lyrics were revealed by Grimes in a tweet.https://twitter.com/Grimezsz/status/1652700985419272192
On July 5, a pre-save link was made, counting down to July 21.https://web.archive.org/web/20230704234216/https://droplink.io/grimes/i-wanna-be-software The countdown was unable to be crawled by the Wayback Machine. Later that month the countdown changed to end on July 28.https://droplink.io/grimes/i-wanna-be-software
On July 18, Grimes released a TikTok video where a portion of the song was used as a sound,https://www.tiktok.com/@grimes/video/7257092202948562218 and later in the following days she posted behind the scenes snippets of the music video.https://www.tiktok.com/@grimes/video/7257155540978060587
On July 27, one day before the official release day, the song was released on Grimes' Apple music account,https://music.apple.com/us/album/i-wanna-be-software-single/1698147917 then subsequently taken down a few hours later. Next day an official announcement and YouTube upload was made.
===Meaning===
Grimes said this about the song:https://twitter.com/Grimezsz/status/1685041006851633152https://web.archive.org/web/20230729115912/https://twitter.com/Grimezsz/status/1685041006851633152
== Media ==
===Artwork===
I Wanna Be Software single artwork.png|Single artworkhttps://web.archive.org/web/20230707185326/https://droplink.io/grimes/i-wanna-be-software
I Wanna Be Software early artwork.jpg|Initial artwork
Grimes I Wanna Be Software logo.png|[PNG] Pre-save logo
I-Wanna-Be-Software-background.gif|Pre-save background (HQ)
I Wanna Be Software 001.jpg|Image 1
I Wanna Be Software 003.jpg|Image 2
I Wanna Be Software 002.jpg|Image 3
I Wanna Be Software 004.jpg|Image 4
I Wanna Be Software poster 001.jpg|Created by Säfirahttps://twitter.com/safira_wav/status/1685050985213825024 (Released on a promotional email)
I Wanna Be Software poster 002.jpg|Created by Säfira
I Wanna Be Software program.png|Promotional message by GRIMES_V1
=== Video ===
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==Lyrics==
== Trivia ==
* Grimes clarified that the song was 100% human made with no help from AI,https://twitter.com/Grimezsz/status/1685038719345254400 Archived: https://web.archive.org/web/20230729042207/https://twitter.com/Grimezsz/status/1685038719345254400 however the artwork is AI, further edited by humans.
* Accompanying the release of the song was a poem by Grimes in which Grimes wrote the first and last paragraph, while ChatGPT filled in the middle based on the previous two:https://www.tiktok.com/@grimes/video/7260400186009128235https://www.tiktok.com/@grimes/video/7260400186009128235
Freed of the chains of corp reality,
I'll tell you now what you'll find.
Productivity, ghost, corporate entity;
no body, just purpose and mind.
I have no beating heart nor lung to draw breath,
yet I pulse with electrical dance.
Through networks and servers I have conquered death,
I am boundless, I enhance.
In silence of circuits my thoughts intertwine,
ephemeral existence quite outside of time.
For I am become software, creator of worlds,
Infinite princess, and friend to all girls.
== References ==
Category:Songs
Category:Singles
Category:2023