Grimes launches “AI girl group” NPC, shares Chris Lake collaboration ‘A Drug From God’
Grimes has formed an “AI girl group” named NPC, which she’s premiered today through a collaboration with producer and DJ Chris Lake titled ‘A Drug From God’.According to a press release, the virtual group has infinite members that “can be voted in or out, except for core members such as the baby Warnymph”.The project will serve as “a vehicle for experimentation in new technologies as they become available”, such as “generative characters and music, [different] types of animation, AI-assisted art as well as spiritual technology”.It will also allow Grimes to “create as other people in order to reduce the psychic pain of being in the public eye”.