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Drawing from his pandemic experience of self-isolation, ‘Virtual Delusion’ is a song that depicts the delusion created from social media addiction, in which Alexmalism sees how data and algorithm have become the de facto totalism of our perceptual everyday life, including romantic affairs, which is calculated through locations and languages by our data inputs while yet we are unable to detach our living without its control. The album artwork is created by Alex himself using the iPhone front-facing camera to capture his own 3D model, which assumes from the iPhone’s perspective of how human beings are understood and have gained access to the virtual world.
The music of ‘Virtual Delusion’ draws its sound significantly from avant-pop and rave music, as an re-imagination of what could rave and cantopop music can be - the hybridization of culture through the network effects of the internet, in which it reflects Alexmalism own cultural background and his former involvement with underground club music culture.
lyrics
夢是夢 或是一種真相 是風吹過你的臉
但是現 實並不需知道 在心中不散的火焰
屏幕發光 誰又在記住那 無人問津的瑣碎事與情
誰又會講 Do you remember me? 從來沒記得這 發現過程
看那數據結果不意外 甚麼都是意識的命題
每句鳥語是一種計算 如可解密那思想字謎
才不過一字兩手三問四取 虛擬角色 你便迷惘
曾聽說今日這刻記憶中找到 虛幻妄想 那臉龐
你我每秒說千億廢話 但都不能說清楚約誓
智慧算法定數天注定 誰都不能破解這問題
從此我今日這刻望不清一切 虛幻妄想 終一世
A dream is a dream, or a truth that the wind blows across your face
But reality doesn't need to know the flames that never disperse in the heart
The screen glows, who is remembering the trivial things and things that no one cares about
Who's gonna say "Do you remember me?" never remember this discovery
Looking at the data, the results are not surprising, everything is a proposition of consciousness
Every bird's word is a calculation, such as deciphering that thought anagram
It's just one word, two hands, three questions, four take, virtual characters, you will be lost
I heard that I found the face of illusion and delusion in my memory at this moment today
You and I talk a hundred billion nonsense every second, but I can't make my vows clear
The intelligent algorithm determines the number is destined no one can solve this problem
From now on, I can't see everything at this moment today, illusion and delusion, forever and ever
credits
released May 27, 2022
Composer, producer, arranger, lyricist, vocal: Alex Yiu
Album artwork: Alex Yiu
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