Minds Of Creeps

Deep Tan “Deepfake”

“Deepfake” feels both zoned out and twitchy with paranoia, contrasting but not exactly contradictory states of mind that suit a song about learning your image has been altered without your consent. There’s a feeling of powerful alienation in this music, not just from one’s sense of identity and autonomy, but from anyone else. Singing half the song in French emphasizes the sense of detachment here, as though making statements like “my body is no longer mine” in a language besides English might keep the feeling more private. The song simmers in anger but never boils over into rage, settling more into a feeling of shell-shocked alienation as the English lyrics offer a harsh judgment along with a bitter shrug.

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