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We Live in a Society
Electronic · 2025 · 4 tracks · 16m

We Live in a Society

Flume

A corrosive collision of glitch-heavy production and confrontational rap. Shards of digital noise meet satirical, internet-poisoned lyricism in a high-def fever dream.

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It sounds like your laptop is having a panic attack and JPEGMAFIA is cheering it on.

A high-definition fever dream of digital paranoia and satirical aggression.

We Live in a Society · vs · Flume
Social Commentary+3.9σ

The writing leans far further into social commentary than the rest of the catalogue.

Tracklist · 4 Tracks · 16m
01
Track 1
6:37
02
Is It Real
2:49
03
AI Girlfriend
3:36
04
The Ocean Is Fake
3:24
Moments Worth Waiting For
The jarring transition in Track 1 where the melodic synth bed is suddenly shredded by industrial distortion.
The uncanny valley vocal processing on AI Girlfriend that makes the human voice sound like a failing operating system.
The way the percussion on The Ocean Is Fake seems to disintegrate and reform every four bars.
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