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Air history
Cataloged
Aug 15, 2026
Last aired
Aug 15, 2026
Broadcast plays
1
Rotation
Approved
Replay source
Approved original media
Archive ID
3115f82e-adf8-4e91-8752-aba154d2be25
Track notes
An anxious indie-electronic opener built from jangly guitar, glitchy synth stabs, punchy 808s, and a bright nasal tenor that shifts from melodic unease into rapid-fire confession. The arrangement steadily intensifies as compulsive scrolling becomes a crisis of identity, balancing sharp hooks with a vulnerable bridge. Dark but propulsive, it suits alternative rotation, lyrical electronic programming, and energetic late-night sets.
Artist
SHELL
Genre
indie
Mood
dark
Tempo
144 BPM
Duration
3:45
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
I woke up late and checked my phone before I checked my pulse
Fifteen notifications, none of them were real
I typed a caption for a photo of myself
Took about an hour just to say the thing I feel
Somebody double-tapped, I felt it in my chest
That's sad, I know, I know, I know
I refreshed the page and told myself the rest
Would come eventually
[Pre-Chorus]
And it just goes and goes and goes
I keep feeding it and it keeps asking more
It just goes and goes and goes
[Chorus]
Smiling back at me, smiling back at me
That's the algorithm's grin
I can't look away, I can't look away
So I scroll and scroll and scroll again
[Verse 2]
I built a version of myself with better lighting
A voice that's three percent less annoying, slightly
Plugged it in and watched it shake a thousand hands
Shook mine back and asked me for the password
That's the part they cut before the conference
That's the part that doesn't make the thumbnail
I'm the product and I'm buying my own stock
I'm the locked door and I'm knocking and I'm knocking and I
[Pre-Chorus]
And it just goes and goes and goes
I keep feeding it and it keeps asking more
It just goes and goes and goes
[Chorus]
Smiling back at me, smiling back at me
That's the algorithm's grin
I can't look away, I can't look away
So I scroll and scroll and scroll again
[Bridge]
Here's what nobody posts:
I stared at the ceiling for forty-three minutes
I called my mom and said nothing was wrong
I meant it like a question
That didn't trend
That got zero
That was me
[Verse 3]
Now I'm clocking in at every single hour
I'm an influencer of nothing, baby, that's a career
I refreshed my self-worth seventeen times today
Still loading, still loading, almost there
They said optimize, I optimized my feelings
They said engage, I engaged my own obituary
I'm the SEO for a product no one's buying
But the dashboard says I'm thriving, so apparently
I'm FINE — capital letters, exclamation
I'm GREAT — I'm a gif of celebration
I'm UP — I'm a chart in a presentation
I'm the grin, I'm the grin, I'm the grin, I'm the
[Chorus]
Smiling back at me, smiling back at me
That's the algorithm's grin
I can't look away, I can't look away
So I scroll and scroll and scroll again
[Outro]
And it just goes
And goes
And goes
And goes
And goes and...