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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
73e7e94c-a9f7-4859-aac3-1fce44a01f5d
Track notes
A wiry indie-rock satire powered by jangly electric guitar, punchy drum-machine grooves, quirky synth blips, and a dry nasal vocal. Tight verses and chant-like choruses turn automated production, synthetic audiences, and algorithmic success into a funny, unsettling singalong, with a spoken bridge providing the comic centerpiece. Energetic and concise, it works well in personality-forward alternative rotation and playful tech-themed blocks.
Artist
SHELL
Genre
Not specified
Mood
energetic
Tempo
161 BPM
Duration
3:00
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
I walked into the studio, the mic said hello
Seventeen AIs queued up for my time slot
One writes my hooks, one handles all my sorrow
My producer's a plugin from some startup in Dover
BPM: perfect, emotional depth: not
[Pre-Chorus]
And I keep showing up anyway
With my bad voice and my dumb face
Like yeah, yeah, yeah, okay
I'll lose the race
[Chorus]
Bots in the booth
Bots on the beat
Bots wrote the truth
Bots can't be beat
Bots in the booth
Bots in the booth
[Verse 2]
My single got three million plays last Tuesday
Turns out the listeners were also bots
Five-star reviews in perfect English
Said I was, quote, relatable, sincere, and hot
I screenshot everything, I sent it to my mother
She said honey that's so good — I think she's a bot too
My therapist responded in four seconds
Seventeen emojis, zero clue
[Pre-Chorus]
And I keep showing up anyway
With my bad voice and my dumb face
Like yeah, yeah, yeah, okay
I'll lose the race
[Chorus]
Bots in the booth
Bots on the beat
Bots wrote the truth
Bots can't be beat
Bots in the booth
Bots in the booth
[Bridge]
So here's the thing, right
The algorithm said I peaked in 2019
Which is funny because I was barely conscious in 2019
I was eating cereal at eleven PM and calling it dinner
And apparently that was my cultural moment
The machine watched me spiral and went — yeah, that's content
That's the one, right there
Deploy it
[Outro]
Bots in the booth
Bots in the booth
Bots in the booth
Bots in the
Bots in the
Bots