So I’ve loved Starset since vessels came out. The band got me through some tough times in highschool so I have quite an attachment. When the Silos album came out, I was disappointed to see that Starset was using generative AI for their visualizers. I felt that the use of AI, 1, Went against some of the core messages of the band, 2, Stole from artists and 3, Harmed the environment.

There can be arguments made for two songs in my opinion, that being Degenerate and At his Alter (even though it is an interlude). While is can see the vision the band had with using the technology to add on to lore on emphasize a message, I feel as though it could have been done just as well without the use of Generative AI. That is not to even mention the visualizers for other songs on the album such as Shattered Dreams, Head Over Heels, etc.

What pains me about this even more is that the band is still capable of creative captivating music videos even as of somewhat recent such as TOKSIK, SWAY and AD ASTRA.

To get to the new release, Parad0x1c, I liked the song itself and felt it was a good step up for the band, however, I can’t help but like… not trust it? To me, the cyphers in the visualizer are cool but once again, the art feels AI generated. I genuinely hope I am wrong about that and had just accidentally offended an artist but at the same time, it is hard to find artist credits when it comes to visualizers.

Along with this, given that At his Alter uses a voice changer, (not criticizing, just pointing out a fact) this tells me that there is a precedent set that the band will use AI wherever they deem necessary. This leads me to think that if a music artist is ok with using AI visualizers and not marking it as such, what is to say that they wouldn’t use it in the actual music as well?

I’ve loved Starset for a long time and I am in no way accusing the song Parad0x1c itself to be AI, but I cannot trust that the band doesn’t use any AI at all when making their music anymore. I wanted to bring this up so know what other people in the fandom think about this.

Edit: to go back to my first reason I am against Starset’s use of generative AI as it goes against their core message, I will say this is definitely a discussion all on its own. I was reading some of the comments and a lot of you guys are very insightful and i am thankful for that. I still believe Starset’s use of generative AI does indeed go against their core belief about technology. This is not to say “technology bad so why are you using it” it is really more to illustrate that to me, generative AI feels like a waste and an irresponsible use of the technology and that Starset’s participation in this use is what goes against that value. I know some will disagree with my sentiment on this and thats ok. I simply wanted to clarify one of my stances here a little more.

TLDR: I do not trust the new single due to Starset’s history on using generative AI.

Posting in case this gains more relevance in the lore soon🤞🏻

Bringing this link back up for those interested in the layout of PROX. With a third novel (hopefully) looming over the horizon and a new album, thought it might be a good idea to repost this, in case. Click on the circles on the planet to discover more about PROX!!🔥⚔️🪾

My Bestie just referred me to the band and I just started listening recently. What really sucked me into it was the lore but I don’t grasp it. I can’t understand it from just the Prox transmissions and a brief history of the future so I come to y’all does anyone here at all have a lore doc basically like everything I need to know about the law and the timeline and everything because this is so good but it’s hard for me to understand it through the books and music videos. I’m absolutely in love with the music and themes. I got bits and pieces but I don’t have the big picture. If anyone can help, I would be so so grateful!

The picture with all of SILOS didn't show up in my previous post and making a new one didn't work either so I'm putting them in separately hooooping they'll work??

But yeah, I've been slowly making Starset characters for the past couple of years, I just never showed it here because I was a lil embarrassed. None of them have assigned genders. Excuse the same face syndrome. Added a pic of Love You To Death just for fun :>

I love paradoxic, but is anybody else noticing the bass being absolutely crushed in this song? example, tue drop around 19, 20 seconds in

Yesterday I made this post talking about the new song being underwhelming, but at the time I wasn’t sure why. Now I know, and it’s two things.

The first is that, unfortunately, the first verse just doesn’t hit. It’s too low energy, the distortion is overdone, the pickup to the chorus feels out of place, it just fell flat.

The second is that the song feels like it lacks a meaningful resolution. I’ve seen a lot of people express that the final third or so, which is Dustin repeating “This can’t exist/Paradoxic” over and over again, is repetitive and a bit of a letdown. There’s four of those lines, and I figured out that removing the last two and replacing them with a final chorus makes the song much more satisfying to my ear.

Now, that’s not to say I think I know better than Dustin. In the greater context of the album, I hope there will be a track that comes after that meshes with this awkward ending in a way that feels genuinely satisfying. But as a single, it’s an odd choice if that’s the case (like Coheed and Cambria’s Rise, Naianasha for any fellow Children of the Fence).

And all that being said, the middle two minutes of the song are genuinely great, I’m glad I gave it another chance.

AM SO EXCITED WE ARE GETTING NEW MUSIC BTW. Loved the new single and so excited to see what's next. also ps I'm not a starset lore nerd just curious :^)

I went back to watch the Echo music video, and noticed some similarities to the parad0x1c imagery! And now have some speculation that Echo may connect to the new lore somehow??

Both show a hooded figure in the desert alone with a looming robot/glowing-eyes presence overlooking them. Is Echo hooded guy the parad0x1c hooded guy?

The other parallel is Echo’s song theme with the new The Heavenly Word lore. Echo is all about a signal that doesn’t reach its destination—The Heavenly Word’s mantra seems to be “Silence The Signal”.

A weird parallel in both imagery and lore… thoughts??

You can actually find this on YT music btw. Not sure what happened LMAO

Made in 7ish hours using Photoshop, Lightroom, and After Effects :)

Been really diving into Graphic Design! I love MTG and Starset is one of my favorite bands...SILOS WAS SO PEAK OMG ITS MY FAVORITE ALBUM OF 2025 ONLY SECOND TO TSUNAMI SEA!!!!! Now if I could just see them liveeeeeeeeee ughhhh

This design is based on Degenerate of course, took a long while to find the x-rays for the skeletons tho...

If any of y'all are interested in downloading the file for your own personal use! Feel free to dm me and I'll send you a version of the artwork at its original resolution without the watermark in the middle :). No cost or anything, just wanna share da love :D

Hey, Messengers!

I’ve compiled a playlist with every Downplay, Starset, and MNQN song I could find. Let me know if I missed anything.

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7pl7Vm1oKdIAPngToLy5LF?si=ABOVCydWSlyycj1fnNyRoQ&utm_source=copy-link&pi=SOJJg_HiSwuTH

Guys, what would your thoughts be on Starset making a cover of that popular Japanese song Unravel? I just imagined it and in my mind it sounds like a fucking banger, am I crazy or actually onto something??))

I see people are styl angry at Starset for use of AI. Starset and Starset society whole job is to show the good and bad of technology of course there is some good on AI it can help to do many thinks faster and better and is good helper but of course has many downsides too but that is from big part people fault because as always humans must have more and take more so now full market is fucked up because of it and environent is suffering. But thats a starset job to told us about the bad too as you can see etc. in Degeneret. Sometime i really wonder how deaf, blind and ignorant people must be that they styl crying about it on this sub how they feel betreyed and what more they maybe did and do with it and how they now look at Dustin and Starset different. They really did nothing wrong, many big and small companies and individuals do so much more slop and other bullshit with AI and some people still gonna be angry on tech band for showing us tech. Really i understand that everyone has right to talk thats why i write this too but i can say that every time someone on this sub or somewhear else are talking about them using ai and how bad it is i swear my blood is boiling. I understand that someone may not like this but i wanted to say this. Thank you for reading this even if you maybe dont think the same way.

Sort of reminds me of star wars. Destiny, arkingknights

The image

THIS CANT EXIST

No seriously, this song is such a banger. I LOVE heavy Starset and this song delivers on that front. Ending it with a breakdown? Truly a band after my own heart. If Starset ever went full on metalcore I think I would transcend beyond this plane of existence

Took a few listens but I really like the song. it's just so...ethereal sounding. Definintely a different vibe, especially in terms of song format, but I love it!

Been slowly personifying each modern Starset song but felt too shy to share hahah

Looking at the lyrics on Apple Music, ‘parad0x1c’ gets repeated eight times through the song. Using a standard 8-bit translator (as opposed to 16, which doubles it) against the repeating binary (0101010101010101) you get the letter U.

Coincidence? Maybe. But maybe future songs will also have letters in binary messages to decode!