Genre-blending metal outfit Sicksense (featuring members associated with Stuck Mojo and The Agonist) have released the official music video for their latest single “Artificial Irrelevance.”
The track marks the band’s second single of 2026 and arrives alongside a self-directed visual effort, once again created in collaboration with filmmaker Tony Aguilera (Stitched Up Heart, Exodus), who has worked with the group on recent releases.
Speaking on the track’s lyrical themes, vocalist Robbie J. Fonts described “Artificial Irrelevance” as a critique of online identity and the growing gap between real-life behavior and curated digital personas.
“It’s a social commentary on modern internet culture. The song points out the phoniness of people’s online personas. They present themselves one way, when in reality they live and act differently. They become addicted to being someone they aren’t and obsessed with superficial numbers from the engagement they receive online.”
Co-vocalist Vicky Psarakis expanded on the song’s themes, focusing on social media addiction and the growing influence of artificial intelligence in online spaces.
“How much social media has altered people’s lives isn’t anything new. We’re all addicted to our phones, stuck constantly doom scrolling and searching for dopamine hits and validation from the internet space.
What is relatively new however is the insane rise of AI content and ‘creators’ on these platforms, which is deeply disturbing when it comes to anything artistic. Musicians are seeing their work stolen. We keep getting fed reels that are 100% fake and it’s a big issue that AI has gotten so hard to distinguish for most people. So not only are we living in a non-existent space, we’re also constantly second guessing if what we are looking at is even real. It’s a whole new layer of unsettling.”
The track will appear on the band’s newly announced EP “Funerals,” which is set for release on September 25. Pre-orders are currently available via funerals.sicksense.com.
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