{"product_id":"december-skies-2","title":"December Skies","description":"\u003cp\u003eEmbracing AI technology, Wilson has taken a bold leap into the unknown, collaborating with ChatGPT to create the lyrics for this heartfelt track, resulting in something uniquely him yet intriguingly new.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e The track, originally written at very short notice as an experiment after a friend challenged Wilson to create a Christmas song, captures the loneliness and reflective beauty of the winter season, partly thanks to AI-assisted lyrics crafted in Steven Wilson's style. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The knee-jerk reaction to AI is to consider it a threat to a musician like me, but it's clearly not going away, so this is my experiment to try embracing it and using it as a tool in the creative process. And of course, also to have some fun doing something I would never normally have thought about doing, the archetypal seasonal song. \u003ci\u003eDecember Skies\u003c\/i\u003e is the result, swiftly recorded over a weekend and written in collaboration with an Artificial Intelligence version of myself. I wonder what people will make of it. I wonder what I make of it.\" - Steven Wilson\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOriginally given a low-key release exclusively on Steven Wilson's Youtube channel last year, accompanied by a beautiful and appropriately AI-assisted video by Miles Skarin, 'December Skies' quickly and quietly racked up in excess of 200,000 views over a few days during last Christmas.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow one year on, it is given a physical release in limited edition CD and 7-inch vinyl single formats, both featuring vocal and instrumental versions of the song and 3 exclusive Steven Wilson Christmas cards illustrated by Hajo Mueller (who also created the front cover).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Transmission","offers":[{"title":"Black 7\"","offer_id":50849189495115,"sku":"2232893","price":19.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"CD","offer_id":50849189560651,"sku":"2232895","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/8920ab94-6840-4a20-8299-ccc2790acee9_84286425_thumbnail_4096_6cb00120-1c40-4ea4-87f1-e38281a24610.jpg?v=1731819272","url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/products\/december-skies-2","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}