4ra 4ra releases new EP ‘CHROMEsoME’

Kicking off 2026, 4ra 4ra has uploaded her latest release ‘CHROMEsome’ - a project that aims to transform how we traditionally consume music. With roots in visual art, 4ra 4ra has become an audiovisual architect, pairing Grimes’ unwavering experimentation with Machine Girl’s computerised dissonance to create an EP warning of what will happen to AI-reliant humans in the not-so-distant future. 

Opener ‘CHROME UP’ sets the Cyberpunk 2077 tone with distorted digital vocals masking disturbing lyrics such as ‘scalpel in the doc’s cellar you can’t see/transforming flesh to metal that’s me.’ The distortion of the hyperpop-drenched vocals mirrors the body augmentation of 4ra 4ra’s visuals, with her characters becoming Cronenbergian, digital, self-programmed, and not quite human.

Title track ‘CHROMEsoME’ pushes this idea further; a melting pot of digital dissonance, its vocals are barely discernible among its deep web discord. It continues the opener’s themes of self-identity, questioning how much of ourselves remains when we give most of it up to machines. 

‘Mugshot Type’ - a collaboration with hyperpop artist DIGITAL TEETH - follows with its defiant hyper-funk that sounds like Nine Inch Nails trapped in a dystopian 2047 with only Nile Rodgers to listen to. It substitutes pop’s usual call to individualism for a deeper concern of algorithmic profiling, proposing a ‘glitch’ as a form of protection. The track is distorted within an inch of its life, mutated and synthesised: like the glitched-out characters in the track’s visuals escaping their platforms.

Inspired by the iconic M-U/T-H/E-R 6000 system in Alien, closer ‘4GI’ casts a distressing tone to end on. Introducing AGI (Artificial General Intelligence), 4ra 4ra uses her own AI voice clone to comment on the insidiousness of decision-making via automated systems. It closes the project with a disturbing reimagining of AI as a maternal force shaping future humanity. 

4ra 4ra’s new EP is a frantic, 4-track journey into the near future that feels like a descent into a Black Mirror episode. Its relentless hyperpop, sugared Skrillex approach mirrors our Everything-Now data-driven culture, showing deep concern for the paths we’re heading down. The EP’s strength lies in the universality of its themes, with relatable worries of conformity used to sharpen online paranoia of a frighteningly real near-future dystopia. 4ra 4ra is deeply distressed about humanity’s willing walk into algorithmic abattoir, crafting something painfully essential for anyone worried about humanity’s future.