Music

Rethink Future 2027: twelve essays, twelve pieces of music, each in three versions.

Every essay in the almanac has a piece of music in three styles: EBM, techno and country. The lyrics draw on the essays and are sung in English on this page, in German on the German one. Music and vocals are AI-generated (ElevenLabs Music). Where a voice speaks in the EBM version, it is synthetic and labelled as such. The switch on each sleeve changes the version; the title beneath leads to the essay and the full lyrics.

01Future

Soundtrack to the essay

Scenarios, Not Forecasts

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Vocals: EnglishAI-generated

Soundtrack to the essay

Twelve Small Decisions

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Vocals: EnglishAI-generated

02Money

Soundtrack to the essay

Money Is a Feeling

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Vocals: EnglishAI-generated

03AI

Soundtrack to the essay

The Machine Told a Joke

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Vocals: EnglishAI-generated

Soundtrack to the essay

Who Owns Your Voice?

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Vocals: EnglishAI-generated

04Change

Soundtrack to the essay

Hands Up Is Not a Strategy

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Vocals: EnglishAI-generated

Soundtrack to the essay

The Second Half

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Vocals: EnglishAI-generated

05Culture

Soundtrack to the essay

Thinking Is a Public Act

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Vocals: EnglishAI-generated

Soundtrack to the essay

Gifts We Cannot Afford

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Vocals: EnglishAI-generated

06Design

Soundtrack to the essay

Form Is an Attitude

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Vocals: EnglishAI-generated

Soundtrack to the essay

Paper Remembers

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Vocals: EnglishAI-generated