Sicksense (Stuck Mojo, ex-The Agonist, etc.) have launched a video for their second single of 2026, “Artificial Irrelevance“. The group co-directed the below visual component for the song, once again teaming with Tony Aquilera (Stitched Up Heart, Exodus) behind the camera. Vocalist Robbie J. Fonts said of the song:
“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 added:
“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 be featured on the group’s newly announced EP “Funerals“, due out September 25th. Pre-orders for that can be found via funerals.sicksense.com.
