NPC

NPC is a digital girl group consisting of five members: Oxytocin, Cortisol, Adrenaline, Dopamine, and Tomorrow.

Their tagline is "Made Not Born."

The group is a work in progress, but most likely a shelved idea by now.^[speculated]

Chris Lake with the girl group

Background

The idea for an AI girl group has been on Grimes' mind as early as 2018, calling We Appreciate Power an introduction into a "pro-AI-propaganda girl group who embody our potential enslavement/destruction at the hands of Artificial General intelligence."

On November 12, 2021, Pitchfork reported on a press release in which the group were described as:

❝ a vehicle for experimentation in new technologies as they become available such as generative characters and music, diff types of animation, AI-assisted art as well as spiritual technology in that Grimes can create as other people in order to reduce the psychic pain of being in the public eye. [...] NPC will hone the concepts of Art Angels and Miss Anthropocene, finally manifesting the endless characters in Grimes’ head. NPC can do all the things humans cannot. NPC will eventually be playable, customizable, and able to cater to each individual listener’s unique desires. Decentralized Popstardom. Made, not Born. ❞

NME reported on the same press release, revealing that the group had "infinite members that can be voted in or out, except for core members such as the baby Warnymph".

NPC girls were present in Grimes music video for the track Shinigami Eyes, which, along with the Player of Games music video, introduces the main characters and the plot of Book 1. Grimes explained for Vogue China:

❝ They [all characters from Book 1] exist in the same dimension, NPC girls literally live in Book 1 - if we were living in the cosmic lore of Book 1, NPC would be the pop girl group that dominated the culture and their EP would be called Fairies Cum First, so all these projects [NPC group, Book 1, Book 2, Fairies Cum First EP] would come together and merge into one project at the end.' ❞

Gallery

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Behind the Scenes

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Credits

[1] Photography: DJ_Dave
With Grimes: Chris Lake

[2] With Grimes: Chris Lake, Brian Ziff

[3] With Grimes: Bella Poarch, Nusi Quero, Brian Ziff

Discography

So far the group has only released one song, A Drug From God, which has two remixes.

Trivia

• They are the most popular girl group in the Book 1 universe.
• "NPC" is a common game term that means 'Non-Playable Character', which may also be what NPC means here as well.^[speculated]