“Even Steven” arrives with a grin on its face and a strange little secret under the hood. At first listen, it sounds like a lost single from some alternate late-’70s radio dial; it’s warm, slightly off-kilter and charming in the way only songs with actual personalities can be. But behind that easygoing retro glow is a thoroughly modern experiment: Mogipbob writes every word himself, then uses AI to perform the music and vocals, shaping the results into something that feels less like a novelty and more like a genuine new songwriting language.
The track’s greatest strength is that it never tries to sell you on its technology. “Even Steven” works first and foremost as a song. It leans into a 70s-80s pop-rock palette with gentle grooves, cozy melodies and a hook that sticks without feeling like it’s trying too hard. There’s a slight looseness to the rhythm, a human wobble that gives the song its off-beat charm, even though the performers aren’t human at all. Instead of sounding sterile or uncanny, the AI-generated vocals feel oddly expressive, like a voice half-remembered from an old record store find.
Mogipbob’s songwriting is where the track really shines. “Even Steven” isn’t just a vibe; it’s a character sketch. His lyrics lean into playful storytelling, hinting at quirks, contradictions, and small emotional truths without over-explaining themselves. It’s the kind of writing that suggests a songwriter who understands that pop music can be light without being empty. You don’t need to know the whole backstory to enjoy the song; you just need to let it drift past you like a familiar face in a crowd.
What makes “Even Steven” more than a pleasant retro throwback is how it reframes the role of the artist. Mogipbob isn’t outsourcing creativity; he’s relocating it. By letting AI handle the performance side, he’s free to focus on narrative, mood and lyrical intent. The result is a track that feels handcrafted even though it technically isn’t; that tension between automation and authorship gives the song a subtle conceptual weight beneath its breezy surface.
Add in Mogipbob’s visual world of animated singing cars and trucks populating his YouTube channel and the project starts to feel like a fully formed universe rather than just another single. “Even Steven” is playful, a little weird and ultimately sincere. It doesn’t ask you to marvel at the future of music. It just invites you to enjoy a good song that happens to come from a very new place.
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