This song started with a simple wordplay: Atlantic, Titanic, Titan. That connection stuck with me, and I wrote the chorus months ago, long before the verses. I was drawn to the interplay of those names, their inherent rhythm, and the tragic resonance between them:

The Atlantic took Titanic-
Which lured the Titan down-
To the bottom of the sea
To the bottom of the sea

As part of my ongoing Sunophonic sessions—an artistic exploration of generative AI in songwriting—I sung the melody into Suno then pasted my lyrics, and wrote a simple prompt: “sea shanty, ballad.” It generated several versions, one of which uncannily matched my vision for the song. This is what makes working with these tools so captivating.

The result is a somber ballad in the tradition of maritime storytelling, akin to Gordon Lightfoot’s “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald”—a cautionary tale for a modern tragedy.