The Music

For years, I carried around over 200 poems in notebooks, scraps of paper, and memory. Poems written in airports, on lonely nights, in the haze of joy or heartbreak — the kind of verses that weren’t looking for validation, just release. This was done across the years in Goa (INDIA), London (UK) and Dubai (UAE).

But music? That was someone else’s gift. I didn't play instruments well. I could sing but lacked discipline. I just had my words and the appetite to create.

So I did what any lifelong poet with a head full of verses and no band would do in 2025 — I turned to AI.

And that’s how Here I Am was born.

When AI Became a Collaborator

I used a tool called Lune by Suno.ai — a generative music model that allows folk like me to transform text into full-fledged songs. The melodies, instrumentation, and vocals were crafted by the model, but every single lyric, every idea, every prompt and every emotional beat came from me.

This wasn’t about letting a machine take over the execution process — it was about giving my words and dreams a voice I never had.

You see, for me, these songs aren’t synthetic. They’re deeply human. Because the heart and soul behind them is mine. The pain, the protest, the searching — all me. AI was just the instrument.

From Dylan to Data

The album is a love letter to the storytelling traditions I grew up on — the protest spirit of Dylan, the heartland grit of Springsteen, the soul of Marley. But it’s also rooted in today. In a world reeling from war, disconnection, and automation, I wanted to show that technology could be used to amplify meaning — not erase it.

One of the most personal songs on the upcoming album is Here I Am, the story of a soldier returning home and struggling to recognize himself. I wrote it as a metaphor for anyone who’s ever felt out of place in their own skin.

Music for the Misfits

The upcoming album Somebody Out There isn’t a polished pop record. It’s a raw experiment. A poetic exploration. A message in a digital bottle. Here I Am is a song from the album.

And maybe, just maybe, somebody out there will find a piece of themselves in it.

Thank you for listening.

—Tagore Almeida 🎧[Listen on Spotify