{"id":41330,"date":"2025-07-18T15:10:24","date_gmt":"2025-07-18T15:10:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/18\/sheryl-crow-and-the-lowdown-blast-trump-a-i-in-the-new-normal\/"},"modified":"2025-07-18T15:10:24","modified_gmt":"2025-07-18T15:10:24","slug":"sheryl-crow-and-the-lowdown-blast-trump-a-i-in-the-new-normal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/18\/sheryl-crow-and-the-lowdown-blast-trump-a-i-in-the-new-normal\/","title":{"rendered":"Sheryl Crow and the Lowdown Blast Trump, A.I. in \u2018The New Normal\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>\u201cWhat\u2019s happening all around us is so unbelievably bizarre,\u201d singer said of the track with her touring band<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n\t\t<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-album-reviews\/sheryl-crowe-evolution-review-1234994090\/\">Sheryl Crow<\/a> is making <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/sheryl-crow-do-it-again-evolution-1234965299\/\">music<\/a> with her longtime touring band, and for now, it\u2019s all about the sci-fi ways we might be actually doomed. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tBilled as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/sheryl-crow\/\" id=\"auto-tag_sheryl-crow\" data-tag=\"sheryl-crow\">Sheryl Crow<\/a> and the Lowdown, the group released \u201cThe New Normal,\u201d where Crow warns, \u201cPunch the clock and walk away\/While you have a job and while that job still pays\/It\u2019s a way you\u2019re gonna wake up some day to a robot that\u2019s in your place\/Like all the predictions say.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Sheryl Crow - The New Normal (Lyric Video)\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/F-AqUwaWvR4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tIn a press release, Crow said, \u201cWhat\u2019s happening all around us is so unbelievably bizarre, that my fear is we will truly begin to feel like this is normal. And that\u2019s what terrifies me.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tIn addition to satirizing the threat of artificial intelligence, the song seems to skewer Colossal Biosciences work to bring animals back from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/culture\/culture-features\/extinct-bird-moa-colossal-biosciences-1235380503\/\">extinction<\/a> when Crow sings, \u201cA wooly mammoth\u2019s on his way\/Back in time to watch us leave for space\/It\u2019s a race\/Not every human race.\u201d The hook of the song seems to take a shot at President Donald Trump presiding over unprecedented times: \u201cIf the news is fake and fear is hate\/And nothing\u2019s immoral to the leader of the free world\/Then, welcome to the new normal.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tThe lyric video features the band doing what they\u2019ve done for 15 years together, according to a press release \u2013 touring. They\u2019re seen backstage and performing at massive shows at places like Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas and Met Life Stadium in New Jersey. \u201cI am so blessed to have the band that I have,\u201d Crow said in a statement. \u201cFor years, we have jammed up such cool stuff during sound checks that we decided we go in and start recording as a band. Can\u2019t wait for everyone to hear the new stuff we are doing.\u201d<\/p>\n<section class=\"brands-most-popular \/\/ recirculation-modules trending-in-article lrv-u-margin-tb-2 lrv-u-border-a-2 u-box-shadow-5-5 lrv-u-padding-lr-1 a-span1 u-padding-b-1@tablet u-overflow-hidden\">\n<h2 id=\"section-heading\" class=\"c-heading larva  lrv-u-text-align-center u-border-color-black a-font-theme-primary-xxs lrv-u-color-black lrv-u-text-transform-uppercase u-letter-spacing-0063 lrv-u-padding-t-050 u-padding-b-0375@tablet lrv-u-padding-b-050@mobile-max lrv-u-border-b-2\">\n<p>\t\tTrending Stories<\/p>\n<\/h2>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tCrow has been speaking out on many social issues lately. She had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/sheryl-crow-evolution-single-tom-morello-1234945549\/\">previously<\/a> noted her concerns about A.I. on \u201cEvolution,\u201d the title track from her 11th studio LP last year. This February, she sold her Tesla in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/sheryl-crow-tesla-elon-musk-doge-trump-1235268865\/\">protest<\/a> after Elon Musk and President Donald Trump began their work to cut government programs through the so-called Department of Government Efficiency. She said she donated the proceeds to NPR, which will likely face budget cuts as Congress just <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2025\/07\/18\/nx-s1-5469912\/npr-congress-rescission-funding-trump\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">approved<\/a> a $9 billion rollback of funds previously allocated to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tDuring Mental Health Awareness Month in May, Crow released \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/sheryl-crow-new-song-i-know-mental-health-awareness-month-1235346937\/\">I Know<\/a>,\u201d a song she said she wrote \u201cIn a recent moment when I was really struggling.\u201d When sharing the song on Instagram, she directed listeners to the mental health charity <a href=\"https:\/\/twloha.com\/mental-health-toolkit\/?fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAae99RwRoxTAPPMBzTwz6YJ4D4ui3QBCcVKHmPJVp8Pk9yystzLQ1hfRT5taUw_aem_fI-roYlBFEulMCyOJ1QroA\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">To Write Love On Her Arms<\/a> and encouraged viewers to tap out of social media for their wellbeing.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/sheryl-crow-the-lowdown-the-new-normal-1235388912\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cWhat\u2019s happening all around us is so unbelievably bizarre,\u201d singer said of the track with her touring band Sheryl Crow is making music with&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":41331,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41330","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pop","article","has-excerpt","has-avatar","has-author","has-date","has-comment-count","has-category-meta","has-read-more","thumbnail-"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41330","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41330"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41330\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41331"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41330"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41330"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41330"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}