Since arriving on the scene in 2012, Holly Herndon has pushed the boundaries of electronic and avant-garde pop to create a distinct and forward-thinking body of work. Raised in East Tennessee and once a church singer, she found her artistic footing in Berlin’s club scene before studying at Mills College. There, she began using her laptop as an instrument, developing real-time vocal processing and custom patches featured in early tracks like “Breathe” and “Dilato” from her debut album Movement.
While earning her PhD at Stanford, Herndon explored the intersection of music and digital life with her second album, Platform (2015). Inspired by telematic performance and online culture, the album featured tracks like “Chorus” and “Home,” incorporating daily internet sounds and themes of platform politics. Platform earned critical acclaim and year-end list placements from Pitchfork, NME, and The Guardian, and marked the first commercial album to include an ASMR-triggering track. That same year, Radiohead invited her to open their European tour.
In 2019, Herndon released PROTO, a groundbreaking project blending human and AI voices in an electronic pop choir. The single “Godmother” (featuring Jlin and the AI entity Spawn) highlighted her evolving sound and ongoing exploration of technology’s role in music. CNN called her a visionary “shaping the future of A.I.,” as she continues to redefine what’s possible at the intersection of art, code, and humanity.
Chorus
Frontier
Eternal
Alienation
Movement
Studied composition at Stanford University, earning a doctoral degree.
Completed Ph.D. at Stanford’s Center for Computer Research Music Acoustics.
Music features human vocals and computer-generated electronic soundscapes.
Frequently uses Max/MSP to build custom instruments and processors.
Released music under RVNG Intl. and iconic label 4AD.
Third studio album Proto launched on May 10, 2019.
Collaborated with Iranian philosopher-writer Reza Negarestani on audio projects.
Worked with Chicago producer Jlin on experimental musical explorations.
Teamed with Dutch design studio Metahaven for multimedia art.
Ongoing creative partner is Mathew Dryhurst, artist and technologist.
Pioneered art using artificial intelligence in vocal music processing.
Explores decentralized creativity through blockchain and Web 3.0.
Uses custom tools to investigate machine-human musical co-creation.
Co-hosts the Interdependence podcast with Mathew Dryhurst weekly.
Interviews tech-art leaders exploring crossovers in creative practice.
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