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12 · 09 · 2025
Alice Phoebe Lou will be releasing her new album 'Oblivion' on October 24th.
This latest project sees the songwriter delving into her archive, revisiting old concepts and imbuing them with new emotional depth.
It’s her first album since 2023’s ‘Shelter’, and the forthcoming release features minimalist musicality, with Alice Phoebe Lou focusing on the emotional core of each track.
“Rather than overanalyzing the outcome and the judgment, these songs are simply for myself, a return to home,” she reflects on 'Oblivion'. “Accessing this state of unawareness feels like bliss. ‘Oblivion’ is a space where you can let go of how others perceive you and discover your true self.”
Her new song ‘Darling’ is out now and is irresistibly charming – tenderly impactful, with lyrics that are connected to one of her most enchanting melodies.
Listen now.
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Hello, I’m Byron, and I consider ADAS to be a four-letter word.
No, that’s not something your phone can translate. ADAS stands for "Advanced Driver Assistance Systems," which is a vague term that encompasses any software-based safety mechanism that provides a digital buffer between you and your surroundings. Systems like lane keeping assist, automatic emergency braking, adaptive cruise control—and even Tesla’s so-called Full Self-Driving—fall under this category. In general, I’m not a fan of any of them.
It’s not that they are inherently bad—though one could argue otherwise from a behavioral perspective. My issue lies with their tendency to overstep their role, intervening when they are neither necessary nor appreciated. Few things are as annoying as battling against an electronic assistant trying to protect me from myself.
Imagine this:
You’re driving on a two-lane rural road and enter a small town. Approaching a busy district, you encounter a delivery truck blocking your lane. There’s no oncoming traffic, so you cautiously steer your car into the opposite lane to pass.
BEEP BEEP BEEP! BEEP BEEP BEEP!
That's your lane departure warning, of course. Now the lane keeping assist is attempting to nudge the steering wheel back to the right, despite the parked truck in the way. You rapidly steer left again, overriding the system. Then you complete your pass and continue on your way. Or, if you’re like me, you end up spending five minutes scrolling through menus trying to figure out how you forgot to disable that feature.
But there’s a newcomer in town, dressed in blue and white. It’s BMW! And its “superbrain” architecture is just what I need right now. Its superpower? Bestowing its new ADAS suite with the distinctive ability to do nothing at all. And no, I don’t mean you can turn it off; that capability is nearly a given. While I’m sure BMW has enhanced its object detection abilities and reduced false alarms, that’s not what I mean either.
I’m referring to a system that can essentially read your mind—or at least your eyes—well enough to know when it should act like a reformed back-seat driver and, well, stay quiet.
Let’s revisit that scenario, but this time we’re in a BMW Neue Klasse of some kind.
We approach the truck, systems fully active, and attempt the same maneuver, but this time, nothing occurs. Why? Because BMW has fine-tuned its software to recognize signs of intent.
When you scan for oncoming traffic in the adjacent lane, BMW’s eye sensor—capable of monitoring driver attention and even detecting early signs of drowsiness—catches your glance. When this look is paired with a corresponding steering motion, the system understands you’re acting deliberately. Unless it identifies a clear immediate safety hazard in your new direction, it won’t trigger any alarms or adjust your steering.
Instead? Silent compliance. Or, as I prefer to call it, the dream.
BMW’s new logic also facilitates smoother transitions between manual and autonomous driving modes, essentially removing the need to toggle them at all; the car will respond to inputs by relinquishing control to the driver. This only scratches the surface of what BMW's new electrical architecture is capable of; anticipate further intelligent system integration in the future.
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Alice Phoebe Lou is set to release her new album 'Oblivion' on October 24th. This upcoming project showcases the songwriter revisiting her archive and reflecting on her past.