“Automaton” is the title track off Jamiroquai’s eighth studio album, also serving as their first single in nearly six years.

The song uses the image of an “automaton,” or an automatic robot, to illustrate cold indifference and internal emptiness. The lyrics present a dystopian view of the present, perhaps a criticism of the overly-digital world.

Fear of needless technological advancements have long been the subject of Jamiroquai songs, with 1996’s “Virtual Insanity” addressing similar concerns more than 20 years ago.