When AI experimentation meets a laundry accident.
“Trapped Inside” started during one of those funny little moments where creativity just… happens.
Suno and Udio had just opened the doors to uploading your own audio, and I was in the middle of doing laundry. So why not?
I recorded the washing machine spin cycle, uploaded it for a laugh, and waited to see what the machines would spit back.
What came out was not what I expected.
Where the Idea Came From
In Udio, the audio turned into something oddly creepy - helped by the fact that I prompted it to say my name and make it haunting.
The result?
Monsters trapped inside a spin cycle.
Creepy, weird, hilarious… and somehow inspiring.
That’s what sparked the idea for Trapped Inside - not literal monsters, but the feeling of being stuck somewhere no one else can see.
I don’t personally grapple with that type of mental struggle, so I approached it the way a writer does:
find a story, build a feeling, follow the emotion.
The spin-cycle monster track became the seed of a bigger narrative:
someone trapped inside their own mind, while the world spins on outside.
How It Became Music
I started shaping lyrics around the concept, mixing the washing-machine rhythm with words that felt claustrophobic, looping, stuck.
The melody formed around that pressure - turning a joke experiment into something strangely emotional.
The visuals were their own adventure.
Back then, AI wasn’t nearly as strong as it is now, and I kept running out of credits. So the video became a patchwork of:
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early AI imagery
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paid visual elements
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low-budget creative problem-solving
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and pure determination
Somehow that mix made the haunting imagery feel even more real.
Why This Song Exists
“Trapped Inside” isn’t about my own experience -
it’s a story about the people who feel unseen, unheard, or mentally stuck while the world spins on at full speed.
The washing machine became the metaphor.
The emotions grew around it.
And now it’s a little piece of AiLFsWorld built from curiosity, experimentation, and a moment of chaos in the laundry room.
Bonus Audio: Spin-Cycle Monster Track
If you want to hear the original creepy Udio experiment that sparked it all, check it out here
No visuals - just the weird little seed this whole thing grew from.
Want to Try It Yourself?
If you’re curious, record your own spin cycle and feed it into AI.
Seriously - give the cycle a go and see what you can create.
It’s got a surprisingly great beat
And if you ever release your version or post it on socials,
tag me - I’d love to see what you come up with.
Susan x
