15 hours ago
- Entertainment
- New Straits Times
#SHOWBIZ: KRU rules out AI revival for virtual pop group Tyco
KUALA LUMPUR: While artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly trending in music video production, popular hip-hop and pop trio KRU has no plans to revive their 2000 pet project, Tyco.
KRU, made up of brothers Datuk Norman, Datuk Yusry, and Edry Abdul Halim, created Tyco as 3D virtual pop stars.
These science-fiction likenesses of themselves were named Tylo, Yiko, and Psylo respectively.
In a Harian Metro news report yesterday, Norman said that Tyco, which performed several songs including 'Saat Ku Pejamkan Mata', 'Sandiwara', 'With You', and 'Never Trust A Man Again', would not be brought back due to the brothers' time constraints.
"Tyco was a pop group with a difference back then, and it was Yusry's idea," he explained.
"While they did gain a good following, I'm afraid that the three of us don't have much time to bring back the trio. Furthermore, recreating animated characters isn't an easy task."
He added that Edry is also currently based in the United Kingdom.
Last May, KRU made a successful comeback with Konsert GenKRU at the Axiata Arena, Bukit Jalil.
The concert, which marked their 33rd anniversary as a group, ran for four nights and was hugely popular with fans.
