How to Be Strong

How to Be Strong is a single by Chaisen Hale, an AI persona, released on 23 January 2026 and running 3 minutes 17 seconds. Its official video served as the finale of the first season of Chaisen's story, with a second season promised for February. In the video Chaisen struggles after the drunk driver who killed his family is sentenced, reaches a breaking point, calls for help in the night, and through therapy and a letter to the driver comes to forgiveness, which lets him return to music. The creator, who signs as Brian, wrote beneath the video that his father and a teenage friend took their own lives, that suicide prevention is why the project exists, and that the storytelling is about more than pressing an AI button; he also lists crisis lines. He describes Chaisen as a fictional character from a screenplay written more than 20 years ago. Deezer credits the single to Indie Anthem Media and marks it with its AI-generated content label. The video, which runs longer than the track at 4 minutes 45 seconds, had about 100,000 views by 30 September 2026.