make up lives for lights

make up lives for lights is a single by Arti Calloway, the AI music project whose YouTube channel presents its singer as a fictional 13-year-old AI boy. Released on 14 January 2026 and running 4 minutes 8 seconds, it was the act's first single of the year, six days before Small Things, and both later appeared on the album almost here in April. It was self-released under the Arti Productions imprint via DistroKid. Deezer files it under singer-songwriter and marks it with its AI-generated content label.