"My Name Is Human" is a song by American

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. It was released as the lead single from their second studio album ''

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'' in 2016. The song reached No. 1 on the ''Billboard''

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chart and stayed there for eight weeks. It is their first number one single. The song is also their highest charting single on the

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and Rock Airplay charts, where it peaked at No. 20, No. 12 and No. 7 respectively. The song was nominated for

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at the

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Background

The song was released on September 7, 2016. Said Johnny Stevens of the song, “A lot of people think the song is about being a human. I believe some of us aren’t human at all. Or at least not completely, but that is still our name. At some point in the last couple hundred years something changed. The androids, the aliens...They aren’t coming. We are here."

Music video

The music video was released through Vanity Fair on February 23, 2017. It begins in a futuristic setting with a female lifelike robot being assembled, portrayed by actress

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in its final form, and is intercut with Johnny Stevens singing and viewing the robot's features up close. Blue crystal-like formations appear to grow out of the floor, as more robots appear, standing in formation behind Stevens. It ends with Bridges resting her head on Stevens' shoulder while a red light flashes beneath his skin.

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