{"id":1065,"date":"2026-07-06T22:00:54","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T22:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wayofthewaifu.com\/?p=1065"},"modified":"2026-07-06T22:00:55","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T22:00:55","slug":"rise-god-of-the-water","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wayofthewaifu.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/06\/rise-god-of-the-water\/","title":{"rendered":"Rise God of the Water"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wayofthewaifu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/RISE_GOD_OF_THE_WATER_LANDR_THUMBNAIL_small.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1066\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wayofthewaifu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/RISE_GOD_OF_THE_WATER_LANDR_THUMBNAIL_small.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.wayofthewaifu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/RISE_GOD_OF_THE_WATER_LANDR_THUMBNAIL_small-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wayofthewaifu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/RISE_GOD_OF_THE_WATER_LANDR_THUMBNAIL_small-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.wayofthewaifu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/RISE_GOD_OF_THE_WATER_LANDR_THUMBNAIL_small-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.wayofthewaifu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/RISE_GOD_OF_THE_WATER_LANDR_THUMBNAIL_small-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.wayofthewaifu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/RISE_GOD_OF_THE_WATER_LANDR_THUMBNAIL_small-1536x1536.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/www.wayofthewaifu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Rise_God_of_the_Water.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tribute to David Reilly of <em>Gods Lives Underwater<\/em>, another 90&#8217;s artist who had some success, but died broke, and from a tooth infection, because his label went under.  His final, unreleased, unfinished album, <em>How Humans Rx<\/em>, is really good.  Despite the sound quality not being what it would have been, if he&#8217;d been able to find another label for it.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The thumbnail is inspired by this album cover &#8211; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"574\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wayofthewaifu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/empty_album_cover.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1068\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wayofthewaifu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/empty_album_cover.png 574w, https:\/\/www.wayofthewaifu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/empty_album_cover-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.wayofthewaifu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/empty_album_cover-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 574px) 100vw, 574px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\">I wanted an image of the girls carrying the statue out of the water, but I had to settle for Kpop idols posing with it.  I hadn&#8217;t figured out how to feed AI a drawing yet, or AI couldn&#8217;t do it yet.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\">I like the Kpop idol part though, and used it a few more times.  If WotW ever turns into a real band, most likely the waifus will be cast with asian performers, so this is them out of costume.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tribute to David Reilly of Gods Lives Underwater, another 90&#8217;s artist who had some success, but died broke, and from a tooth infection, because his label went under. His final, unreleased, unfinished album, How Humans Rx, is really good. 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