After a description of the world in the future, we are formally introduced to the narrator of this story, Han-Tyumi. Speaking through the Charles UK text to speech voice, he explains that he was born into a dark world without humanity and that he yearns for two human experiences: to die and to vomit. These two things are actions that a cyborg is incapable of and to Han-Tyumi represent what it means to live. In an interview for Observer Stu said “...so you have a character called Han-Tyumi, which is an anagram for ‘humanity.’ Han-Tyumi is kind of like an idiot child or something, a half-human being maintaining very little of his humanity in the distant future. Han-Tyumi, over time, becomes obsessed with humanity, and wanting to regain some of that. I suppose none of that seems awfully unreal or hard to imagine. He becomes obsessed with death and vomiting. Yeah, he’s a confused cyborg, this futuristic guy who wants to regain his humanity, and he decides the two most human things are death and what we would call vomiting, which there’s no digital equivalent of.”
While first depicted in the music video for “Robot Stop” in 2016, “Han-Tyumi and the Murder of the Universe” is the first time he was introduced as a proper character. Since then he has appeared on other songs (including live performances of other songs like with “God Is In The Rhythm”), album covers, posters, and has even appeared in soundchecks. Han-Tyumi is one of the most beloved characters in the Gizzverse and it all comes back to this introduction. The song itself is inspired by Krautrock with a 15/4 motorik groove and a distinct bass line.