Incredible AI-generated images reveal what infamous ’27 Club’ members would look like today – from Amy Winehouse with her trademark beehive haircut to Jimi Hendrix
Stunning new AI-generated images provide a new look at what some members of the infamous ’27 Club’ might look like today, if not for their untimely deaths.
The images published online feature notable names such as Amy Winehouse with her signature beehive hairstyle, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin and Jim Morrison.
The musicians are all members of the ’27 Club’ – or ‘Forever 27’ – a group of famous artists, actors and icons who died prematurely, all at the age of 27.
The new AI images created by MidJourney offer a glimpse into what some of these musicians might be up to in 2024.
Amy Winehouse (pictured) is the latest member of the ’27 Club’, which consists of musicians and other notable figures who have died at the age of 27
This is what AI thinks Amy Winehouse would look like today. If the British singer were still alive, she would be 40 years old
In her AI images, the singer – who would be 40 today – looks youthful as she still wears her beehive hairstyle and eyeliner
Winehouse is the latest addition to the so-called ’27 Club’ following her untimely death at her apartment in July 2011.
The ‘Tears Dry On Their Own’ crooner died of alcohol poisoning.
In her AI images, the singer – who would be 40 today – looks youthful as she still sports her beehive hairstyle and eyeliner.
The only other female musician on the list is Janis Joplin, who died of a heroin overdose at the Landmark Motor Hotel on October 4, 1970.
The “Me and Bobby McGee” singer — a rock and blues icon and one of the earliest members of the ’27 Club — would be 80 years old if she were alive today.
The AI images assume that the singer would still have long hair, a new facial tattoo, and would still be just as addicted to her long-chain jewelry.
Another photo shows the singer still playing her guitar and rocking out in her old age.
Jimi Hendrix died just weeks before Joplin on September 18, 1970 at London’s St. Mary Abbots Hospital of a barbiturate overdose.
Hendrix was just a few months away from his 28th birthday at the time of his death and has since been remembered as one of the greatest guitarists of all time.
AI stated that Hendrix would still be rocking his hip clothes if he were alive today.
The ‘Voodoo Child’ singer resembles Morgan Freeman in AI image.
Before his death, Hendrix dedicated a song to perhaps the first member of the ’27 Club’, Brian Jones, guitarist of The Rolling Stones.
Jones drowned in June 1969 in the swimming pool of his home in Sussex, England.
His death – which sparked conspiracy theories about possible foul play – was the first in a long line of musicians to fall victim to an untimely death.
In his AI visuals, Jones appears to have a distinct rock swagger as he holds a guitar and rocks his signature blonde, shaggy hairstyle.
Another photo shows the rocker wearing a denim jacket and aged features.
The only other female musician on the list is Janis Joplin, who died of a heroin overdose at the Landmark Motor Hotel on October 4, 1970.
An AI image of Janis Joplin. If she were alive today, she would be 80 years old
Another image imagines Joplin having a facial tattoo
Jimi Hendrix died just weeks before Joplin on September 18, 1970 at London’s St. Mary Abbots Hospital of a barbiturate overdose
An AI image of Jimi Hendrix if he were still alive
The ‘Voodoo Child’ singer bears a resemblance to Morgan Freeman in this AI image
The Rolling Stones guitarist Brian Jones, the first notable figure to join the ’27 Club’
In his AI visuals, Jones appears to have a distinct rock swagger as he holds a guitar and rocks his signature blonde, shaggy hairstyle.
Another photo shows the rocker wearing a denim jacket and aged features
Coincidentally, Jim Morrison of The Doors published a poem after Jones’ death entitled “Ode to LA While Thinking of Brian Jones Deceased.”
Exactly two years after Jones’ death, Morrison himself died in a bathtub in Paris, France, of congestive heart failure.
In his AI visuals, The Doors’ lead singer is still cool, rocking a mop of gray hair, not far from his original shaggy locks.
Morrison stares grimly at an imaginary camera as he apparently sits in a cafe, surrounded by people, holding what appears to be a small guitar or tambourine.
Just two years after Morrison died, Grateful Dead founder Ron McKernan also died at the age of 27 from a gastrointestinal hemorrhage.
AI believes that McKernan would have grown his beard and hair, which would now be white with age.
Exactly two years after Jones’ death, Jim Morrison of the Rolling Stones died in a bathtub in Paris, France, of congestive heart failure
In his AI images, Morrison is still cool and rocks a head of gray hair
One AI photo imagines Morrison having a full head of hair and a beard in his older years
Grateful Dead founder Ron McKernan has died of a gastrointestinal hemorrhage
AI believes Grateful Dead founder Ron McKernan might have grown his beard and hair, which would now be white from age
At peace with the music! An AI representation of Grateful Dead’s Ron McKernan
Kurt Cobain is the second most recent new member of the ’27 Club’ following his death at his home in Seattle, Washington. He died of a gunshot wound to the head
Cobain’s AI images suggest he still maintains his long blonde hair and a five o’clock shadow deep under the eye circles
This AI photo depicts Cobain at the age of 56
Kurt Cobain is the second most recent new member of the ’27 Club’ following his death at his home in Seattle, Washington. He died of a gunshot wound to the head.
His body was discovered on April 8 by an electrician who was at his home to install a security camera and an autopsy determined his date of death to be April 5, 1994.
The AI images of Cobain depict him still maintaining his long blonde hair and a five o’clock shadow deep under the eye circles.
If he were alive today, Cobain would be 56 years old.