NEW COLLAB SONG! refresh (feat. Kasane Teto) (Patreon)

finally finished the vid for this!!!!! gonna do a little youtube premiere tomorrow afternoon at 3:00PST, but i wanted to share it here first since i kept mentioning it before now! so happy to finally share!!!

some backstory on this track: i've mentioned this a few times before, but music can be a bit of a struggle for me at times, so i often end up writing lyrics to songs i can hear in my head but that i don't quite have the skills to make real... i thought it would be nice if someone else could handle the music so i could just have fun tuning the vocals. and that's where jaelights swooped in and generously offered to throw lots of random songs at me so i could write lyrics to them if i wanted! she makes music all the time and i think all her songs are great, so this was like... AN AWESOME CHANCE FOR ME.....

as for the subject matter, we had been commiserating about being artists online and the pull (and near necessity) of social media. how when you post something, it's easy to get caught in a loop of refreshing various sites/feeds waiting for comments or shares to roll in to validate you. it's addictive, and you often just end up feeling empty like no amount of compliments is enough. so i wanted to write a song about that feeling, and i thought it was perfect for teto to sing too, with her image as an idol struggling to be recognized (she finally became a real* vocaloid tho!! so happy for her!!!!!)

anyway, hope you guys enjoy this one! zip includes:

• song + instrumental version (mp3 and wav) update: added a second mp3 for the instrumental without the guitar solo
• fullsize cover art
• and lyrics

links to follow jaelights' music: youtube / bandcamp

thanks for your support!

<3 nami