Buzzed (feat. WILLOW)

California Was Never Meant For Love

for anyone who’s ever tried to hold on to something that was already slipping.
for anyone who still calls it home.

—cleo

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California Was Never Meant For Love

Egg Shells is about the kind of love that makes you question yourself more than it makes you feel seen.

It started sweet. Too sweet. And before I knew it, I was second-guessing my gut, shrinking myself just to keep the peace. This song isn’t just about one breakup—it’s about the pattern. The walking on eggshells. The hoping they’ll change. The moment you realize love shouldn’t feel like survival.

If you’ve ever felt like too much, or like you had to twist yourself into something smaller just to be loved—this one’s for you.

Thanks for listening.
If it hits… let it.

Humpty Dumpty

“The Interlude” is a stripped-down ballad that moves like a memory — tender, haunting, and quietly defiant. Built on sparse piano, layered vocal textures, and ambient echoes, it captures the emotional weight of transition: the space after betrayal, before becoming.

Lyrically, the song unfolds like a journal left open. It explores fractured friendships, broken trust, and the quiet rebuild that follows a public fall. The hook doesn’t shout — it hums. With falsetto breaks, whispered refrains, and slow-burning verses, the track leans into vulnerability without needing to resolve it.

This isn’t a revenge song — it’s what happens after. “The Interlude” holds space for grief, growth, and the soft power of moving on without needing permission.

The Interlude

Light Me Up is raw alt-R&B built on a hypnotic acoustic guitar loop. The track drops you straight into the middle of being gaslit — diary-entry verses, chant-like hooks, and a petty-to-vulnerable arc that feels both intimate and explosive. It’s confessional, unpolished on purpose, and heavy with late-night energy. From the clipped sarcasm of “Immature? What I’m trippin’ for?” to the closing mantra of “Blocked, blocked, blocked,” this song is about reclaiming power when someone twists your truth.

Light Me Up

"If you woke up today, that's incredible! I know life is a gift and I just can't forget it though. Still doing all the things that I love, that's exceptional." This song is your reminder to live in the moment and never take life for granted. 

Vocals and lyrics by Kenny 2.0, instrumental by Xen Beats, mixing and mastering by Big Chan and AntiMissileMissile.

INCREDIBLE

A grown-up daydream dressed in island tones and late-night honesty. This version floats on Jawaiian-inspired guitar, 808s, and an aching vocal that misses the boy I used to be—before bills, before burnout. It’s hope in a jar, heartbreak in a hammock. For anyone still chasing magic when the world forgets to clap.

Neverland 808 Revise

Art Museum (2am)

A slow-tempo indie rock track in a minor key, blending clean guitars, warm bass, and a spacious, atmospheric mix. Vocals stay close and intimate, shifting between deep spoken delivery and soft falsetto. Lyrically, Ghost is about being haunted by someone’s silence — wanting honesty, needing closure, and looping on the line “just say you’re done with me.” Minimal, moody, and introspective.

Ghost

Just for kicks

Cleo Antaeus is an independent songwriter, singer, and producer based in Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, whose music drifts between cinematic pop, soulful indie, bossa nova flips, and raw, sync-ready confessions that feel like secrets whispered at 2 a.m.

In just seven months, Cleo has written over 160 original songs, each one shaped by their poetic storytelling and fearless experimentation. Since April alone, their self-released tracks have pulled in 25,000+ organic streams worldwide, with multiple songs crossing 1K–2K+ plays on SoundCloud — proof that Cleo’s garden is alive and echoing.

At the heart of this work are Cleo’s alter artists, Nova Rue and Sunni — soulful, cinematic branches of their voice that bring each story to life in new shades and textures.

Cleo’s songs are 100% original, self-owned, fully cleared, and crafted for TV, film, and brand syncs — perfect for supervisors, artists, and listeners seeking music with real depth and a timeless global soul.

Good songs rise — and so do I.

Genres: Cinematic Pop, Indie Folk, Neo-Soul, R&B, Bossa Nova, Alt-Pop
Based: Honolulu, Hawaiʻi
Sync/Publishing/Collabs: cleonytus@gmail.com