“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

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