SZA - Blind [Rugawd Remix]

Clear Sky came from the fog.
No chorus. No fix. Just fragments and breath.
A mantra rose: “Trying is living, even when I’m still.”
That was enough.

By the end, one truth:
I’m worthy. Just for being here.

Clear Skies

This is a song about growing but not growing up.

Neverland

https://UMI.lnk.to/PresaveNow

a song about leaving everything familiar to find ur true belonging - even if that means abandoning family and old friends... bitter sweet song 

should i drop it too? 

somewhere new (demo)

Have A Baby (With Me)

Nova Rue – “Dark Thoughts”
a sugar-laced spiral dressed like a love song.
i baked the goodbye, stabbed it myself.
this isn’t about wanting you gone —
it’s about wanting the memory to stop haunting my bed.

i used to cry soft.
now i smirk with frosting on my face.
this is what grief sounds like when it learns to grin.
this is Dark Thoughts.

Dark Thoughts

Vogue Open Verse Challenge

Come Home

What if you knew it wouldn’t last, but needed to be remembered anyway?
A quiet offering for anyone who’s ever tried to matter—even if just for one night. This intimate alt-R&B ballad drifts between connection and release, blending a dreamlike piano loop, ambient textures, and breathy, emotionally restrained vocals. It holds the ache of impermanence—of wanting to be felt, even when love can’t stay. Perfect for scenes of memory, quiet heartbreak, dreamlike surrender, or forbidden closeness.

Live In Your Dreams

i think i mistook attention for affection.
the way they watched, the way i responded —
all coded. all curated.

this song came out of that loop.
a little too smooth. a little too late.

digital heat + human echo


Algorithm

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

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

Dark Thoughts

Cleo Antaeus

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