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Special

New Songs Week Ending 9/28

JAZZANOVA

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1.Intro

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Fuck It (I Don't Want You Back).mp3

Fresh Paint: Smooth Café Jazz

Morning Jazz

PORNSTAR ~ nessa barrett (sped up)

Love changes everything,
It mends the broken, makes hearts sing.
Turns the dark into the bright,
Love brings the dead of night to life.
Oh, love changes everything.
Love changes everything.

Love changes everything,
It mends the broken, makes hearts sing.
Turns the dark into the bright,
Love brings the dead of night to life.
Oh, love changes everything.
Love changes everything.

Love changes everything,
Your love changes me.

(Inspired by a chorale by Johann Sebastian Bach, BWV 659.)

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Arrangement and vocals: Volker Redder, Udio, Apple's GarageBand
Loops and samples: Volker Redder, Apple's GarageBand
Editing and sound design: Volker Redder, Sound Studio, VirtualDJ, GarageBand
Lyrics: Volker Redder, translated with the help of ChatGPT and Google Translate
Cover design: Volker Redder, Adobe Photoshop, DALL-E, FLUXpro, Apple's Keynote

Love Changes Everything

(verse)
I love you when the sun goes down 
when the the night begins to whisper
Or when the fog lift off from all around 
and I left my guard being a firm resister
finding my own virgin magical ground

(verse)
When all the roads swishing past 
lose myself of what brought me here
the mystery of being alive 
and my past like fog disappear 

(chorus) 
When the primary colors were strong and deep
and not from experience diluted
holding on to what not worth of keep 
a darkness erased by being lucid

(verse) 
Found myself on the windowsill 
breathing the thin air of a city
not even close of being fulfilled
when the glow of the moon hit me
thinking it´s time to make a refill 

(chorus)
When the primary colors were strong and deep
and not from experience diluted 
holding on to what not worth of keep 
a darkness erased by being lucid

Primary Colors

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Lryics | Heat Like That

You don’t play with heat like that
Unless you’re ready for the aftermath

Walked in late, lips like sin
Eyes said lose, smile said win
You touched my back like you had rights
I let it slide—for one damn night

You thought I’d melt, thought I’d fall
Didn’t know I’ve burned through worse than all

You don’t play with heat like that
Light the fuse, then step back
I’m not your risk, I’m not your muse
I’m the kind of fire you’ll always lose
You wanted wild, you wanted wrong
But you won’t survive me very long

You called me trouble like it’s new
Baby, trouble’s how I move through you
You tasted smoke and begged for more
Now you’re ashes on the floor

You thought I’d break, thought I’d belong
Didn’t know I’ve been fire all along

You don’t play with heat like that
Flirt with sparks, then pull back
I don’t simmer, I combust
I’ll turn your sweet talk into dust
You wanted heat, now here it is
A woman who burns—and never forgives

Next time you reach for something hot
Think of everything I’m not
I’m not soft, not made to stay
I light it up, then walk away

You don’t play with heat like that
Strike a match, then try to act
Like I was just another flame
When you still curse out my name
You wanted heat, now that it’s gone—
Go tell your friends you got it wrong

Yeah, you don’t play with heat like that

Heat Like That


🔻 Song Insight

“Eat These Words” from Fractures: Reimagined by 4ME2BEFREE is a reimagined chapter pulled from past pain and sharpened into something cinematic. It doesn’t live in old wounds — instead, it reframes betrayal and survival into a raw, unplugged grunge confession. The track strips away polish to reveal the jagged edges of manipulation, anger, and emptiness, turning scars into a soundscape that feels both intimate and colossal. With its Alice-in-Chains-Unplugged-vibe, “Eat These Words” captures the moment where words themselves become weapons — swallowed, spit back, and finally reclaimed.

[Verse 1]  
You say I'm fixed  
it's not that way  
the shit you say  
only lies behind eyes now gone gray

[Verse 2]  
Black thunder rolls  
this storm inside my head  
anger builds — it's red  
what I should've said 


[Bridge]  
emotions behind these walls  
Trapped, buried — down I fall  
lost grip, a place to stall  
Pain and chaos — all I recall  

[Chorus]  
Fuck me, cut me, leave me   
Be my cause, my cure, my drug  
Let this life pour out —   
Hold me, drink me, eat these words  


[Verse 4]
You pull me close — then wrap me cold  
Skin you sold, a body gone old  
Viral lies — told with gold  
a soul you'll never hold

 [Bridge]  
Gripping tight —
let this body fight  
reflections, a face I hate  
too long I stayed  
a place never made  

[Chorus]  
Fuck me, cut me, leave me   
Be my cause, my cure, my drug  
Let this life pour out —   
Hold me, drink me, eat these words   


[Outro]  
You say I'm fixed — and know I bleed  
You think I'm okay —it's the end I seek  
every day it's you — taking parts of me  
Watch me die — walking away  
Tears never fall — emptiness, thats all you are  

Fuck me, cut me, leave me   
Be my cause, my cure, my drug  
Let this life pour out —   
drink me, eat these words

its me no voice left
no way to speak   
its my soul I keep
you are alone with-
emptiness  
emptiness  
emptiness


🔻 Personal Reflection

This song came from a place of anger, but not from where I stand today. “Eat These Words” is a fragment of an older reality — a time when betrayal blurred with survival and every conversation felt like a trap. Revisiting it now, I’m not reliving those emotions but reclaiming them. Through Fractures: Reimagined, I want listeners to know these songs are echoes, not fresh wounds. They’re a way of showing how pain can be reframed into something creative, cinematic, and ultimately freeing.

🔻 4Me2BeFree

4ME2BEFREE has always been about turning lived experience into sonic storytelling. By weaving heavy emotion with cinematic grunge textures, each track becomes more than music — it becomes memory re-imagined. Fractures: Reimagined is an intentional project: it doesn’t look backward with longing, but with clarity, transforming past scars into soundscapes that anyone carrying their own battles can resonate with.

🔻 Copyright Notice

"All lyrics and content featured in this post are protected under copyright (© 2025) and have been securely time-locked and validated through a crypto-based verification system to ensure originality and ownership. Unauthorized reproduction or distribution of any part of these works without explicit consent is strictly prohibited."

Eat These Words - Fractures: Reimagined by 4ME2BEFREE

🔻 Song Insight

Glass is a slow-burning grunge ballad wrapped in fragility and fracture. The song traces the hollowness of someone who uses addiction and illusion as control, building a kingdom out of smoke and shards. At its core, it’s about watching a person collapse under their own lies, propped up only by the drugs they wield — a false empire that eventually shatters. The chorus lingers like a curse: the wish that they sleep awake, forever haunted by what they’ve done.

🔻 Lyrics

[Verse 1]
I know the truth
And so do you
Hidden eyes
Kept inside
For every lie

[Chorus]
I hope you sleep awake
With nothing at your side
Dreams wash you down
Broken, alone, abandoned, unfound

[Verse 2]
Fake candied lies
The nothingness you hide
We know your truth inside
Facing facts, you already died

[Chorus] (Repeat)
I hope you sleep awake
With nothing at your side
Dreams wash you down
Broken, alone, abandoned, unfound

[Bridge]
Secrets breathing through teeth
Chatter leeches, hope in retreat
Blood-whipped brow, soaked lies unfold
Your glass empire shatters cold

[Verse 3]
Eyes see past your every try
Cold road, you show, take hold
Slipping doses of glass inside
Molding boys as toys to hide

[Chorus] (Extended)
I hope you sleep awake
With nothing at your side
Dreams wash you down
Broken, alone, abandoned, unfound
Nothing holding, illusion sold
Your glass will break, your grip will fold

[Outro]
Shards cut the hand that feeds
Nothing left but need
Glass in your veins, glass in your crown
When it breaks, you drown

🔻 Personal Reflection

Glass was written from a place of raw confrontation. It came from witnessing someone who defined themselves not by who they were, but by what they could control — and the drugs that gave them that control. Every false promise, every hollow mask, every manipulative move was held together with shards of glass. Without it, there was nothing left. This song is both a release and a reckoning — an acknowledgment that truth cuts sharper than any high.

🔻 4Me2BeFree

This track continues 4Me2BeFree’s mission of turning real pain into cinematic storytelling. Glass is both intimate and confrontational, a snapshot of betrayal and collapse captured in grunge minimalism. Like all 4Me2BeFree songs, it uses sound as a mirror — reflecting lived experiences, giving voice to what’s hard to say out loud, and creating a space where others can find recognition in the fragments of their own stories.

🔻 Copyright Notice

"All lyrics and content featured in this post are protected under copyright (© 2025) and have been securely time-locked and validated through a crypto-based verification system to ensure originality and ownership. Unauthorized reproduction or distribution of any part of these works without explicit consent is strictly prohibited."

Glass - Fractures: Reimagined by 4ME2BEFREE

🔻 Song Insight

Bloomed Gray is a storm-song — a requiem for love that never had the chance to grow, poisoned before it bloomed. It’s about watching trust unravel into manipulation, and how grief hardens into resolve. The lyrics paint betrayal as theater — a “grand ballet” of lies, staged from the start — before shifting into a darker metamorphosis where survival becomes weaponized. What begins in silence and loss ends in fire and steel.

🔻 Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Without words or motion
No reason, no reply
It died before it lived
I tried... but you snuffed our sky

[Verse 2]
The spark that arced between us
The flare that once defined
Now stuck in fractured motion
Just echoes stuck on rewind

[Bridge]
It lived in my smile, in the way I’d look
In thoughts you twisted, in the voice you took

[Chorus]
Storms rolled in, and clouds bloomed gray
Threaded lies in your grand ballet
From the start, you planned the end
Now the gallows drip with what you penned
You killed the last light

[Transition: Build-Up]
Rising Strings

[Verse 3]
Goodnight—now shadows wrap me whole
This darkness... I’ve made it home
Wiser now, with eyes unsealed
I speak with blades, my truth revealed

[Verse 4]
Black as night, this cave I keep
Feasting on the rot you seed
Not broken—tempered. Sharp, aware
I’ve risen from your cold despair

[Bridge]
Pain streaks my face—
The truths you feared, the ones you erased
But I still hold the debt you owe
The weight of what I won’t let go

[Chorus]
Storms rolled in, and clouds bloomed gray
Threaded lies in your grand ballet
From the start, you planned the end
Now the gallows drip with what you penned
You killed the last light

[Interlude]
Slight Reverb Guitar

[Verse 5]
Rest well... you’ll need your sleep
For in shadows, I quietly creep
Each mirror, each window, each haunted night
It’s me you feel... just out of sight

[Outro: Extended]
With iron sledge and forged resolve
I built the bench your soul dissolves
From depths you laughed, I rose unsealed
You mocked the light you chose to kill
Now something brighter burns beneath your heels
A forge for souls who dared to steal
No light remains for those like you
Only echoes from the truth

🔻 Personal Reflection

Bloomed Gray came from the moment I realized that some endings were never accidents — they were written long before the story began. The lies weren’t mistakes; they were choreography. This song was my way of reclaiming power in the aftermath — to take the hurt, the silence, and the betrayal, and forge something unbreakable out of it. Writing it was like exorcising a storm and finding my own steel inside the wreckage.

🔻 4Me2BeFree

This track marks another step in 4Me2BeFree’s evolution — taking grunge roots and weaving them into cinematic ballads of survival. Bloomed Gray is heavy with metaphor and drenched in storm imagery, but it’s also deeply personal. It continues the mission of creating music that is not only heard but felt — where personal pain becomes a shared landscape, and where listeners can find their own fire inside the storm.

🔻 Copyright Notice

"All lyrics and content featured in this post are protected under copyright (© 2025) and have been securely time-locked and validated through a crypto-based verification system to ensure originality and ownership. Unauthorized reproduction or distribution of any part of these works without explicit consent is strictly prohibited."

Bloomed Gray - Fractures: Reimagined by 4ME2BEFREE

🔻 Song Insight

Reaction is a scorched-earth reflection on deception, disillusionment, and the moment you realize the game was never love at all. It’s lean and unsparing — a dark alt-grunge track with flashes of blues grit and punk sneer. The lyrics rip through self-mythologizing and expose the delusion underneath, showing the narrator’s shift from naïveté to steel. Less confession and more reckoning, it’s the sound of a match striking in a room full of lies.

🔻 Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Fantasy world you live in,
Delusions dressed as truth—
You rewrote history
To make yourself the proof.

I wish I lived in make-believe
Where everything you say is real.
So naive you must be
To think I’d never feel.

[Chorus]
All is fair in love and war...
But this was never that.
It was a mirror cracked by lies—
A truth you never had.

I could’ve read the leaves,
But let’s be honest:
I was never the reason
You left so thoughtless.

[Verse 2]
You’re not the genius I believed.
I gave you too much grace—
For who I thought you were
And who you couldn’t face.

[Bridge]
Dumpster fire ignorance,
Rail-grade flames—
Hearts gone numb,
Desires untamed.

You’ll either wake up
Or sink in the wreck,
Drowning in your logic
Of what comes next.

[Verse 3]
Never forgiven, never forgotten—
I keep score,
You keep rotting.
Too blind to walk,
Too proud to crawl—
It was never love.
Not at all.

[Outro]
No heart, no weight.
Not worth the crime.
Not worth the date
Or the borrowed time.

🔻 Personal Reflection

Reaction was written after the fog lifted — when the excuses stopped working and the truth could finally be spoken out loud. It’s about seeing someone’s self-constructed myth crumble, and realizing you were a prop in their performance. This song is my way of burning down the stage and walking out with my head high.

🔻 4Me2BeFree

With Reaction, 4Me2BeFree leans into a stripped, biting alt-grunge style that fuses bluesy grit with punk immediacy. It shows the project’s range beyond mournful ballads — moving into searing, no-nonsense confrontation while still cinematic and emotionally layered. This is the soundtrack of a door closing for good.

🔻 Copyright Notice

"All lyrics and content featured in this post are protected under copyright (© 2025) and have been securely time-locked and validated through a crypto-based verification system to ensure originality and ownership. Unauthorized reproduction or distribution of any part of these works without explicit consent is strictly prohibited."

Reaction - Fractures: Reimagined by 4ME2BEFREE

Song Insight

“I’m Missing You” is a tender, whimsical diary set to guitar. It’s not about grand gestures—it’s about the small, messy moments that make love unforgettable: coffee cups steaming, toast popping, eggs cracking, and the quiet ache of wishing someone was there. Awkward, shy, and imperfect by design, the song feels like a private voice memo left for someone special. It’s playful yet heartfelt, capturing the sweetness of young love and the loneliness of missing it.

Lyrics

Intro:
Spoken Word:
"This song is dedicated to my boyfriend Brooks, I love you and I'm missing you"


Verse 1:
I can’t sleep staring at my phone
Wishing it was you looking up at me
Why does it have to be so complicated
Can’t we just skip to that place
Where you are next to me

Chorus:
Coffee cup, dreaming of you
Cheesy things we do, I’m stuck like glue
What do I do with thoughts of you?
Falling hard, I know it’s true
Jelly toast, I’ll make for you

Verse 2:
Making my coffee, dreaming of you
Stirring in the parts that make me laugh
Eggs in the pan cracked, I smile again
Cheesy things we do, it has me like glue
Toast pops up and I’m being jelly
Your friends get to be with you
And I stare into another day feeling blue

Chorus:
Coffee cup, dreaming of you
Cheesy things we do, I’m stuck like glue
What do I do with thoughts of you?
Falling hard, I know it’s true
Jelly toast, I’ll make for you

Verse 3:
The TV’s on but I’m not feeling at home
It’s when you’re gone that I’m all alone
Nothing can take your place
No matter what I do

The juice sweet reminds me kissing your neck
Your lips, your skin and I’m falling further in
I don’t mind this time, take me under just a spell
I’d rather be dreaming, seeing you
Than in this empty hell

Bridge:
Cold chill locked us in under covers
My body warm pressed next to you
Every part of me knew what to do
In darkness we captured our spark
The hotel room was lit up like fire
The crisp air turned to steam
Worries melted into air
Down we arrived there
Tired and gone
Sleep fell
And we were gone

Verse 4:
Like that I was awake back alone
Wishing you were home
But fishes be damned, I ain’t got a thing
It’s just me left in my own mess
The parts that’s left when I’m blue
From not having you

Chorus – Outro:
Coffee cup, dreaming of you
Cheesy things we do, I’m stuck like glue
What do I do with thoughts of you?
Falling hard, I know it’s true
Jelly toast, I’ll make for you




Personal Reflection

“This song is for Brooks. It’s the closest I could get to bottling how love feels when it’s silly, shy, and real—and how empty mornings feel when he’s not there. The coffee, the toast, even the eggs—every small detail carries his presence. Recording it, I didn’t want polish; I wanted truth. Just me, a guitar, and the sound of missing someone who matters.”

4Me2BeFree

For 4ME2BEFREE, “I’m Missing You” shows the softer side of storytelling. Not every track has to scream; sometimes the quietest, quirkiest love songs say the most. This is intimacy captured raw: imperfect strums, shy laughter, and lyrics that let the listener sit at the breakfast table of someone in love. It’s another layer of cinematic honesty—where imperfection is the beauty.

Copyright Notice

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I'm Missing You

🔻 Song Insight – “Inside” by 4Me2BeFree
“Inside” is a haunting descent into the spaces we rarely let others see — a cinematic confession layered with heat, hesitation, and hard-won vulnerability. Set against the backdrop of dark analog synths and Stranger Things-style ambiance, the track balances erotic energy with emotional weight. It’s not just about desire — it’s about what happens when connection breaks past skin and touches memory, shame, and need.

Built on a mid-tempo rhythm that simmers rather than explodes, “Inside” pulls you through a series of internal awakenings. Each verse peels away another layer of armor. Each chorus dares to ask: Can I survive being truly seen?

With its deep male vocals, breathy echoes, and moments of sonic distortion, this track delivers not just sound — but sensation.

[Opening]
I feel it rising—my mind is set
Tension builds where we find no rest
You come close, and I lose control
Heat in my blood, deep in your soul

[Verse 1]
My clothes don’t fit when you’re near
Lose my sight to the things I’d hear
You trace my curve with every touch
Softest tongue—I feel too much
I try to pull back, but I’m too far gone
Hardest hour, still holding on

[Pre-Chorus]
Your eyes look up—silent, understood
You don’t ask, but you know you should
My love comes running, I’m ready to go
*Dripping desire—can’t stop the flow*

[Chorus]
Keep me alive—don’t let it die
Be brave, hold it tight
You’re not shy, not tonight
Don’t let go—it’s part of your show

[Climactic Chorus]
You want my liquid love to thrive
A precious seed, a need you feed inside
I don’t care about the words, just the ride
That place, that escape…

[Verse 2]
Mouth caught on my nerve, you devour
I’m undone in the midnight hour
I taste myself with every kiss
Trapped in your ache, can’t resist
Alone, I hear you in my mind
You freed a part I couldn’t hide

[Bridge]
You bit your lip, smacked my ass
You made me gasp with every thrash
Forget the past, just let it slide
No shame here—just the ride inside

[Chorus]
Keep me alive—don’t let it die
Be brave, hold it tight
You’re not shy, not tonight
Don’t let go—it’s part of your show

[Climactic Chorus]
You want my liquid love to thrive
A precious seed, a need you feed inside
I don’t care about the words, just the ride
That place, that escape…

[Outro]
That place, that escape
That ride inside
No words, no shame
Just me alive

🔻 Personal Reflection
This song came from a place I wasn’t sure I’d ever let music touch. It’s about sex, yes — but more than that, it’s about intimacy colliding with memory, and how desire can either heal or haunt. I’ve been with people who saw my body but didn’t see me, and I’ve also known the kind of connection that’s terrifying because it does.

“Inside” was born out of that collision — physical, emotional, and spiritual. It speaks to the aftermath of trauma, the ache of needing to be accepted, and the risk of letting someone in fully when parts of you still feel unsafe or unloved.

Recording this was strange at first — I had to step into that vulnerability vocally, not just lyrically. I wanted the track to breathe, to burn, and to blur — like a fever dream you remember through someone else’s scent.

This isn’t just eroticism — it’s reclamation.

🔻 4Me2BeFree
This track is a perfect example of what 4Me2BeFree is becoming: a sound that fuses personal liberation with cinematic emotion. Whether it’s heartbreak, sensuality, or quiet rage — every song is a mirror, curved by feeling, wrapped in texture, and grounded in lived truth.

We don’t do music as performance. We do music as memory — scored with synths, scars, and survival.

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"All lyrics and content featured in this post are protected under copyright (© 2025)

Inside - Halloween 25 Club Version

„Sumri hallar“ is an islandic traditional folk song. The title literally means "summer is leaning“ which means the summer will be over soon. Here is an autumn inspired selection of tunes that Jazzanova member and Notes On A Journey co-founder Stefan Leisering picked from his record collection .. a handful of mellow 60s to early 80s Folk, Pop, Prog Rock, Singer Songwriter, AOR tracks for the shorter, colder and rainier days of the year...

Sumri Hallar (Autumn Mix) - Notes On A Journey Selection by Stefan Leisering (Jazzanova)

Kaleidoskop Radioshow 29.10.2016 Radio Eins Berlin, Germany with Alex Barck/Jazzanova and Matthias Helwig.
German commentary.
A tribute to the Brazilian fusion band Azymuth.
full release info of new album and tour dates: tinyurl.com/AzyFnxTour

Azymuth tribute Mix / Kaleidoskop Radio Show/ Jazzanova

RITA ORA feat. Krept & Konan — Poison [SLOWED]

Here the full 3h Jazzanova DJ set by Alex Barck and Stefan Leisering, live recorded at Wedding Soul in Panke Berlin in Jan 2017. Many thanks to Alex, Stefan and Best Works! Enjoy listening!


JAZZANOVA

For almost twenty years the eclectic collective from Berlin has been busy producing, composing, arranging, remixing, djing and generally shaping our musical world – in the clubs, on the air, in the studio, live on stage, and with their label Sonar Kollektiv.

Their “very fertile musical world” (Time Out New York) “has dominated the jazz-dance and down-tempo scenes for the past few years, both with its own label and with countless remixes” (Phoenix New Times).

Spreading their sounds and ideas with inspired DJ sets, Jazzanova’s DJs were among the first DJs from Berlin in demand all around the world. Juergen von Knoblauch, Alex Barck and Claas Brieler broaden the music’s appeal as DJs, not only on tour through the best clubs and festivals around the world but also on their weekly Kaleidoskop radio show on Radio1.

www.sonarkollektiv.com/tag/jazzanova/


5YRS WEDDING SOUL

Five years of WEDDING SOUL, we look back on so far 60 shows of this small big event series. The jubilee is now celebrated according to the mood, with a two-day program, with exquisite guests, representing what WEDDING SOUL is: a well thought-out mixture of soul and funk-inspired music culture, the roots of these in the back, the present and the future in view. Always danceable and audible, surprising, new, and yet as if there had never been anything other than a connection between heart, dance, and soul.

www.weddingsoul.de

JAZZANOVA's Alex Barck & Stefan Leisering at WEDDING SOUL Jan 2017

"De-pression" is off Jesse's debut "Hard Sky" (out 6/23/17) on LP / CD / DL 

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"De-pression" clown by Esteban Swayze.

Hard Sky is the anomalous solo debut of Corpus Christi, TX based Jesse Jerome Jenkins V (of Pure X). Whereas Pure X wrote their languid songs as a unit of shared consciousness, Jesse’s Hard Sky is a remarkably singular effort that puts the singer & multi-instrumentalist on full display from the inside out. Self-recorded, and taking on the majority of the instrumental duties throughout the LP, Hard Sky is a direct expression of Jenkins’ bleak, yet playful, personal creative attitude; all narrated and guided by his unmistakable buoyant vocals. By integrating influences from all modern eras, but operating outside of strict styles and traditions, Jesse’s solo debut achieves a balance and identity that is as impossible to categorize as it is devilishly inviting to listen to.

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Hard Sky

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Jesse - De-pression

"If it didn’t matter, it wouldn’t hurt. Pain is the gift of knowing you’re alive."

4Me2BeFree is more than music—it’s my story, my scars, and my survival. Every song is a piece of me, a raw melody of love, heartbreak, and resilience. I blend AI-generated vocals and instruments with real emotions, turning my experiences—especially from an LGBTQ+ perspective—into something that speaks to anyone who's ever felt lost, broken, or just searching for something real.

Breakup songs? Yeah, they hit different. Music carries us through the worst of it, and every generation finds their own anthems of love, loss, and getting back up. Heartache doesn’t care about age, gender, or where you come from—music connects us all.

I make music because I’ve been there. The pain, the anger, the hope—it's all in these songs. If something here hits home for you, let it. If you feel something, let me know. That’s the connection that keeps this alive.