A playlist that includes all original songs by DMAD SM batch in Semester 2 (October 2024 - March 2025) of their second year of polytechnic. :)

PROW3 yee (Y2S2, 2024/2025)

"Tides" was written, recorded, produced, mixed and played all by Rifqy Hady.
Recording engineer for guitars: Adheem Rayan
Inspired by Sebadoh, Dinosaur Jr & FUAD
Drums recorded in RT4
Guitars in Studio B
Bass and Vocals at home
Intro bounced onto cassette before rebouncing back into Logic

Lyrics:
(Verse 1)
Out of mind
Out of control
Have a hundred reasons why I see them getting bored

I don't think
I'd find the cure
I just wish that things were simple like they were before

(Pre-chorus)
Baby, what’s the difference between now and then?
You don't know the difference so tell me when I'm dead

(Chorus)
Trying hard to figure out
All my worries and my doubts 
I don’t think i wanna know
I'm getting old

Trying hard to linger on
Holding on to what was gone
I don’t think I wanna know
My stories blow
I'm getting old

(Verse 2)
Overwhelmed with changing tides
A wave comes crashing down, I cannot move, I'm paralysed 

I don't think I wanna know
Why my friends are leaving me and i can't move along?

(Pre-chorus)
Baby, what’s the difference between life and death?
You don't know the difference.  I’ll tell you when I'm dead.

(Chorus)
Trying hard to get a hold
See my stories as they unfold
I don’t I wanna know
I'm getting old

All these times I try to find
Holding on to what was mine
I don’t think I wanna know
My stories blow
I'm getting old

Tides

Credits:
Production & Arrangement: RUIVITALISE (Jalene)
Vocals: RUIVITALISE (Jalene)
Guitarist: Dan’s Brewery (Danial) @Dans-brewery
Recording Engineer: Dan’s Brewery (Danial) @Dans-brewery
Mixing and Mastering: Dan’s Brewery (Danial) @Dans-brewery , RUIVITALISE (Jalene)

Verse 1:
Staring at the ceiling 
Not knowing what's this feeling
I wish that I could answer all my questions 
The thoughts keep going endless and I'm 

Forced to forge a path
Not knowing what's my task
My marathon, I keep on running, lungs hurt
I can't stop now, til I burn 

Chorus 1:
It's ok to just be going on your own way 
You don't have to worry baby who knows how to play

No one blames the moon for making the drifting tides of the sea so why 
Am I still forcing every single miracle on me 

Verse 2:
Wide awake
Needing some escape
My number just keeps on getting closer 
To those who know the answer

But the inner child enraged 
Why won't it stay the same
This game of tag was never made to last
Before I could learn to move past but maybe

Chorus 2:
It's ok to just be going on your own way 
You don't have worry baby who knows how to play

Livings not a way for you to work on like a machine so why
Am I still forcing every single miracle on me 

Bridge:
It's ok, cause growing up there is no one way 
Just live your life be kind with grace 
So just stay

It's Ok (DEMO)

(Dash, what you waitin’ for?)
Don’t say goodbye

Don’t say goodbye
Don’t leave me ‘til the morning when I stay the night
Hold me close and tell me everything’s alright
Hoping that I won’t be on my own
Just stay ‘til the break of dawn

Memories of a fading dream 
A story drifting like a distant gleam
Lonely walks down an empty street
The silence whispers and the echoes meet

Won’t you stay awhile
Don’t walk away
Just stay awhile
So don’t say

Don’t say goodbye
Don’t leave me ‘til the morning when I stay the night
Hold me close and tell me everything’s alright
Hoping that I won’t be on my own
Just stay ‘til the break of dawn

君がいないとき、会いたいよ
写真も見てない、ねえ、どこ居るの
声が聞きたい、何してるの
一緒にもういいかいこのかくれんぼ
あの日のこと覚えている
一緒に笑った瞬間
まだしんぞドキドキ君のと見る
すべてが輝いている

いつかは笑える
忘れても大丈夫
あの日々は楽し
心に永遠に
Stay awhile 
Just stay awhile

Don’t say goodbye
Don’t leave me ‘til the morning when I stay the night
Hold me close and tell me everything’s alright
Hoping that I won’t be on my own
Just stay ‘til the break of dawn

Don’t say goodbye
Don’t leave me ‘til the morning when I stay the night
Hold me close and tell me everything’s alright
Hoping that I won’t be on my own
Just stay ‘til the break of dawn

just stay

Producer, Lyricist, Arranger: Zaliqah 
Vocals: Julie 
Background vocals: Joelle and Regina 
Guitar: David 
Mixing: Jie Yuan 
Special thanks: James and Roger 

Equipment: Studio A and C, Macboom Air (my laptop almost exploded), XLR cables, SSL interface, SM7b, Marshall headphones, guitar amps, david's interface  

Thank you to everyone who has helped me bring my vision to life! 

Story behind my song: i live in yishun, crazy shit happens there

Lyrics: 
Verse 1# 
And I would never have to kill myself again 
Cause damn you took away the one thing that I am 
And surprisingly I’ll never be same 
Cause every inch of me is tainted with your name 
You would get me high but never have I thought 
You would shoot me down with words that killed our love 
Unsurprisingly I’ll never love again 
Unknowingly you took away my faith 

Pre-chorus 
Don’t want no twisted games 
You screwed my head and left me dead 
Oh you know 
I’ll say ‘I do’ 

Chorus 
You know you got me all messed up 
Chained me to your loveless love 
Tie me down with diamond cuffs 
Said ‘you know it could be worse’ 
You know you got me traumatised 
From the way you pierced into my eyes 
Haunting all my sleepless nights 
Said you’ll love me ‘til I die 

Verse 2# 
I could hit a tree and you would never blink 
I could stab myself, you’d force the blade back in 
And sometimes I really wonder, where’s the man who’d made my heart sing  
But I’ll do anything you want boy 
Hell I could kiss the ground you walk on 
Cause I’ve got nothing left to give 
But my blood-bounded love 

Pre-chorus 
Don’t want no twisted games
You screwed my head and left me dead 
Oh you know 
I’ll say ‘I do’ 

Chorus 
You know you got me all messed up 
Chained me to your loveless love 
Tie me down with diamond cuffs 
Said ‘you know it could be worse’ 
You know you got me traumatised 
From the way you pierced into my eyes 
Haunting all my sleepless nights 
Said you’ll love me ‘til I die 

Verse 3#  
And I’ll do anything you want 
I’ve got too much to give 
I got your name tattooed all around my wrist 
Ah ah 
And I’ll do anything you want 
I’ve got too much to give 
I got your name tattooed all around my wrist
Ah ah

Bridge 
You know you got me all messed 
You know you got me all messed up 
You know you got me all messed up 
Chained me to your loveless love 
Tie me down with diamond cuffs
Said ‘you know it could be worse’ 

Chorus
You know you got me traumatised 
From the way you pierced into my eyes
Haunting all my sleepless nights 
Said you’ll love me ‘till I die 
You know you got me traumatised 
From the way you pierced into my eyes
Haunting all my sleepless nights 
Said you’ll love me ‘til I die

Outro
Oh I do 

'Til I die

Credits:

Producer: Dan
Writers: Dan, Theresia, Jolie, Jalene, Yvonne, Lina n 🪱, Rinchen, Jason, Jonathan, Emma, Clarabel, Tara
Arrangement: Dan
Guitar: Dan
MIDI Programming: Dan
Vocals: Dan
Backing/Guest Vocals: Jalene, Lina n 🪱
One note: Andrea
Hand Model/Cover: Yvonne

Majority of the lyrics written in one half drunken night thanks to two cans of Tiger Beer and touched up with the help of Theresia.

Vocals recorded in Studio F1 with a Neumann U87 through the API Lunchbox
Guitars and Synths recorded in T2025, Studio A, Jewel Changi Airport, & Dan’s Brewery
Guitars and synths ran through a ZOOM G3N Multi-Effects Processor
Interface used is a Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 

Mixed in Studio A with the SSL Bus Compressor

Special thanks to Celeste for selling me the multi-effects processor,
Thanks to Julie for inspiring this song to be in open D tuning

Samples: Maps by Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Lyrics:

so this is how it ends
im hanging on a feeling
and though I know
I still do believe it

and if I knew 
if I saw it comin
I would've known better than to meet you

and oh
do you still think of me now and then

but so
I know exactly how this ends

so it goes
I feel you every now and then
so it goes
was it love or was it discontent?
who knows?
I would've love it anyway
and so it goes 
I'd love you till the very end

and again and again

but how would I know
its not like I've done this before 
its not like if I'd worried now
I would’ve matter anymore

but oh 
I do still think of you now and then

and oh
we're already in past tense?

and 

so it goes
I feel you every now and then
so it goes
was it love or was it discontent?
who knows?
I would've loved it anyway
and so it goes
I'd love you till the very end

and again and again

but no
I dont think I can do it all again

and now
I don't know how I survived it then

well

and so it goes
how did I find you as my friend?
but here it goes
I'll say it till the very end 
and now I know
the feelings all just came and went
and so it goes
do you need me to say it again and again?
and im better off without so 
fuck you

FUCK YOU!

Verse 1
She’s heaven sent
The lover that’ll always provide
A gentle flame
That warms me up inside
I need to mend
Before it’s extinguished this time

Pre-chorus 1
Aren’t I the lucky one, to look at her eyes
Aren’t I the lucky one, to still be alive

Chorus 1
Ooh, la, la, la, la, la
la, la, la
My dream girl is coming to town
Ooh, la, la, la, la, la
la, la, la
My dream girl is coming to town

Verse 2
Float easily
As the waves keep on crashing within
Your weary head
That slumps when you breathe in
I’ll keep you free
From the things that plague you constantly

Pre-chorus 2
Aren’t I the lucky one, to look at her eyes
Aren’t I the lucky one, to still be alive

Chorus 2
Ooh, la, la, la, la, la
la, la, la
My dream girl is coming to town
Ooh, la, la, la, la, la
la, la, la
My dream girl is coming to town

Bridge
Dream girl
Dream
Dream girl
Dream

Soft Verse (Verse 3)
She’s heaven sent
A gentle reminder of how
Love’s not come to pass

Chorus 3
Ooh, la, la, la, la, la
la, la, la
My dream girl is coming to town
Ooh, la, la, la, la, la
la, la, la,
My dream girl is coming to
Solo

Credits
Written by Amritpal Singh
Arranged by Amritpal Singh
Produced by Amritpal Singh & Rifqy Hady
Lead Vocals - Amritpal Singh
Backing Vox - Amritpal Singh & Rifqy Hady
Bass - Amritpal Singh
Guitars - Rifqy Hady
Drums - Nigel Evangelista
Synths/Pads - Nigel Evangelista
Recording Engineer - Adheem Rayan
Mix - Rifqy Hady
Mastering - Rifqy Hady
Special thanks to Kentaro, Jie Yuan, Kai and Akmal

Dream Girl

19 year old R&B/Pop/HipHop producer from Singapore! Focusing on melodies that blends emotions with nostalgia.

just stay

D /\ S H

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