Original melody: The Way We Were. Nice mix here

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“Clarity” is jazz-grunge/alternative r&b quartet Xinxin’s latest single, to be released November 11, 2023. Written over the course of several interstate trips while the band was split geographically (half living in Los Angeles, California; half in Portland, Oregon), Xinxin’s new offering explores the perspective that comes with distance and time. Separated for years, the group was ultimately strengthened by the time apart, which brought into focus their mutual commitment to and love for the project.

“Clarity” begins as a meditation on stillness and immobility in the midst of perpetual motion, before developing into an energetic and cathartic chorus where understanding, acceptance, and appreciation come into view. Ablaza vulnerably muses, “I need you, but sometimes I push away / but I’m grateful that you still choose to stay.” Musically, the song demonstrates the group’s diverse influences, including r&b, rock, and jazz.

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Time keeps passing always on the go
Decided I will stay here on the floor
Pouring down the rain will let me feel
Patiently I'll wait for me to heal

Takes much more time than we usually give
Not always so easy to receive
I need you, but sometimes I push away
But I'm grateful that you still choose to stay

I swam inside
My peace of mind
I pray I stay in

Distance
Point of view
Seeing you and understanding
Why I
I was led to you

Let myself surrender to my breath
Regulated heart is the new wealth
No longer is there a need to chase the sun
I feel, I know, I trust my time will come

But it takes much more time than we usually give
Not always so easy to receive
I need you, but sometimes I push away
But I'm grateful that you still choose to stay

Distance
Point of view
Seeing you and understanding
Why I
I was led to you

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Music & Lyrics by Xinxin
Mixed & Mastered by Stephen Reed
Art by Janize Ablaza

Clarity

Couldn't Cry

Eclipse Blue

this is not a slow song 
rearrange the photons
I put the beat through a futon
stack croutons, accoutrements casual 
glancing  at the battle scars we haven't had the chance to lose
placid as the stance that was leaning from the west wing 
40 days I fasted switching gears on a health screen 
self esteem
shallow mimicry I couldn't help me
but the betterment is settling in
shelve chagrin, seldom win, still make the pelvis spin 
I'm like that 
precise decisive fact, divide the pack
spin right back bout u on some BS 
more m's, hoarding gems, tortured vet courting blessed till they pour cement above me
I left lucky yet dusty as the groundfloor 
twisted up the roster like the knobs on a soundboard
proudly postured as the crowds just out roar
towards no clue crew cap' 
move the needle with a few of these loose raps
where the goose at a swig was needed
I spit heathenous thinkin
let the math spill off the ink and then sink in 
I thought I was tweaking a tad, be in the pad sneaking a nap till my daughter wake me
seeing visions with the peepers that my momma gave me
awful hazy, talking crazy but it's all gravy
pay me no mind 
blanking as the paper break up in kind
happenstance landed me the shine 






this is not a slow song (prod. by a haunted house)

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Another single from the upcoming tape The Guide... coming soon...

Manas & Ayus

No Chaser

the first single from my upcoming ep, "A Day In The Life". 
recorded, mixed, and mastered by me at KL Studios Inc in Cincinnati, OH.
additional vocals by @lijofficial

5:42 AM (prod. sayso !)

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