This piece was shaped by the moment doubt drifted into my mind like an off-beat instrument tuning itself in the dark. The track was built around the feeling of being nudged off-center, as if every certainty in me was being tapped, flicked, or bent by something unseen. The lyrics were guided by that strange rhythm — the way thought can be pulled sideways, how truth can be smudged, how confidence can be turned into a half-note flame before I notice it happening.

While writing it, a sense of crooked momentum was carried through every section, as if the room itself was being tilted and my balance was being re-learned in real time. The horns were imagined as the voice of doubt, the bass as its heartbeat, and the backing vocals as the quiet commentary I pretend not to hear. The whole song was composed to feel like doubt entering, rearranging me, and then leaving without explanation.

By the end, a kind of uneasy clarity was found — the kind that arrives only after everything has been bent, rattled, or syncopated into a new shape. This track was made as an echo of that experience: doubt arriving, reshaping me, and slipping back into the crowd.

DOUBT CAME ABOUT

Anbid Zaman is a queer activist and artist whose work rises from a life marked by displacement, resistance, and the insistence on living fully even when the world tries to deny that possibility. Born in Bangladesh and shaped by grassroots queer organizing from a young age, they grew into their voice through community struggle — learning early that courage isn’t an act, but a daily discipline.

Their journey from danger to refuge transformed them without erasing their origins. Living in Germany, Anbid continues to work at the intersections of identity, migration, and liberation, supporting queer people who face violence and navigating the complexities of chosen family, safety, and belonging. Their activism is guided by deep commitments: justice without compromise, solidarity across borders, and an unshakeable belief that marginalised voices should be heard not with pity, but with respect.

These values spill directly into their music. Anbid’s sound blends testimonial storytelling, emotional minimalism, and atmospheric layers shaped by memory — the quiet of hiding, the noise of protest, the ache of leaving, the thrill of surviving. Each track carries the weight of lived experience and the brightness of hope that refuses to die. Their art is not just expression; it is continuation, resistance, and a reminder that stories carry power long before the world acknowledges them.

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