“ELEVATING” is an indie R&B track about daydreaming a future with someone and feeling yourself rise with them — emotionally and spiritually. I wrote, produced, and performed everything myself, inspired by artists like Steve Lacy, Omar Apollo, Frank Ocean, and Blood Orange. Smooth guitars, warm bass, and laid back raw vocals capture that ‘rising together’ feeling.

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ELEVATING

Touch me where it hurts
Making me lose
Without a word
Wipe me off the room
I stay alert
Living in a loop
I could leave
I could leave
But I stay

Right where it hurts
And you strip me
Without a word
Take my power
And I revert
To my former self

I'm in pain
When I talk to you
When you're in the room
You throw me off my game
I feel drained
When I talk to you
When you're in the room
It's driving me insane
I'm in pain
I'm in pain

Hiding
I'm wearing a whole
Different skin
I must keep on
And I
I must keep tucking myself in
Til they find me out

I cannot hide
I cannot fight
I am unable to lie
How do I get out

When I talk to you
When you're in the room
You throw me off my game
I feel drained
When I talk to you
When you're in the room
It's driving me insane

I'm in pain
When I see your face
When you say my name
You're spoiling my day
Pain
I'm tired of your games
Time to break my chains
Never see you again
I'm in pain

you = pain

Hold On To You

Run it back

Reverie

Snow’s falling slow on the window glass
Footsteps fade on the evening path
Two hands warm in the quiet draft
You laugh soft and my heartbeat fast

Your scarf swings as we match our pace
Streetlights paint warmth across your face
Didn’t speak much, but the look said grace
Something new in this winter space

Every little move got me holding my breath
Close enough to touch, but not there yet

Is this more than a maybe
Holiday lights feel hazy
If I lean in, just stay near
Tell me slow, I’m right here

Fireplace glow feels right
Talking ’til we lose the night
If this is our beginning, say it tonight
Make it real under balcony lights

Late train hum like a low bass line
Your glove slips, now your hand in mine
You say home, but you stay this time
Soft truth spoken between the lines

Frost collecting on the window frame
Quiet hearts learning how to aim
If we step in, promise stay the same
One step closer, here we remain

We both know this moment’s more than pretend
Come a little closer, don’t let it end

Is this more than a maybe
Holiday lights feel hazy
If I lean in, just stay near
Tell me slow, I’m right here

Fireplace glow feels right
Talking ’til we lose the night
If this is our beginning, say it tonight
Make it real under balcony lights

Time moves different with you here
Every doubt starts to disappear 
Hold this feeling, keep it near
Nothing compares to being right here

Is this more than a maybe
Holiday lights feel hazy
If I lean in, just stay near
Tell me slow, I’m right here

Fireplace glow feels right
Talking ’til we lose the night
If this is our beginning, say it tonight
Make it real under balcony lights

조금씩 가까워져
눈이 흩날려도
우리 시작되는 게
느껴져, 알고 있어

Balcony Lights

Loose change echo in a paper cup
Streetlight trembling like it’s giving up
Laundry spinning like a memory stuck
Quiet turns heavy, I can’t get up

Coffee stains drying on a crumpled page
Blank space humming like a quiet rage
Dead phone blinking on the bedside shelf
Tired of running circles with myself

Ceiling cracks tracing maps I can’t read
Hope feels distant like a worn out creed
Cold tiles pressing on my bare feet
Every small failure echoes concrete

Round and round
Don’t fall down
Hold me still
Till it’s quiet now
Count to ten
Try again
Breathe in slow
Start again

Start again

Half tuned radio fading into snow
Static singing things I used to know
Headphones tangled like a twisted thought
Every clean slate ends up with a blot

Curtains closed but dawn still slips inside
Light pulls softly where I used to hide
Hands shake steady on the window glass
Hoping this fog doesn’t always last

Clock hands crawling through another day
Time keeps moving but I drift away
Soundcheck heartbeat thumping out of sync
Drowning in thoughts I can’t outrun or think

Round and round
Don’t fall down
Hold me still
Till it’s quiet now
Count to ten
Try again
Stay right here
We’ll start again

We’ll start again

Blank page waiting with an open door
Soft voice whispering, you’ve been here before
Every small step like a trembling note
Shaky but real in a tired throat

Build slow, stitch edges where they fray
One warm second at the edge of day
If I fall quiet, just stay near
I’m learning how to bend, not disappear

Cut up postcards, taped on the wall
Pieces of moments I wish I could call
Half written letters I never could send
Every beginning already an end

Paper boats floating in the bathroom sink
Ink runs blurry when I try to think
If I fall silent, don’t let go
I’ll find my voice when the noise runs low

Round and round
Slow me down
Keep me close
Till the walls stop loud
Count to ten
Start again
Quiet now 
I’m breathing again

Round and round
We won’t fall down
Stay right here
Till the static drowns
When it clears
Say my name
Soft restart
I’ll start again

Start again

Start Again

LYRICS:
We were wild with no agenda
bare feet on the cul-de-sac
didn’t ask our bodies questions
never judged what we lacked

No lipgloss was our perfect
No angles to defend —
just summers stretching open
with no message we had to send

But something in the bloodstream
started singing like a fuse
a slow electric warning
of a want I didn’t choose

Didn’t chase the feeling
didn’t plan the shift —
but someone walked by
and the whole room tipped…

Playa Boy Jacked
oh, he all intact
i know the game 
and how things get stacked

Nature pulls the strings
while the world reacts —
yeah, Playa Boy Jacked
but I’m still intact

Then came the lashes
the lace, the sparkle traps —
stories telling niñas
how to edit all their maps
bought a dress made for a princess
trained my walk for some parade
dreamed of weddings like the movies
and the roles we’re told to play

They don’t tell the younger hearts
that fantasies have no cred —
that no boy can match a script
written for a plastic dream
so we bend ourselves in shapes
that were never built to last
trying hard to win attention
from the stares as we go past

It’s not me, it’s not him
it’s the culture we were cast
a billion-dollar engine
selling futures made of glass

Oh, Playa Boy Jacked
He all intact

I know the game 
and how things get stacked
heart off track
mind fights back —
yeah, Playa Boy Jacked
but I’m still intact

I know the game 
and how things get stacked
heart off track
mind fights back —
yeah, Playa Boy Jacked
but I’m still intact

Men are caught inside it too
taught to chase what they’re shown
taught desire is a mission
and affection is a throne

They think they’re steering instinct
but they're passengers as well —
same machine that built our pressure
plays the games inside our cells

We’re all running in the maze
no one warned us we were in 
learning craving is a current
not a measure of a win
i'm not trashing all the boys
they were raised-up in the spin
same script
same myth
same chase to freakin' win

We were taught 
the attraction was a compass to trust
but the world wrote the map 
with a bias and a crust
so I step out the frame
let the truth come through —
it’s a system, not a person
that told me what to do

Rewrite the want
Reclaim the track
Yeah, I feel the pull
But I pull back
Playa Boy Jacked
Playa Boy Jacked

Playa Boy Jacked 
Oh, he all intact
i know the game 
and how things get stacked
nature pulls the strings
while the world reacts —
yeah, Playa Boy Jacked
but I’m still intact

Let the want wash over
Let the instinct have its say
but know the cost
and know your worth
and choose your path anyway

Love is just a force of nature —
then culture twists it for the play
but when you see the wires
you don’t move the same way

Playa Boy Jacked
Oh, he all intact
I know the game 
and how things get stacked

Feel the pull
but push back —
see the script
redraw that —
know your name
know your track

Yeah, yeah, yeah

Yeah, yeah, yeah

Yeah, Playa Boy Jacked

But I'm still intact
Oh, Playa Boy Jacked
But I'm still intact

Playa Boy Jacked
we know the act
and we walk it 
cuz we know
how to get
our own pow-her back
pow her 
pow power

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Playa Boy Jacked

The lyrics are packed with the conflicts, love, misunderstandings, despair, and hope that we all experience every day. The deep, beautiful, rhythmic sound is a blend of R&B and J-pop, and Ne-Ra's powerful yet sometimes gentle voice sings alongside a warm tone that incorporates analog elements, making this a song that transcends trends and touches the heart.

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Love Never Dies

Lyrics:

[Verse]
Just a month to go
All the stress don't show
We're home by the 24th of December
Green roads covered in snow
Plus two hours from Heathrow
Just a month until I'll have to remember

[Pre-Chorus]
You and how good we were this time last year

[Chorus]
Can't be in this house again
That's where you said you'd always be
And I can't stand the choir anymore
Because she sings it like me
I know
No man's getting close this time
Baby
No

[Verse 2]
Snow fell in September
What I'd give to forget her
Taking me the months to pretend that I don't
Still wear the jumper
That's stained red by the kisses you said that you meant
But we know

[Pre-Chorus]
No matter the weather
We'll never be good again

[Bridge]
I’ve been keeping my head down, trying to get through the days,
Sorting out the mess we left in a dozen different ways.
Packing up the small things, putting life back in line,
Learning how to breathe again without you in my mind.
Friends say I should move on, but they don’t see the cost
All the plans we stacked up, all the time that we lost.
I’m not running from the past, just taking it slow,
’Cause healing isn’t simple and I’m letting it show.
I’m not chasing a replacement or a story to mend
I’m just trying to stay honest with myself till the end.
If love shows up again, it can wait for a sign
Right now I’m just focused on getting back to fine.

[Chorus]
So I can't be in this house again
That's where you said you'd always be
And I can't stand the choir anymore
Because she sings it like me
I know
No man's getting close this time
Baby
No 

This Christmas

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Experimenting through genres and sound.

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Japanese independent R&B artist blending soulful American R&B with her own hybrid melodic style.
Deep groove, emotional phrasing, and clean, expressive vocals define her sound.

Releasing through REBELYA Records.

SINCERE IMPOSTER is an intimate collection of artists exploring a curious mixture of New Wave, Dance, EDM, Folk Rock, Metal, Art Pop, Electro, Dreamwave, and Experimental World Pop. Collectively, this is known as QUIRKPOP — music that pushes the creative limits of traditional pop.

Expect an unpredictable journey through sound, emotion, and humor, where genres collide and pop bends in strange new ways. Each song is conceived, composed, and performed with total sincerity, whether it’s built from voices, instruments, software, or hybrid experimentation. The focus is on the music itself: if it resonates, it resonates. No explanation required.

SINCERE IMPOSTER is curated by two musicians, both living within the same body, sharing a singular existence. They identify as Danielle & Dave. They are both psychologically and musically confused, yet extremely and unapologetically sincere.

Influences range from Weird Al and Nathan Fielder to David Lynch, Rosalia, Monatik, Atarashii Gakko!, Rammstein, T-Pain, and T-Swift. 

Danielle & Dave’s favorite inventions include the vacuum and the peach pitter. Their father is simply known as Vessel… who may be an entity or a god.


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