"Someone in My Head" is a dark, psychologically charged alternative track built from distorted guitars, synthetic percussion, fractured textures and a vocal performance that feels half-confession, half-intrusion.
The song is about the noise that lives behind the face we show everyone else: memory, obsession, doubt, identity and the uncomfortable feeling that your own mind occasionally has plans of its own.
What inspired you to write “Someone In My Head”?
I’ve never really had an off switch. There is usually far more happening inside my head than the face I show everyone else. The song came from anxiety, pressure, exhaustion and the strange experience of appearing functional while privately trying not to disappear beneath it all. It is intimate because it needed to be honest.
What does the “someone” in your head represent to you?
It isn’t really another person. It is the hidden version of me. The fear, anger, doubt and noise I carry without always allowing anybody else to see it. We all contain different versions of ourselves. Some live in daylight, while others wait quietly in the dark.
How did you shape the song’s dark, claustrophobic sound?
I wanted it to feel as though the walls were gradually moving inward. The deep synth drones provide a pulse, while the background guitars, midi loops and synthetic textures make the space around it feel less stable. I left some roughness in the production because polishing everything would have removed the tension. This song was never meant to feel comfortable.
Why was the guitar so central to this track?
It wasn't! the chord progression, like 99% of all my compositions was written on guitar. In this song, the background guitar arpeggios and solos add weight, add agitation and (perception of) emotional damage. It doesn’t just decorate the track, it is part of its nervous system.
How has AI changed the way you approach your vocals and production?
AI has given me access to vocal colours and personalities that I couldn’t create with my own voice. I write the lyrics and compose, play, arrange and shape the music myself. AI is used only to realise the vocal performance. It hasn’t replaced my creative process; it has allowed me to hear a voice inside the music that previously existed only in my imagination.
Where do you draw the line between human performance and machine-assisted creation?
For me, the human being must remain the reason the work exists. The experiences, lyrics, composition, guitar playing, arrangement and creative decisions are mine. The vocal is machine-assisted, and I’m completely open about that. AI can produce a voice, but it cannot have lived the life behind the words. The machine provides sound; I provide the wound, the meaning and the decision to reveal it.
What do you want listeners to feel or take away after hearing the song?
I don’t want to tell people what they must feel. I hope they recognise something of themselves within it, particularly anyone who appears fine while carrying a private storm. If the song leaves someone feeling unsettled, understood or slightly less alone inside their own head, then it has done what I hoped it would do.