status: ALIVE (feat. Kasane Teto)

teto phrase of the day: existential crisis • Free download: https://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/1531603 • Support me by buying Hi-Res version of "status: ALIVE" on Bandcamp: https://hyp3rlaps3.bandcamp.com/track/status-alive-hi-res-version • "status: ALIVE" on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/6ElRX5hLiP0UzguBqSZpRm?si=4CYLBITbSAyT9uxFt2wY3Q • Wallpaper used: https://www.pixiv.net/en/artworks/81865705 • Contact for Business/ Issues: contact.hyp3rlaps3@gmail.com. • [No Copyright Music - Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY NC 4.0)]. ---------------------------------------------------- long time no see y'all ! i know it's been a ridiculously while since the release of 'status: GLADIOLUS' , but if you've been waiting for me THIS long to come back (with 5 big booms ofc) , i am super grateful for y'all patience ! thank you so much , and extremely sorry for the wait ! ! ! i wrote this song to describe my current state of creative thoughts , as i've been struggling to make any kind of tunes for the past couple years mainly due to both university and work . i was too focused on studying meds that i almost lost the passion i had with music production since i was 11 . whenever i got my free time , i always tried to come up with ideas for new songs , but it felt like i was stuck in a constant loop of despair ; i was frustrated as i couldn't make anything at all . over the years , it only got worse to the point where i felt like i don't like making music anymore . the last time i thought i got the hang of creative flow was when i wrote re: iii , but that was absolutely painful because i kept convincing myself that my work has no value unless it totally fulfilled the unattainable goal i had built up in my mind . i almost gave up the passion and i just wanted to reset myself and try to feel alive again . . . . . . which is exactly what i want to convey in this song . although the struggle still lives on , at least i can vividly feel the needs to make more tunes .