Dark alt-pop with a slow brooding pulse and tense minor-key piano stabs; verse stays sparse with close-mic vocals, dry kick, and soft synth bass, pre-chorus tightens with rising strings and doubled whispers, chorus opens into a wider hook with stacked harmonies and sharp drum hits. Add reverse swells into transitions, a fractured vocal echo on key words, and a last-chorus lift with gritty ad-libs. Mix is intimate, shadowy, and punchy.