Dark folk horror with a slow 6/8 sway and damp hand percussion; verse rides on sparse frame drum, low drone, and picked balalaika phrases, pre-chorus tightens with rising choir murmurs and splash-like tom fills, chorus opens into eerie female unison with gang echoes and a clapped хоровод pulse. Whispered ad-libs, doubled lead on key lines, short delay throws on the hook, water-drop chimes and reversed swells between sections. Gritty, cold, close-mic mix with wet low end and wide haunted reverb.