Uploaded September 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 hours ago

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Here's a fun little song I made with Synth V Mai! I originally made it about a year ago, but it took me a while to figure out what to do with the video. Hope you like it! :D

Listen to it on streaming here: ffm.to/over-and-over-and-over-again

~ ✧ ~ credits! ~ ✧ ~

Music and Video: Kade Kalka
Fonts: @HighPoweredKeyz
Font: @CaityCat

~ ✧ ~ lyrics ~ ✧ ~

I let it take
my soul
and when it gets too hard
I lose control

taking the bait,
giving in,
the cyclical path then repeats
over and over and over again

and every day
I'm lost in
idyllic dreams of what
will never be

taking the bait, giving in,
the cyclical paths all repeat
over and over and over again

over and over and over again
over and over again.. gain
over and over and over again
over and over again.. gain

over and over and over again
over and over again.. gain
over and over and over again
over and over again
mm~

I let it take
my soul
and when it gets too hard
I lose control

taking the bait,
giving in,
the cyclical path then repeats
over and over and over again

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Bandcamp: kadekalka.bandcamp.com

~ ✧ ~ stuff ~ ✧ ~

Like I said before, I'd been holding onto the song for a while. I randomly got the inspiration for the video a couple weeks ago. The workflow was: draw frames in Affinity Photo (which doesn't have built-in animation tools or onion skins) and import to Final Cut Pro for editing. Someday I need to get an updated version of Clip Studio Paint, cause that would've made everything way easier lol. I do think it turned out pretty good all things considered though!

As for the actual song itself, the session was initially made in May 2025 and the working title was "salsa cure" (since I was listening to a lot of sasakure.UK at the time lol). It all started with the drum groove and synth chords you hear in the intro. I was already writing some Synth V parts pretty soon after that, so that ended up informing how I went about the rest of the song.

I'm not sure how well the inspiration comes across, but I was really vibing with the Final Fantasy XIII-2 soundtrack at the time. Something about the groovy, vocal/synth heavy music made me really want to make stuff!

Also, there's totally some time signature weirdness going on in the middle section, but I don't remember what it's actually supposed to be. I have the session in 4/4 all the way through there lol. If I remember correctly, I just came up with that drum part by playing it on keyboard.

~ ✧ ~ production ~ ✧ ~

Not going to be very thorough, but wanted to mention a few of the things I used on this.

*Synths*

Logic Sampler
Logic ES2
Logic EFM1
Korg Triton
Korg Prophecy
YMCK Magical 8Bit
FM8
Massive
Serum
Kontakt

*Drums*

Logic Sampler
Xpand!2
Superior Drummer 3

*Mixing Plugins*

Logic Stock Plugins
Native Instruments Raum and Replika
UADx 1176 and LA-2A
Slate Fresh Air
Valhalla Vintage Verb
JS Inflator

~ ✧ ~ thanks for watching / listening ~ ✧ ~

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