Cut u off started with me asking Seshun to send me some beats to write to in early 2023. When I heard the instrumental for what become this song, I started writing to it and it reminded me of Cut you off by Kendrick Lamar.

To pay homage to that song, I start both verses the same way he did with: “I'm tryna learn somethin' new…”

I wanted to add a layer to the song besides just outgrowing old friends and focusing on your goals; I thought it would be interesting to also talk about how isolation could have negative roots. 

Thinking about my life, and a lot of my poems/songs I noticed a lot of what I was doing was engaging with the idea of people and our prior relationships, because I was in full control in that scenario.

Having real relationships in real life is a lot more uncertain and vulnerable. What if the person they are today is no longer compatible with you? What if they aren't that ideal swooning version of themselves you have up in your head? 

That is where lines like this come from: 

“I romanticize the vacancies 
Rather fantasize and make believe 
than face the fact 
this whole cast got their own agency 
She could be indifferent 
By now she could be hatin’ me
And that smile that I would pay to see 
is no longer awaiting me”

The artwork is a callback to the cover for Voicemail, since this song is about the same theme.

I went out to Music in Focus studio to have it recorded, mixed and mastered. I sang the hook myself, though I have no singing experienced so we had to enhance my vocals a bit and add in harmonies with a plugin. I'm hoping I find some time to take some proper singing lessons in the future so I can do more in that area of my songs.

As always, Dennis filmed the performance video. We filmed it at a local video and photo studio space called The Bolt.

Hope you enjoy the track!

Talk soon,

- Sin