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Yaeji - Passed Me By

Apr 5, 2023
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ANECDOTE

Finding Sounds By Ear

  • Yaeji bought a Waldorf Quantum synth and auditioned hundreds of presets to find sounds by ear.
  • She layers and improvises rather than relying on formal music theory or classical training.
INSIGHT

Voice As Percussion

  • Yaeji treats vocal phrasing like a percussive instrument and uses syllable counts as a compositional prompt.
  • She underlines syllable slots in a notebook and fills them by trial and error to shape flow and rhythm.
INSIGHT

Anger As Creative Fuel

  • Lockdown forced introspection and resurfaced suppressed memories that fueled anger in Yaeji's writing.
  • That slow, churning anger became the emotional starting point for addressing her younger self in the song.
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