The Screen Slave - DJ Vik — Dj Vik

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[Intro – Atmospheric pads, filtered arpeggio, building tension]
[Echoed female whisper, ping-pong delay]
(I’m a screen slave, screen slave!)
[Drum fill: fast kick roll, boom boom boom bap]

[Verse 1 – Female, lazy breathy vocal with heavy delay]
You watch me through that screen,
Every post, every scene.
Think you know what I mean, (Uh!)
But you don’t know me.

[Male baritone echo, deep]
(Don’t know me, no…)
[Female ad-lib]
(Yeah-ee-yeah)

Scroll and scroll all day,
What you really tryna say?
Living life through my display,
But you don’t know me.

[Male baritone echo]
(Know me, nah-nah…)
[Female ad-libs]
(Mmm-hmm, oh yeah)

[Pre-Chorus – Male, with heavy reverb and delay]
All them likes, all them views
(Oh-oh-oh)
Still you got the blues
(Yeah, yeah, ayy)

[Drum fill: snare roll + clap]

[Chorus – Duet, bright synth leads, sidechain bass]
[Female lead, Male harmonies]
I’m a screen slave, screen slave! (Wow!)
Living my life while you just cry.
Screen slave, screen slave,
Your jealousy won’t make me die.
I’m a screen slave, screen slave, (Come on!)
You watching me but I can fly.
Screen slave, screen slave.
[Female ad-lib: Higher!]
Screen slave, screen slave
(Screen slave, screen slave) [vocal chops, echoes]

[Rock Guitar interlude, neo-disco feel]
[Drum fill]
[Recitative]
[Robot Radio FX voice]
(I'm а screen slave, screen slave!)[vocal chops, echoes]
[Melodic breakdown]
[Synth interlude - Alan Walker style]
[Melodic bass drop]
[Drum fill]

[Verse 2 – Male lazy baritone with heavy echo]
Every picture that you view,
Makes you wish you were me too.
But this life ain’t really true — (Uh!)
Behind the screen.

[Male echo: behind the screen, screen…][vocal chops, echoes]

Money, fame and shiny things,
Don’t always make the angels sing.
Caught up in the web it brings —
Behind the screen.[vocal chops, echoes]

[Female ad-lib, echoed]
(What’s it hiding, baby?)

[Pre-Chorus – Female breathy with delay]
All them hearts, all them shares
(Mmm-hmm, mmm-hmm)
But nobody really cares
(Nobody cares, cares, cares…)

[Chorus – Duet, full bass + bright arps]
[Female lead, Male harmonies]
I’m a screen slave, screen slave! (Let’s go!)
Living my life while you just cry.
Screen slave, screen slave,
Your jealousy won’t make me die.
I’m a screen slave, screen slave, (Uh!)
You watching me but I can fly.
Screen slave, screen slave.
[Vocal chops, echoes]
(Screen slave, screen slave)

[Synth interlude - Alan Walker style]
[Melodic bass drop]
[Drum fill: tom roll + crash]

[Bridge – Female lead, Male harmonies, soft then building]
Turn off your phone tonight
(Turn it off, off, off)
Look around, see the light
(See the light, light, light)
Real world waiting for you
(Waiting for you, oh!)
Real love calling too
(Calling you, calling you)[vocal chops, echoes]

[Drum fill: tom roll + crash]

[Rap – Male lazy raspy vocal, heavy delay/echo]
Yo, you been scrolling since the morning,
Every story, every warning. (Uh!)
Think my life is so amazing,
But the truth is I’m just playing. (Oh-oh)
Characters upon this stage,
Every post is just a cage. (Skrrt!)
Every like another chain,
Keeping me inside this game. (Yeah!)
Yo, reality behind the frame,
Nothing ever feels the same. (Mmmmm!)
When you living for the fame,
Screen slave driving me insane.
[Male echo] (insane, insane, yeah!)

[Synth interlude – Alan Walker style, melodic breaks]
[Recitative, Robot Radio FX voice]
(I’m a screen slave, screen slave!)[vocal chops, echoes]
[Melodic breakdown]

[Modulation: +1 semitone, full energy]
[Final Chorus – Female lead, Male harmonies, layered, epic]
I’m a screen slave, screen slave! (Oh-oh-oh!)
Living my life while you just cry.
Screen slave, screen slave,
Your jealousy won’t make me die.
I’m a screen slave, screen slave, (Higher!)
You watching me but I can fly.
Screen slave, screen slave.
[Female ad-lib] (Yeah, yeah, oh-oh!)

[Long drum fill: fast kicks + snare rolls]

[Outro Chorus – call & response, fade]

Screen slave, screen slave
(Screen slave, screen slave)
[Recitative]
[Robot Radio FX voice]
(I'm а screen slave, screen slave!)[vocal chops, echoes]
[Melodic breakdown]
Screen slave, screen slave
(Screen slave, screen slave)[vocal chops, echoes]

[Drum fill scratch FX]
[Male whisper] (Screen slave!)
[Percussion and keys fade, ney flute lingers]
[Drum breakdown: aggressive double bass pedal, brutal drill beat, epic orchestral hits, powerful and chaotic, cinematic]
[Fading synth arpeggios, echoed ad-libs: Screen slave, slave, slave…]
[End]