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Strawberry Scent

[Genre Fusion: Soulful Anti-Pop × Anti-Folk Hypnotic Dance; Corridos Tumbados, Milancore, Chillwave, Deconstructed Club and Trout Mask Replica-ism mathematical chaos; experimental, atmospheric, cinematic, uplifting, romantic] Strawberry Scent [INTRO] [Chillwave haze, crooked piano and requinto motif over a steady pulse; irregular accents flicker around it] [Youthful male high-tenor hums close-mic, breathy and teasing] Mm-mm-mm… Strawberry… Mm-mm—scent… [VERSE 1] [Conversational anti-folk talk-singing; relaxed behind the beat, with sparse tumbado guitar replies] You caught it when I passed you Turned before I did Asked me what I’m wearing I said, “Want a little bit?” It happens when I’m heated Gets stronger when I sweat Now you’re breathing near my shoulder It’s not a scent that you’ll forget [PRE-CHORUS] [Elastic bass rises; requinto repeats while deconstructed percussion skips, cuts and reforms] Come one step nearer Then take two back If you lose the sweetness You can follow my tracks No touching yet Let your patience stretch You can look all that you want But don’t ruin the effect [CHORUS] [Soulful anti-pop hook over grounded 4/4 dance; warm falsetto stacks while angular parts orbit the vocal] Straw-straw-strawberry scent Lingering on my neck You can come a little closer But don’t bite me yet Straw-straw-strawberry scent Tangled in your head You followed it across the floor Now look where it led [Breathy falsetto drifting through Milancore and chillwave haze] Strawberry… Strawberry scent… [VERSE 2] [Warm tumbado bass walk, muted guitar and hypnotic kick; playful phrasing crosses uneven bar accents] You say I smell expensive I smell like this for free That probably explains why Half the room is leaning into me You asked if it’s my body wash I bought it at the store That bottle smells like cedar So it’s not what you’re here for [BRIDGE] [Beat fractures into mathematical counter-rhythms, dry guitar jabs and broken-club percussion; vocal stays clear] Before this gets confusing Let me make one thing exact: You can want the strawberry It has to want you back [Heartbeat kick rebuilds beneath rising cinematic strings] Good, now that we’ve settled that Put your hand around my waist I didn’t say to eat me I said you could have a taste [PRE-CHORUS] [Breathier and urgent; snaps spiral in stereo while the requinto and fragmented drums trade accents] Come one step nearer No stepping back Now you know the sweetness You can follow my tracks I’m touching you So forget what I said You can bite a little harder Just be careful with my neck [SOFT CHORUS] [Weightless chillwave half-time; intimate head voice, soft requinto harmonics and distant club fragments] Strawberry scent Coming off your breath You came exactly close enough I haven’t stopped you yet Strawberry scent Tangled in your head You followed it across the floor Now look where it led [FINAL CHORUS] [All styles converge: soulful hook, tumbado strings, Milancore sheen, hypnotic kick and controlled rhythmic chaos] Straw-straw-strawberry scent All around your neck You came a little closer Now you’re wearing it instead Straw-straw-strawberry scent Still tangled in your head Your pulse is keeping time with mine And neither of us left [Layered falsetto fractures into asymmetrical echoes] Straw-straw-strawberry— Strawberry scent [OUTRO] [Dance pulse dissolves; lone requinto and crooked piano remain] You asked me what I’m wearing I told you once before: Nothing you can purchase… [Breathy laugh] But you can ask for more