Exzenya is a dark-pop artist and writer with a background in psychology. She builds her songs around emotion and observation, looking at how people lose and regain a sense of self. Everything she releases is performed and recorded by hand, without pitch correction or heavy processing: a choice that keeps the music close to her voice.
“Captivity” looks at the kind of dependence that turns into control. The song starts with her voice sitting unusually low, singing a bent phrase from “Down in the Valley.” Around it, thin guitar notes, bits of metal percussion, and layers of air form a small, closed space. The sound doesn’t swell or shift much; it just stays there, heavy and still.
That stillness gives the track its pull. Every sound feels necessary, and the vocal carries the weight without trying to fill the room. It’s uncomfortable, and that’s the point. “Captivity” sits somewhere between pop and a study in isolation: direct, raw, and quietly tense.
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