Ellie Taylor

Pika in a Cast

Minimalist sad piano ballad with intimate bedroom-pop storytelling, 72 BPM, delicate female lead vocal close-miked and breathy, trembling sustained notes, soft stacked harmonies, felt upright piano, warm cello line, airy string pad, tiny bell accents; verse stays sparse and diary-like, pre-chorus opens with cello lift, chorus lands on a short chantable hook with gentle harmony doubles, bridge turns hushed and funny, mix is warm, tender, darkly cute, and slightly comedic, sad, warm, vocal, acoustic, melancholy, pop, breathy, cello, ballad, soft