ILENE turns chaos into a dance anthem with "Exactly"

ILENE has released a new single, "Exactly," an entrancing combination of electronic dance beats steeped in gritty, galactic energy. The song is the sound of every late-night meltdown, a glimpse into the artist's point of view, one centred around the madness of sleepless nights and existential wandering.

ILENE says that "Exactly" came out of a hormonal breakdown and a lack of sleep that gave birth to a sound she likens to "mentally unwell house meets futuristic electropop meets underground dancefloor hallucination." The result is a song that's an uncanny reflection of that disorienting sensation, like the sound of a dream one finds oneself lost in, neither quite awake nor yet asleep. With its disjunct, glam-sad lyrics and vocals that flicker in and out of focus, "Exactly" bottles that tension with a candor that feels both blunt and familiar.

This music is a glistening mix of glitchy house beats, throbbing electropop, and an out-of-kilter rhythm that reflects the song's raw, unvarnished feel. ILENE's vocals, at times distant and at others urgent, are a voice note delivered late at night in a bathroom or a confession in an internal monologue that we are not supposed to hear. A track not so much about glossed perfection but about the uneasy beauty of being human, of being imperfect and vulnerable and alive in a world that moves too quickly.

"Exactly" is a deep dive into the emotional aftermath of insomnia, blending moments of glamour with lines that spiral into a purposeful confusion and rawness at its core. It's the music made for those sleepless nights when your brain won't shut off and you end up dancing through your head. Listen to "Exactly" now and step on into ILENE's world, a land where the dancefloor meets the darkness of the mind.

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