“Cycle” is about fighting social media addiction, resisting the urge to fall for the Internet’s tricks, and struggling to keep healthy streaming schedules. The song combines the addicted person’s inner thoughts, whom she portrays with a deep electronic instrumentation to match the difficulty level o...
[Verse 1: Derivakat]
Wake up first thing, always tryna get ahead
No more dreaming, fragments of it in my head
Addiction is compulsory, agreeing just to disagree
Pull ourselves apart into debris
[Chorus: Derivakat]
'Cause algorithms haunt me, air your dirty laundry
Hang it all on me
Getting sick of scrolling down, down, down, down
Messed up, give me your confession
Never learn our lessons
Getting sick of scrolling down, down, down, down
[Drop]
[Verse 2: Derivakat]
Start the countdown, feeding the anxiety
Blacked out, burnt up, we can't survive this industry
Just say what's on your mind
Just shut up, you'll be fine
Just keep letting the cycle run you over, and over, and over again
[Chorus: Derivakat]
Taunt me, air your dirty laundry
Hang it all on me
Getting sick of scrolling down, down, down, down
Messed up, give me your confession
Never learn our lessons
Getting sick of scrolling down, down, down, down
[Drop: Derivakat]
Within this black spiral, everyone acts entitled
You're just one more rival, don't ever meet your idols
Decline to low vitals, don't care about survival
Just wanna go viral, we feed this vicious cycle
[Bridge: Derivakat]
(Take your own time) But it's always a race
Nobody will care if you come in second place
(Embrace your identity, don't be afraid)
But only show the artificial life you create
Fight to stay relevant, disregard our negligence
It's evident, it's prevalent
We've halted our development, doomed to repeat this cycle
[Chorus: Derivakat]
'Cause algorithms haunt me, air your dirty laundry
Hang it all on me
Getting sick of scrolling down, down, down, down
Exhausted, think I finally lost it
Drew the line and crossed it
Getting sick of scrolling down, down, down, down
[Outro: Derivakat]
We're gonna keep falling down, down, down, down
The wheel will go on spinning 'round, 'round, 'round, 'round
Never escape scrolling down, down, down, down
The cycle keeps on going 'round, 'round, 'round, 'round
Cycle was written by Derivakat & kibawastaken.
Cycle was produced by Netrum.
Derivakat & Netrum released Cycle on Fri Aug 11 2023.
On July 24, 2023, Qaramello teased one part of the music video on their X account. On July 31, Derivakat posted another part of the music video on her X account.
The following day, she posted a trailer of the song (which included the same part) as well. The release date was announced near the end o...
Are you also scrolling instead of sleeping? Then you’re just like me. Every day, the first and last thing I see is my phone. I’m caught in this endless spiral. These quick dopamine hits that feed a brain that is trained to have a shorter and shorter attention span. I can’t stick with one activity fo...
In the music video, some sequences consist of the song lyrics being displayed through phone and computer screens. Speaking about this detail in an Instagram story she posted a day after the song’s release, Derivakat wrote:
I do indeed find it very ironic lol
the song itself is a commentary on digi...
In a tweet about Derivakat’s 2021 discography, she stated that the lyrics to “REVIVED” were similar enough for the song’s fans to listen to.