After being single for more than five years, and living somewhere it’s not easy to meet new people, the only real place to connect with anyone is online. And honestly… most of the time it feels wrong.
Modern dating apps feel engineered. Curated profiles. Photos that don’t look like real life. Endless swiping. Conversations that disappear overnight. A whole system built around selling the idea of connection rather than the real thing.
You don’t meet people in real life — but online doesn’t feel like real life either. So you end up stuck somewhere in between.
That’s where the song came from.
Not heartbreak.
Not yearning.
Just frustration.
And strangely, that same frustration exists in the music world too. Online spaces are gatekept. Audiences are out there, but platforms decide who gets seen. Organic reach is almost gone. If you’re not viral, TikTok-friendly, or algorithm-approved, you disappear.
Meanwhile the internet runs on outrage, drama, and conflict — the opposite of the energy I want to create.
So SCROLLING was my way of stepping outside that game. Not chasing it. Not pretending it doesn’t exist. Just naming the experience honestly.
Loneliness.
Algorithms.
Fake connection.
Hope.
Irritation.
Reality.
This version is rebuilt the way I originally imagined the song. If you like The Weeknd, you’ll probably recognise the sonic world it sits in.
Produced by the talented Jay Dixie, we shaped the structure and sound together and landed on something I’m really proud of.
