x )

The title immediately reminded me of the mIRC era... Nostalgia hit right in the feels.

"x )" by US producers riel & Houis is their 2nd collab, and "the little sibling of "crash", stylistically speaking and also because I wrote them both within the course of a few days", riel shares.

There's melancholy dripping from the song's ethereal pads but it also has head-bopping production, and a little wink towards the SoundCloud era - with the future beats touch & spacey synths.