like that

Type

EP

Release Date

2026-04-27

Genres

Hip-Hop/Rap, Alternative

Vibe & Theme

Five mood pieces with no overarching concept, unified entirely by sound and feel. Each track inhabits a different overlooked moment of the day — from early morning to late night. No narrative, no resolution. The record moves like a quiet day that wraps back into night.

Cover Prompt

A person seen from behind standing in an open doorway at night, face not visible. Soft warm light spilling from inside the room behind them. Faded cream and muted olive green color palette. Grainy film texture, slightly overexposed edges. Vintage analog photography feel, soft blur. Quiet and intimate. Square format.

Track 01 — early still

Description

The opening track. Early morning before the world starts — coffee, dim light, no obligations yet. Sets a slow, unhurried tone for the record.

Style Prompt

lo-fi hip hop, bedroom pop, soft male vocals breathy and buried in mix, cassette warmth, vinyl crackle, jazzy minor piano chords, mellow boom bap, 72 BPM, early morning quiet mood, dim and peaceful, Powfu style, dreamy, 8 bar instrumental intro, 16 bar fade outro, intimate and understated

Lyrics

[intro — instrumental, 8 bars]

[verse 1] the morning hasn't asked anything of me yet just the sound of the street still half asleep

light comes in slow no reason to move i hold the cup warm and let the time pass through

[hook] early still nothing needs to start early still just me and the dark fading out like that

[verse 2] somewhere a door shuts someone's already gone i pour another cup and carry on

the day will come in with all that it brings but right now it's quiet and quiet's everything

[hook] early still nothing needs to start early still just me and the dark fading out like that

[outro — instrumental fade, 16 bars]

Track 02 — grey afternoon

Description

A rainy Tuesday with no plans. Watching the window, putting something on in the background. Completely at peace with doing nothing.

Style Prompt

lo-fi hip hop, indie bedroom pop, soft breathy male vocals buried in mix, cassette tape warmth, vinyl crackle, jazzy chords, slow boom bap drums, 75 BPM, rainy afternoon mood, melancholic but peaceful, Rex Orange County influence, understated hook, 8 bar intro, slow fade outro

Lyrics

[intro — instrumental, 8 bars]

[verse 1] the rain comes down like it has nowhere to be i left the blinds half open just enough to see

the street goes grey the afternoon dissolves nothing I was meant to do nothing left to solve

[hook] grey afternoon just sitting with the sound grey afternoon not lost, just not found like that just like that

[verse 2] some album plays i've heard a hundred times each song lands different depending on the light

i make something small forget what it was just the rain and the room and whatever this does

[hook] grey afternoon just sitting with the sound grey afternoon not lost, just not found like that just like that

[outro — instrumental fade, 16 bars]

Track 03 — staying in

Description

Everyone's out on a Friday night. You stayed home. And it feels like exactly the right call — content solitude, not avoidance.

Style Prompt

lo-fi hip hop, bedroom pop, intimate soft male vocals, cassette texture, vinyl crackle, mellow jazzy piano, slow boom bap, 74 BPM, Friday night staying home mood, content solitude, dreamy and warm, Powfu style, understated hook, 8 bar instrumental intro, gentle fade outro

Lyrics

[intro — instrumental, 8 bars]

[verse 1] they all went out somewhere loud and bright i said maybe next time turned off my light

made something to eat put something on low not avoiding anything just taking it slow

[hook] staying in with the quiet and me staying in where I'd rather be nothing wrong with like that

[verse 2] the city goes on doing what it does I'm somewhere between awake and almost

the hours move easy when you let them go not missing a thing or at least I don't know

[hook] staying in with the quiet and me staying in where I'd rather be nothing wrong with like that

[outro — instrumental fade, 16 bars]

Track 04 — no particular road

Description

Driving at night with no destination. The freedom of movement without purpose — just the road, the radio low, the city thinning out.

Style Prompt

lo-fi hip hop, indie lo-fi, soft male vocals breathy and buried in mix, cassette warmth, vinyl crackle, jazzy minor chords, mellow boom bap drums, 78 BPM, late night drive mood, freedom and solitude, dreamy melancholic, Beabadoobee influence, 8 bar instrumental intro, long fade outro

Lyrics

[intro — instrumental, 8 bars]

[verse 1] just driving now no reason for the route the radio low the windows cracked out

the streetlights blur into something soft I'm not going anywhere just keeping it off

[hook] no particular road no particular time no particular reason just driving through the night like that

[verse 2] the city thins out somewhere past the bridge I turn down a street I've never been in

it doesn't matter where it doesn't have to end just movement and music and dark roads again

[hook] no particular road no particular time no particular reason just driving through the night like that

[outro — instrumental fade, 16 bars]

Track 05 — can't quite sleep

Description

The closing track. 2am, lying awake, thoughts drifting. Nothing urgent, nothing wrong. Just the night doing what it does. Ends the record the same way it began — quietly, without resolution.

Style Prompt

lo-fi hip hop, bedroom pop, very soft male vocals barely above a whisper, cassette tape warmth, vinyl crackle, slow jazzy piano, minimal boom bap, 70 BPM, late night insomnia mood, peaceful and hazy, Powfu style, dreamy melancholic, 8 bar instrumental intro, very long slow fade outro

Lyrics

[intro — instrumental, 8 bars]

[verse 1] the ceiling's the same as it was an hour back I'm not thinking of much just can't find the black

some thought comes in stays a while then goes I don't follow it just let it be so

[hook] can't quite sleep but I don't really mind can't quite sleep just drifting behind the day like that

[verse 2] the room breathes slow the dark settles in I'm almost somewhere between now and then

no dream yet no reason to move just the quiet and me and whatever comes through

[hook] can't quite sleep but I don't really mind can't quite sleep just drifting behind the day like that

[outro — instrumental fade, 16 bars]