[vocals: female lead (anthem), male fast-rap switch (short), voicebox narrator (intro), crowd chant (low)]
[style: EDM, trance, goa trance, industrial touches, guitar accents, cinematic, hometown victory lap, big build + massive drop]
[include: edm, trance, goa trance, industrial, female vocals, male vocals, fast rap, crowd noise, festival, synth lead, psy bass, cinematic, big chorus, hometown, french phrases]
[exclude: acoustic, folk, country, reggae, reggaeton, dancehall, trap, drill, dubstep, metalcore, chiptune, hyperpop, orchestral-only]
[weirdness: 41]
[style influence: 88]
[audio influence: 62]
[structure: voicebox intro > verse 1 > pre > chorus > verse 2 > rap switch > build > drop > bridge > final chorus > outro]
[energy map: 16, 48, 66, 92, 60, 78, 98, 74, 99, 12]
TITLE: MONTRÉAL, TOURIST IN MY OWN HEART
[voicebox soft voice over]
[PA speaker filter] [airport chime] [engine hum low] [crowd bed low]
Arrival, Montréal, Québec.
Local time, right now.
If you left pieces of yourself around the world,
collect them at baggage claim.
Bienvenue à la maison.
[filter opens] [sub pulse]
[Intro]
[goa arp begins] [vinyl crackle] [riser] [kick enters low]
Same skyline, different eyes
I’m home, but I’m still surprised
[Verse 1, female lead]
[trance groove] [tight hats] [industrial ticks light] [guitar shimmer]
Cold air hits like a first confession
STM roar, familiar pressure
Orange cones like a city joke
But the streetlights glow through the winter smoke
Plateau steps, Mile End hum
Late-night bagels, sugar on the tongue
Old ghosts wave from a corner bar
Like, “You made it back, you went too far”
[Pre-Chorus]
[build] [snare rise] [bass tension] [crowd swell low]
I left as one, I came back changed
[short stop]
Same streets, new flame
[riser] [impact]
[Chorus, big anthem hook]
[CHORUS] [big kick] [wide bass] [stacked vocals] [crowd chant]
Montréal, Montréal, light me up again
I’m a tourist in my own heart, back where it began
Je reviens vivant, je reviens plus fort
Hold me close, I’m home, I’m home, I’m home encore
Montréal, Montréal, I breathe you in
St. Lawrence in my bloodstream, cold gold on my skin
If the world took pieces, I’m taking them back
Right here, right now, on my own map
[Verse 2, female lead, home city as destination montage]
[groove returns] [perc adds] [guitar accents]
Old Port lights, river moving slow
Ice on the rail, but the skyline glows
Mount Royal lookout, city laid wide
I see my past like a blue-white tide
Downtown glass and winter wind
Underground heat where the music begins
Festival ghosts in the summer air
Like the crowd’s still here, like the beat’s still there
And yeah, some streets got pain in the seams
But even the cracks have electric dreams
[Rap switch, male fast, hometown flex but real]
[beat strips] [fast hats] [psy bass pulse]
Back in Québec, back in the zone
World stamps on me, but this my home
Tourist mindset, local feet
I know every shortcut, still feel the heat
Plateau nights to the metro grind
Saint-Laurent lights in the corner of my mind
Rich talk loud, broke talk low
Same cold wind make everybody glow
I left to find signs, came back to see
The city was waiting inside of me
[Build to Drop]
[goa arps faster] [snare roll] [riser] [crowd louder]
Say Montréal
Say Montréal
Now
[Drop]
[DROP] [festival kick] [goa lead] [psy bass] [laser synth] [impact hits]
Montréal, Montréal, light me up again
Hands up high, let the whole year end
Je suis chez moi, je suis debout
If love is chaos, I’m dancing it out
Montréal, Montréal, don’t let me freeze
Write my name in the winter breeze
If the world took pieces, I’m taking them back
Right here, right now, on my own map
[Bridge, half-time, emotional, tourist in your own city]
[half-time] [pads widen] [sub holds]
I walk my blocks like a stranger
With my own keys in my hand
Every corner is a postcard
I never learned to understand
Then the city breathes, soft and real
And I remember how to feel
[build] [snare rise] [riser]
[Final Chorus, biggest, victory lap]
[FINAL CHORUS] [biggest kick] [extra harmony] [crowd chant louder]
Montréal, Montréal, light me up again
I’m a tourist in my own heart, back where it began
Je reviens vivant, je reviens plus fort
Hold me close, I’m home, I’m home, I’m home encore
Montréal, Montréal, I breathe you in
St. Lawrence in my bloodstream, cold gold on my skin
If the world took pieces, I’m taking them back
Right here, right now, on my own map
[tag, repeat 2x]
I’m home
Je suis chez moi
[Outro, voicebox soft voice over]
[PA speaker filter] [crowd fades] [wind bed]
Destination complete.
Montréal.
Welcome back, traveler.