What inspired it
Written about silence - the kind that pretends to be peace but is really avoidance. Ghosting has become a cultural reflex, not just a dating habit. Drawing on the sociological concept of the blasé attitude - how people in modern cities numb themselves just to function - the song sits in the tension between things we can control and things we can't. The sword in the song is not violence. It is language. It is the willingness to stay in the room.
Production story
Written in A minor at 111 BPM, Slash The Ghost opens with a guitar solo before the first verse -establishing the confrontational energy before a word is sung. Beat production by Keira McKenna drives the track's restless momentum. Violin work from Nadav Skloot adds an edge that mirrors the song's tension between avoidance and directness. Mixed by Yago Marques, mastered in Dolby Atmos by Luciano Vassão as an Apple Digital Master.
Album Credits
ALLY ROZARIO Background, Harmony Vocals
ANGEL CLARE Vocal Director, Background, Harmony Vocals
ANDRÉ VASCONCELLOS Bass Guitar
Alexandre Lunardelli Music Copyist
DAMIAN BOLOTIN Violin
DOROTHY TAKEV (Fucking Dance) Background Vocals
DANIEL CHOUINARD (Falling Through The Fire) Cello
ERIC MCLELLAN Marketing Advisor
FEDERICO HENCKER (Falling Through The Fire) Mastering Engineer
Gonzalo Eyzaguirre Mentor/Consultant
HAN JUN RYU Acoustic, Electric Guitar
HYUNJU LEE Background, Harmony Vocals
JONAS HOCHERMAN Trombone
JOSUE GONZALEZ Pianist, Keys
KEIRA MCKENNA (Freaking Dance, Slash The Ghost) Beat Maker
LUCIANO VASSÃO (All Tracks) Lead Mastering Engineer, Apple Digital Master
MINSOO SUNG Beat Maker
MAXWELL MAYNARD (Live Beyond) Producer, Composer
MARK WANG Photographer
MARCO PESCOSOLIDO Cello
MUSIVERSAL Recording Studio
NADAV SKLOOT (Slash The Ghost) Violin
PEDRO PARDAL Drums
PSZ RECORDS Production Company
PRIDHVI SUNAIN ZORO Lyricist, Composer, Director, Producer, Executive Producer
RHYS ZACHER (Live Beyond Instrumental) Mixing, Mastering Engineer
YAGO MARQUES (All Tracks) Lead Mixing Engineer