Some songs feel like places, and “honest” is one of them. Under the Blue Capricorn name, Rodrigo Caraballo-Marin creates a cinematic landscape where sound seems to drift between memory and the present. The track carries an unmistakable sense of intimacy, surrounding its emotional centre with hazy textures and subtle production details.
There is a beautiful patience to the song. Rather than rushing towards a conventional climax, “honest” allows its atmosphere to unfold at its own pace. The influence of artists such as Massive Attack, Portishead and James Blake can be sensed in its shadowy electronic character, but Caraballo-Marin’s songwriting gives the track something more personal. It feels less like an exercise in genre and more like an attempt to capture a particular emotional state.
That sense of intimacy is amplified by the presence of LOREN KOLE. The collaboration grew from a relationship built over several years, and the chemistry between the two artists gives the track an understated warmth. “honest” reportedly changed considerably during its year-and-a-half creation, and that long evolution seems to have left its mark. Rather than feeling overworked, the finished song has the quality of something carefully discovered.
As a preview of when you come back, transcend me, “honest” feels like an invitation into Blue Capricorn’s most personal territory yet. It is fragile without being slight, atmospheric without becoming distant, and deeply reflective without losing its musical pull. Caraballo-Marin has created a song that does not simply describe emotion, but builds an entire atmosphere around it.