Paper Lantern

Minimal cinematic pop ballad with warm low strings, restrained half-time pulse, and intimate close-mic female vocals; verse stays hushed and sparse, pre-chorus widens with soft string lifts, chorus opens into layered doubles and breathy harmonies, middle section strips to piano and sub-bass before the final lift; delicate risers, reversed swells, and faint room-tone blooms; polished, intimate, and widescreen, warm, low, female vocals, minimal, soft, ballad, pop