PIXY doesn’t raise her voice on “Shinigami”. She doesn’t need to. The bass is already doing the loud work, pushing into distortion while she stays level, almost conversational.
“Shinigami” pairs calm vocal delivery with distorted cloud-rap bass, using Death Note imagery as identity rather than storyline.
It dropped with a video on 11 February 2026, shot by Moses O’Halloran with graphics by Lukas Kaye, and the whole thing feels controlled rather than chaotic, even when the beat sounds like it might tip over.
The track opens with sampled dialogue from Death Note: “You weren’t actually a god back then. You were something else.”
It sets the mood straight away. Detached. Deliberate. It’s not fan service.The sample opens the track cold. No buildup, no theatrics. Just control.
If you go back to “Beautiful Monster” from 2023, that track carried more emo-pop shape. Cleaner build. Familiar progression. “Shinigami” shrugs that off. The rhythm doesn’t climb toward a tidy release.
It moves in shorter bursts, then resets. Her voice stays steady through it, not chasing a big hook, not over-selling any line. The calm delivery makes the bass feel heavier.
The production sits somewhere in cloud rap territory: reverb-heavy, bass-forward, built for headphone immersion rather than radio play.
The lyrics keep it simple: casual flex, unbothered ambition. Calling it “Shinigami” brings Death Note into the frame, but there’s no theatrical wink. It feels less like a character and more like how she moves through the room. Present, but not chasing attention.
The anime reference sits naturally beside the fashion talk and self-assured tone. Nothing is explained. It’s just there.
The video keeps the same energy. Low light, club corners, quick flashes of movement. Kaye’s graphics work (digitized text overlays, glitch effects, anime-style elements) reinforces the shinigami metaphor without belaboring it.
PIXY doesn’t perform at the camera; she occupies the space. O’Halloran’s framing understands restraint: silhouettes against industrial backdrops, tight shots that reveal just enough.
No big rollout, no over-explaining. Just presence.
This isn’t music designed to convert skeptics. It’s built for people already fluent in the language: cloud rap production aesthetics, anime as cultural touchstone, the specific pleasure of bass that sits just wrong enough to feel right.
When the track ends, it doesn’t resolve into anything bigger. It just leaves that heavy bass ringing for a second longer than expected, then cuts. No fade. Just gone.
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