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Khantrast Did It Again: Lyrics, Meaning, and the Choir-Lit Comeback

<p>Khantrast fires back at one-hit talk: “Did It Again” rides choir-lit drill and a hook built to prove it twice.</p>

A choir swell sets the scene, then Khantrast cuts in, “I think I need me a moment,” before the hook snaps back with “I think I did it again,” the line built to taunt the one-hit chatter.

“Did It Again” arrived on 25 July 2025 through New 11 Records, a compact two-minute jolt with a church-bell glow and sub that hugs the pavement. 

Runtime ~2:46; released 25 Jul 2025 via New 11 Records; video by Dan Chang; ~493K YouTube views; ~16.4K Shazams (as of 31 Aug 2025).

Here’s the energy source behind that glow. The beat comes from Kaiso, the producer whose ear for gleaming choir textures threads through the record. 

The record moves: organ-like pads lifting each bar, kicks that leave headroom for the hook to punch clean through, and ad-libs that feel like a balcony of voices joining in.

The video takes that feeling outside and gives it movement. Director Dan Chang brings his fast-on-foot lens back to Khantrast, cutting between curbside confidence and playful table scenes that nod at the city’s dim sum culture.

Khantrast does not waste lines explaining his intent. He bites them off. “Only got one hit, bet I’ll do it again,” is tossed like a dare, fewer than ten words that say: try me. 

The line is plausible considering “Landed In Brooklyn” sits north of 22 million views on YouTube, which is the kind of number that magnetises both doubters and day-ones. 

“Did It Again” answers that history with tighter phrasing and a cleaner chassis, surfing on choral lift instead of distortion. 

As of 31 August 2025, the official “Did It Again” video has crossed the 490-thousand mark on YouTube, steady for a late-July drop on an indie pipeline.

What keeps you in the record is craft. Kaiso builds a loop that never tires, swapping micro-details rather than telegraphing “the drop.” 

You can feel your shoulders do that small bounce as the kick and choir trade space. Khantrast writes inside those pockets, letting consonants click against the snare. 

The hook’s cadence is sticky, sitting right where your breath would land on a brisk walk between train stops.

The lyrics fold bravado into a self-set brief. He mentions the “magnum opus” he’s chasing, and it reads less like a grand statement than a Post-it on the bathroom mirror. 

Keep going. Keep sharpening. He even sneaks in a mission statement about doing it without major-label backing.

There’s a community layer to all of this. A Reddit thread from earlier in the year captures the split in real time: one user jokes that “Brooklyn refuses to leave my short-form algorithms,” another writes about discovering deeper cuts like “Valedictorian,” and a third throws a classic comment-section jab about delivery. 

That space is precisely where Khantrast thrives. He writes for the friends who ride with him and the timeline that keeps trying to figure him out.

“Did It Again” is written by Anthony Zhang, the name behind the Khantrast moniker, and produced by Kaiso.

“Did It Again” slots neatly next to “Man of the Year” and “Where Is The Bread,” keeping the drums lean while the writing gets tighter. 

The through-line is confidence that borders on playful, built on a very New York idea of scale: small feeling, big statement, no wasted motion.

What you carry away after a few spins is not novelty, it is focus. The record asks a simple question and answers it with timing, breath control, and a hook that turns doubt into a trampoline.

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