Visceral Tribute to Loss: Kerem Goral’s “something’s wrong”

UK-based artist Kerem Goral blends glitchy beats, atmospheric soundscapes, and experimental production. Of Turkish Cypriot descent, he blends culture with modern electronic influences to craft that feels both innovative and deeply emotional.

Moreover, Goral has performed at venues such as O2 Academy Islington and appeared on DejaVu FM, earning recognition in 2019 as one of BBC Introducing Essex’s Sounds of the Year. Recently, on 21st September 2025, he released something’s wrong, the first single from his upcoming album All the Hate Comes from a Virtual Place. The track merges indie rock, hyperpop, and metalcore while serving as a heartfelt tribute to his late grandmother.

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Kerem Goral’s something’s wrong opens like a slow inhale before it explodes into a visceral storm. A calm synth riff gives way to relentless drums, distorted bass, and electric guitar that crash with surgical precision. This sudden eruption mirrors grief itself, quiet one moment, overwhelming the next. Consequently, the track feels like an emotional event.

Meanwhile, the lyrics anchor this chaos in raw intimacy. “I just can’t smile it out” and “it burns, it burns, this feeling in my mind” strip grief to its bare bones. Moreover, the repeated hook, “now it burns, it burns, I’m burnin’ up alive,” becomes a mantra of anguish, with vocal fry layering tension as both confession and hymn. The additional screams in the background transform these words into something both personal and ritualistic.

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Ultimately, something’s wrong stands as a layered tribute to loss and transformation. Recorded partly in Goral’s late grandmother’s home, the track fuses metalcore aggression with hyperpop’s synthetic beauty and indie rock’s emotional grit. Therefore, it becomes a deeply human exploration of grief, both an elegy and a declaration of survival.

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