Reality Distortion is a sibling dream-pop-grunge duo that shapes music suspended between the real and the imaginary. Their new single Rat Race released in November 2025, fuses feather-light vocals, hazy electronics, and glowing guitar lines into a gentle alt-pop swell. Meanwhile, the track pushes back against the monotony of everyday life, and ultimately it urges listeners to step outside the ordinary and chase what feels alive.
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Rat Race moves with a hazy, dream-pop softness, carrying vocals that drift like breath on glass. The beat holds a steady, medium pace, yet the atmosphere feels suspended—like watching life from behind a soft, fogged-over sheen. The track creates the image of someone living inside a tiny snow-globe world, moving through their own routines while looking up at the curved glass, trying to make sense of the blurred world outside. The haze keeps everything slightly out of reach.
Meanwhile, the lyrics sharpen that feeling. “Carry on babe, keep that grin in place,” lands like a tired script people repeat to themselves just to get through the day. Then the question, “Do you ever think at the end of everyday who will I be?” cuts through the fog. It’s not just fatigue, it’s identity erosion.
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“I’m leaving the rat race” becomes the breakthrough. However, the song never claims freedom easily; it sounds like someone running from something that keeps tugging at their heels. The production mirrors that tension. The track swells toward a climax that blows wide, then drops, then rises again as if it’s gathering breath for one last push. Later, the vocals thin out, drifting into the fade like someone stepping back from the noise.
Finally, instead of offering neat answers, the song builds a world where escape and uncertainty move side by side. Rat Race captures the moment you realize something has to change, and the quiet courage it takes to move.
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Figuring out my path while actively plotting ten others. Serious about my dreams with somewhat chaotic ambition. Will do anything for cats.
