Rainbow
of Shards
"Rainbow of Shards" is my story, where I embrace my alter-ego, Structura — José the architect who decided to pour out six years of marriage that ended in pieces. This is the English-language version of "Arco-Íris de Cacos": a bridge to the international audience, the same journey through grief, told from denial to reconstruction, now in the language that carries it further.
The Journey, In English
This isn't just a bunch of songs thrown together. I thought everything through to be a journey, a concept album that takes you by the hand and leads you through all the stages of grief: from the denial that leaves you groundless, through the anger that makes you scream, the bargaining that deceives you, the depression that drowns you, to the acceptance that sets you free and the reconstruction that makes you fly.
The 14 main tracks are the soundtrack to this emotional rollercoaster, and to tie it all together, I used interludes that are like portals into my soul, explaining the songs. I took texts and letters I wrote in the midst of chaos and transformed them into raw spoken word, ritualistic choirs, and soundscapes that pull you inside my head.
My Pieces Becoming Art
Writing this album was my therapy, my way of "vomiting" the pain and then looking at it from the outside to understand and rebuild. "Rainbow of Shards" is this: my pieces becoming art, my story becoming strength, my grief becoming queer celebration. An invitation for you to see yourself in this journey, find your own strength, and dance on the shards — because in the end, we can always build a rainbow.
01. END'S PRELUDE: EXORCISM
GENRE: SPOKEN WORD, DARK PRELUDE
02. SHADOW IN ME
GENRE: DARK BLUES BALLAD
03. NARCISSIST BARBIE
GENRE: DARK POP, TRAP, AFRO-DANCE
04. MIRROR GAMES
GENRE: ALTERNATIVE ROCK, HIP-HOP
05. PLASTIC CROWN
GENRE: DANCE ROCK-POP, R&B, HIP-HOP
06. BLUNT BLADE
GENRE: TRAP-SOUL, CINEMATIC ORCHESTRAL
07. TRAITOR SHEETS
GENRE: BRITISH ACOUSTIC ROCK
08. VILLAINS DON'T FALL
GENRE: HARDCORE RAP, INDUSTRIAL GLITCH-HOP
09. INTERLUDE: RECYCLING THE DISPOSABLE KING
GENRE: CINEMATIC K-DRAMA, SPOKEN WORD
10. CHECKMATE, BABY - ENGLISH VERSION
GENRE: LO-FI SOUL TRAP, ROCK
11. INTERLUDE: ECHOES OF AN EMPTY VICTORY
GENRE: SPOKEN WORD, MINIMAL PIANO
12. DIGITAL VOID
GENRE: LO-FI HIP HOP, TRAP-SOUL
13. REDFLAGS IN CHORDS
GENRE: NEO-SOUL TRAP
14. INTERLUDE: KEY CHANGE (SHIFTING KEYS)
GENRE: SPOKEN WORD, RITUAL CHOIR
15. (RE)CONSTRUCTION
GENRE: DARK POP BALLAD → POP-ROCK ANTHEM
16. INTERLUDE: NAKED TRUTH
GENRE: CINEMATIC K-DRAMA, LATIN CHOIR
17. FALLING MASKS
GENRE: CONSCIOUS HIP-HOP, NEO-SOUL TRAP
18. INTERLUDE: RAW TRUTH
GENRE: TBD
19. SCARS
GENRE: R&B, BLUES, SOUL BALLAD
20. INTERLUDE: WITNESS (CAJU)
GENRE: SPOKEN WORD, PIANO AND RAIN
21. WITNESS
GENRE: NEO-SOUL BLUES, R&B (DUET)
22. JUDAS PRELUDE: PRAYER
GENRE: CINEMATIC, RITUAL MANTRA
23. JUDAS - ENGLISH VERSION
GENRE: DYNAMIC ROCK, CINEMATIC ORCHESTRAL
24. CROWN OF THORNS
GENRE: CINEMATIC ROCK, CHOIR
25. APOCALYPSE (JUDAS AND HIS ROPE)
GENRE: LO-FI BOOM BAP ACOUSTIC
26. THE SHOW IS OVER
GENRE: FUNK CARIOCA, INDUSTRIAL GLITCH POP
27. GRATITUDE
GENRE: NEO-SOUL TRAP, MPB, ELECTROFUNK
28. THE RIGHT GUY
GENRE: BRAZILIAN FUNK-POP, ELECTRONIC
