author's playlist | red room no. 10
a curated arc of pressure, restraint + intimacy — and the first glimpse into how the work is built before it becomes words.
this started as a side project with a very invested subscriber (thank you dom).
a way to sit with the work without writing.
a way to test whether an arc could exist without language.
a way to see if pressure, restraint, fracture, and intimacy could be felt without asking for attention.
it worked.
the playlist you’re about to hear isn’t a collection of songs. it’s a sequence. built deliberately. ordered for effect. meant to be listened to straight through, not sampled or shuffled.
and it’s the first of many (follow cuffed on spotify).
there will be more playlists like this — different rooms, different emotional temperatures, different depths. some will be public. some won’t. the ones that go deeper will live here, where context matters and the arc isn’t flattened into “vibes.”
if the playlist hit you immediately, that wasn’t an accident.
if you felt disoriented, quieter, heavier — that wasn’t either.
before you go any further, listen to the podcast.
the housekeeping segment matters.
there are a few structural changes happening — how things release, where certain layers live, and why this isn’t being built like content. the podcast is where that context lives. not polished. not performative. just clear.
if you’re deciding whether to subscribe, here’s the line:
this isn’t about getting things early.
it’s about being inside the room where the arc is designed.
