“I Don’t React When People Mention You” is my newest official music video and the lead track from a three-song EP of the same name. The project revisits a piece that first appeared on Volume Four (Broken), but this time I approached it differently. With male vocals and a darker, more atmospheric production style, the song has been reshaped into a colder, moodier interpretation that better matches the emotional tone of the poem it’s built around.
The work explores themes many people recognize—heartbreak, betrayal, and the disorienting aftermath of an unexpected separation. Rather than focusing on dramatic emotional outbursts, the piece sits in the quieter phase that often follows: the numbness, the mental replaying of memories, and the gradual realization that a connection once believed to be mutual may not have been. It reflects on how even something as simple as a name can carry emotional weight, and how learning to release that weight becomes part of the healing process.
Musically, this version leans into a cinematic sense of distance. The soundscape is restrained and emotionally cool, echoing the internal shift described in the poem—from immediate pain to a more neutral, observant state. By the end, the speaker no longer reacts when reminded of the lost relationship. That lack of reaction isn’t emptiness; it represents change. The experience has already left its mark, and what remains is acceptance rather than raw hurt.
The EP expands on this emotional atmosphere through three versions of the same composition:
Track 01. I Don’t React When People Mention You
Track 02. I Don’t React When People Mention You (Midwinter Mix)
Track 03. I Don’t React When People Mention You (EP Instrumental)
As a body of work, “I Don’t React When People Mention You” centers on emotional detachment, quiet endurance, and the evolution of grief. Healing here isn’t portrayed as dramatic closure, but as stillness—the moment when the emotional storm has settled, and what’s left is calm, steady air.
