Empty in a Crowded Room

Bleak lo-fi bedroom pop at a slow, dragging midtempo; muted electric guitar with close-miked finger noise, soft detuned keys, round understated bass, and minimal brushed electronic drums entering after the first verse. Keep the arrangement narrow and intimate, adding low harmony and fuller drums only in the chorus, then strip back for the bridge. Breath-close, slightly cracked lead vocal with restrained verses and a fragile lifted chorus; subtle doubled phrases, tape saturation, mild wow-and-flutter, dusty room ambience, rolled-off highs, and intentionally imperfect dynamics. End unresolved and quiet.