Taknado – Purple Haze

Taknado ignites a synthwave firework with “Purple Haze”

When I think of syn­thwave, images of neon lights and nos­tal­gic 80s vibes often come to mind. With Purple Haze, Taknado man­ages to cap­ture exactly this atmo­sphere. The song is dance­able, dynam­ic and full of energy – ideal for fans who love this retro style. To me, the track feels like a mod­ern homage to the genre, without slip­ping into gen­er­ic sounds. I am par­tic­u­larly impressed by the catchy melody, which imme­di­ately gets stuck in your head and stays there.

The lyr­ics, which tell of noc­turn­al adven­tures under neon lights, per­fectly match the son­ic design. Lines like "City lights, a neon phase, I'm walk­ing through the cyber laser maze" rein­force the feel­ing of find­ing your­self in a futur­ist­ic dream of elec­tron­ics and dance. It is this com­bin­a­tion of sound and lyr­ics that makes the song a com­plete work of art for me.

The com­par­is­on to young­er Dark Wave acts like Artemas or Twin Tribes is obvi­ous to me. Both, like Taknado, man­age to com­bine a nos­tal­gic aes­thet­ic with mod­ern fresh­ness. Especially for those who know my Spotify playl­ist "Dark Wave & Cold Wave", Purple Haze should be an excit­ing new addition.

This song is part of our Spotify playl­ist ‘New Synth Pop Songs 2024‘. The playl­ist is updated con­tinu­ously. Follow this playl­ist now and don’t miss any of the latest synth pop hits in 2024.

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Lyrics of "Taknado – Purple Haze"

The Сity that nev­er sleeps
Follow with elec­tric dreams
Under the neon lights
We lost in the rhythm

City lights, a neon phase
I'm walk­ing through the cyber laser maze

Until the end of the night
I will find you dancing
In the purple haze
In the purple haze

Let me blaz­ing again
Feelings are bright and bold
Crazy night romance
Our story is told

Crazy night romance
And our story is told