Latest News From The ARAEVERSE
9.9.26 | Back To The Club
PULSEFORM is my third album, and it's the loudest, sweatiest thing I've made. Ten tracks of electro house built for the club and for getting lost in the beat. Where ACHEBOUND was about holding on, this one is about letting go and surrendering to the sound.
Hot on the heels of ACHEBOUND, I wanted to give you a packed rest of 2026 before taking a short break for the holidays and getting back to it in 2027. PULSEFORM is out now, and VICEGRIP - a GTA VI-inspired album - drops in November, right before the game.
As with all my releases, vinyl, CD, and cassette editions are available here at araemusic.com. MP3 is also available for download and the album is streaming on all major services worldwide.
Enjoy this one - see everyone soon for what's next.
~ARAÉ 🖤
6.8.26 | ACHEBOUND Is Almost Here
This one has been a long time coming.
ACHEBOUND is my second album — and it's the record I've been building toward since the moment the debut dropped late 2025. More cinematic. More personal. More honest than anything I've put out before. Nine tracks written around obsession, longing, and the particular ache of loving something you can't quite hold onto.
The first preview, IN YOUR EYES - the album's closing track - has dropped and throughout the month you'll be seeing and hearing more about the album leading up to release on July 3rd.
Pre-orders are open here at araemusic.com - vinyl, CD, and cassette are now available, with the MP3, FLAC and streaming versions available on launch day. Each format has exclusive content you won't find anywhere else. The vinyl especially has some things on it I'm really proud of.
I've put everything into this one. I hope you feel it - see you soon.
~ARAÉ 🖤
5.8.26 | Focusing On May Originals
May is shaping up to be a big one.
Last Friday I dropped LOVE THE WAY IT FOLDS — a step deeper into SynthR&B territory. If you've followed my journey from synthwave into R&B and beyond, this one continues that evolution. It's where the emotion lives.
Today, RIGHT WHERE I AM is out now — and this one sits right alongside LOCKED IN THE TETHER and PULL ME CLOSER. High-energy, made to move. If those tracks found you dancing or in the car with the volume up, this one belongs in the same space.
Two originals in two weeks, and I'm not slowing down.
On the 15th I'm releasing a cover that's been living in my head for a while — a take on the recently viral "Let Me Be", reimagined in full cinematic synth. And if everything goes to plan, there may be two more originals before the month is out.
May feels like a moment. I hope you'll be there for it. 💜
~ARAÉ
4.10.26 | Exploring new genres with 'STILLWATER'
While I'm rooted in synthwave and synthpop, I've been experimenting with pushing my sound into new territory. I've already explored R&B, ambient techno, and noir-soul — and now STILLWATER is my experiment with ambient R&B inspired by lullabies.
This EP was designed as a mini-journey. It opens with STARLIGHT BLANKET, an R&B pop ballad, then eases you into deep relaxation with SOFT LIGHT, and finally carries you off to sleep with STILLWATER.
While I'll still be releasing tracks in my established genres, I'll periodically be branching out and trying new things like this — I hope you enjoy them!
~ARAÉ