TARUKI explores identity and exhaustion on chasing shadows with new release "Fading Light"

On “Fading Light,” TARUKI and Thomas Freckleton craft an introspective experience with haunting emotional clarity. This track explores the emotional toll of the unending quest for an idealized self, recording the subtle heartbreak of self-denial and the loss of self that lies at the heart of identity confusion. This is not a dramatization of the struggle but a slow-burning, honest thing, deeply human. The atmospheric production and melancholic textures give the lyrics room to breathe, and Freckleton’s contribution adds emotional depth to the song's reflective tone. “Fading Light” hits home because it knows that the wars inside us aren’t often loud, they sometimes hang around like a shadow you can’t outrun.