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ELYKA sitting on her mattress in an apartment full of boxes, one hand on a sleeping dog.

ELYKA

Unpacked

Featuring Sora, of Hagane Sakura 鋼の桜

Fictional artists. Music and visuals made with generative AI.

ELYKA among her moving boxes, in the Unpacked video.

I lived out of boxes longer than I'd like to admit. A mattress on the floor, frames against the wall, breakfast standing up, just in case.

Then someone stopped me between two takes and told me I sing like I'm already packed to leave. She was right, which was annoying. She stayed anyway, and showed me where to breathe.

One box left, with my name on it. I opened it. Turns out I live here.

- ELYKA 🍁

12Boxes by the window
ELYKA tying her shoes among the boxes, a dog sitting next to her.

The last box has no label, only my name in my own hand.

From the song
Portrait of Sora Kagura.
Featuring

Sora Kagura

"You sing like you're already packed to leave." She stopped ELYKA between two takes, then stayed.

4:12Minutes, one box at a time

Under the video

  • ELYKA

    Sora still won't tell me what she likes. I've started asking around. No reason.

  • Sora

    Nothing sweet. I mean it.

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Lyrics

Verse 1

Twelve boxes by the window
Same handwriting on the tape
Kitchen, books and later
Later never came

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I made the bed on Sunday
Left the frames against the wall
Every room I ever rented
Learned to wait for me to go

I found the knife for the tape
I'm still here

Chorus

I'm unpacking (unpacking)
Every shirt I folded just in case
I'm unpacking (unpacking)
Every reason I could leave this place
Hang the coat, lose the receipt
Let the walls get used to me

Verse 2

A key from someone's hallway
A ticket stub from June
I kept them all as exits
Folded small enough to run

But the plant on the windowsill
Kept growing toward me anyway

I found the knife for the tape
I'm still here

Chorus

I'm unpacking (unpacking)
Every shirt I folded just in case
I'm unpacking (unpacking)
Every reason I could leave this place
Hang the coat, lose the receipt
Let the walls get used to me

Bridge

The last box has no label
Only my name in my own hand

Open it

Last chorus

I'm unpacking (unpacking)
Every maybe that I packed to run
I'm unpacking (unpacking)
Every light I left for someone
Hang the coat, lose the receipt
Let the walls get used to me
I'm unpacking
(I live here)

ELYKA

Released 2026.10.31

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From the sessions

Gallery

  1. ELYKA and Sora laughing in the recording booth.
  2. Sora watching through the studio glass.
  3. ELYKA on a crowded train with her pages, on the way to rehearsal.
  4. ELYKA and Sora on the booth floor, sharing one pair of headphones.
  5. A big red dog walking off with a sock, ELYKA behind him among the boxes.
  6. ELYKA and Sora on a break by the vending machines.
  7. ELYKA and Sora eating on the floor of the finished apartment, a dog asleep between them.
  8. ELYKA writing her name, the last box open beside her.
  9. Sora at the door with a plant for ELYKA.
  10. ELYKA putting her name plate by the front door, a dog watching.