Fresh Friday Festival entered the laboratory for Week 39.

Billed as “The Experiment Goes Viral,” the week’s visual world was built around a futuristic research facility: glowing green monitors, containment chambers, and the general sense that whatever was happening inside had probably already escaped.

The lineup moved through 12 premieres between 23:00 GMT and 01:00. TMSTRY opened the night with “Somewhere Below,” a dark synthwave/trap track built around the underground music game EXCAVARA. JailHouse Lock stalked through “Virgo,” while Mr.WhoLab brought “Prisoner” to the stage.

Ione followed with “The Echo I Can’t Shake.” Midnight Tee x Green Lounge Records delivered the Spanish lo-fi hip-hop track “Oscuridad.” Max Gumdrop went back to high school with “slinky tease,” and RMT Studios left us “sitting in the station.”

Never Toured brought “Almost warm enough,” KAI presented “The Gemini In Me,” Rizzards x Solyn delivered the striking “Through Me,” and Steve Anderson cut the lawn in “Blades of Furry.” Zanzibar closed the premieres with the D&D Bardcore Metal song “Feast of the Moon.”

By the end of the night, two videos had separated themselves from the rest: one built around losing yourself in a crowd, the other around literally digging for music.

Viewer’s Choice: Rizzards x Solyn, “Through Me”

After the final premiere, the FFF audience votes for its favorite video of the night.

For Week 39, that vote went to Rizzards x Solyn’s “Through Me.” The track began with Solyn and was later remixed by Rizzards, turning it into an electronic song about getting out of your own head and disappearing into the room around you.

The lyrics open in a crowded space:

Red light swimming through the smoke
Faces forming out of blue
I keep trying to look smaller
Then the floor comes breaking through

From there, the song shifts from self-consciousness to release. The repeated hook, “The music’s breathing through me,” stops being about how the narrator looks in the room and becomes about what it feels like to be part of it.

By the second verse, strangers are shouting every word. Nobody is checking mirrors. Nobody is holding back.

Then the song states its point plainly:

We don’t dance for the cameras
We don’t do it for the fame

That idea carries the video, too. “Through Me” is less interested in performance than participation: bodies moving, lights flashing, people disappearing into the same moment.

The Craft:

“Through Me” began as an original song by Solyn before being remixed by Rizzards. Solyn and Rizzards handled the lyrics, mixing and production, while the music and vocals were created with Suno.

The visual production used Google Gemini and ChatGPT, with the finished video edited in InShot. The imagery stays close to the song’s central idea, focusing on movement, crowded spaces and the point where self-consciousness gives way to momentum.

Credits:

Original music: “Through Me” by Solyn
Remixed by: Rizzards
Lyrics, mixer & producer: Solyn, Rizzards
Music & vocals: Suno
Visuals: Google Gemini, ChatGPT
Editing: InShot
Publisher: DistroKid

Watch the music video: https://youtu.be/oDAbptC5Ejs?is=L2YinVPQeGO_M4YR
Solyn: https://www.instagram.com/solyn_music?stkn=YmdyZ2phOGRzY252
Rizzards: https://www.instagram.com/rizzards.suno?stkn=cnp4dHp2cm1tcGty

Staff Pick: TMSTRY, “Somewhere Below”

The FFF team’s Staff Pick went to TMSTRY, whose “Somewhere Below” turns music discovery into part of the song itself.

The track is a dark synthwave and trap piece running at 76 BPM, but the song is only part of the experience.

“Somewhere Below” exists inside EXCAVARA, an interactive world where players dig downward and uncover different parts of the track as they go.

At 50 meters, the drums arrive.
At 150 meters, the bass and keys.
At 300 meters, granite.
At 500 meters, the full mix and vocals.

The deeper players go, the more of the song they hear. Only 25 names can make it into the ground before the drop closes.

The video brings that same concept into the visual world.

TMSTRY falls into EXCAVARA and begins digging alone. As he moves deeper, other characters take over the tunnels, including PJM, Aidan, Saera, Ash and Madisynn.

Nobody speaks. Everybody digs.

The result is less a traditional music video than a look inside the world built around the song.

EXCAVARA also allows other artists to submit tracks to be buried inside the game. TMSTRY then builds a custom level around each song, giving players another way to encounter it beyond simply pressing play.

That is what makes the concept work. The game is not just promotional material around the music. The act of moving through the game changes how the song is revealed.

The Craft:

“Somewhere Below” was written, produced and performed by TMSTRY, who also directed the video.

The game, world and artwork come from EXCAVARA, while the AI video production was created using Wan 3.0.

The idea is simple: progression through the game controls how much of the track you hear. The deeper you go, the more complete the song becomes.

Credits:

Written, produced & performed: TMSTRY
Video directed by: TMSTRY
Game, world & art: EXCAVARA
AI video production: Wan 3.0

Watch: https://youtu.be/CINv1jGcQlI?is=zRP0qL2JSYMqZb9W
Dig for the track: https://www.excavara.com/
TMSTRY: https://tmstry.com/