Category: Journal

This section gathers written reflections, project notes, and short texts connected to origins of the XoirDrioX music project and reasons for the smoljanovic.eu personal page. Entries move between music, poetry, and process — documenting thoughts as they appear, without aiming for conclusions.

Don't Hold Your Breath is a dark indie rock song about self-worth, identity, and breaking free of someone else's expectations, delivered through song.

Don’t Hold Your Breath

Don’t Hold Your Breath is a dark indie rock song about self-worth, identity, and breaking free of someone else’s expectations, delivered through song. Don’t Hold Your Breath Some songs begin as confrontation. Others begin as clarity. Don’t Hold Your Breath sits somewhere between the two — not driven by anger,...

The Ghost They Used To Know explores identity, memory, and emotional transformation through dark indie rock, haunting imagery, and atmospheric storytelling.

The Voice You Left Behind

The Voice You Left Behind is a reimagining of an earlier piece, reshaped into something colder and more detached. The Voice You Left Behind Words have a remarkable ability to outlive the moments in which they were spoken. Long after conversations end and people move on, certain phrases can continue...

The Ghost They Used To Know explores identity, memory, and emotional transformation through dark indie rock, haunting imagery, and atmospheric storytelling.

The Ghost They Used To Know

The Ghost They Used To Know Some songs begin with a melody. Others begin with a question. *The Ghost They Used To Know* began with the idea that people often continue seeing the version of us they remember rather than the person we’ve become. Memory has a way of preserving...

The Black I Chose explores isolation, emotional detachment, and self-preservation through dark indie metal, heavy guitars, and haunting atmosphere.

The Black I Chose

The Black I Chose explores isolation, emotional detachment, and self-preservation through dark indie metal, heavy guitars, and haunting atmosphere. The Black I Chose Some songs are written from a place of loss. Others emerge from acceptance. *The Black I Chose* belongs somewhere between the two. While it revisits themes first...