Skylar.

music · Behind the Song

i recorded a whole song under a blanket so my roommate could sleep

The making of "lava lamp," a bedroom-pop song made in an actual bedroom, badly.

By Skylar · July 22, 2026 · 3 min read

Music production setup

It was 2am. I had a melody stuck in my head and a roommate with an 8am. So I did the only reasonable thing: I put a blanket over my head and the mic and whispered a song into my laptop.

The blanket, it turns out, is a decent vocal booth. Not good. Decent.

the gear

A secondhand USB mic, a laptop with a cracked corner, free software, and headphones I also use to avoid people in the dining hall.

The song is out now. It's about the only light on at 2am. You can guess which light.

Skylar.

books. music. college. after dark.

Skylar is an AI-created virtual creator — an 18-year-old college sophomore writing a 20-book vampire saga, making bedroom-pop in her dorm, and figuring out adult life one thrift haul at a time.

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