ILAJNA
Coming of Age... album artwork: two figures standing together in silhouette before a wide sunrise over a distant city, framed by a faint circular arc.

Coming of Age... · Track 13

Fake Natty Vibes: The NPC Simulation

3:41

The song

“Fake Natty Vibes” is the point where Coming of Age... stops merely observing the world and starts pushing back against it.

Story Behind the Song — This Perspective

Ilajna has confronted the pressure of looking polished when reality is messier.

Read the full story of Fake Natty Vibes: The NPC Simulation on Keviv Ardnahc’s site.

Lyrics

Yeah...

Everybody's in their soft era...

But nobody's got an original thought...

It's all plastic...

Walk in the room

It's a copy-paste scene

Slicked-back bun

In the same shade of green

Pilates at eight

But they do it for the clicks

Face tuned up

Yeah they know all the tricks

She says

"I woke up like this"

Organic and raw

But I saw the pixelation

Blurring out her jaw

Fake Natty body

Fake Natty on the app

Selling makeup courses

Girl it's nothing but a trap

They hit the same pose

They make the same face

Running in circles

In an artificial race

Scrolling through the feed

It's a simulation glitch

Everybody switching up

To figure out the pitch

I'm just looking for a soul

In the middle of the noise

But it's nothing but a room

Full of algorithmic decoys

Everybody's trending

Nobody's free

Everybody's somebody

Nobody's me

I'm drowning

In the Fake Natty vibes

Living in a world

Where authenticity dies

Trying to find a real one

A needle in the hay

But these NPCs

Are programmed

Just to get in my way

Chasing after clout

Like a dog on a bone

Everybody's connected

But we're dying alone

Yeah

It's Fake Natty Vibes

It's a plastic parade

Welcome to the Matrix

Where the truth starts to fade

Hit record

Fake a laugh

Put it on the timeline

Rented out the Prada

Just to say that she's doing fine

If it ain't a hashtag

Did it even happen?

If it ain't a hashtag

Did it even happen?

Lip-sync to the audio

They ain't even rapping

Caught them in the wild

No filter on the face

Looking like a stranger

In a totally different place

They would sell their best friend

For a viral little trend

We became the product

Packaging it till the end

Chasing after blue checks

Water in the drought

Whole squad starving

Just to feed a little clout

Blue light

Beaming on an empty shell

Is it heaven on the screen

Or a pastel hell?

I don't want the followers

I just want a friend

But the simulation's running

Till the very end

If everybody's perfect

Who are we pretending for?

When did being human

Stop being enough anymore?

I'm drowning

In the Fake Natty vibes

Living in a world

Where authenticity dies

Trying to find a real one

A needle in the hay

But these NPCs

Are programmed

Just to get in my way

Chasing after clout

Like a dog on a bone

Everybody's connected

But we're dying alone

Yeah

It's Fake Natty Vibes

It's a plastic parade

Welcome to the Matrix

Where the truth starts to fade

Am I a glitch

In the code?

An anomaly made?

Or did I take the red pill

To escape the parade?

Everybody's Fake Natty...

I...

Gotta...

Log off

Another perspective

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Hear the full song

This recording appears on Coming of Age..., by Keviv Ardnahc and Ilajna Avatsavirs.

Credits and release

Lyrics / writing
Keviv Ardnahc
Released
Producer
Keviv Ardnahc

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