Jacqueline Cordes crafts cinematic sorcery on her new single 'Illusions of Amethyst'

With her newest release ‘Illusions of Amethyst’, 22-year-old synesthetic composer Jacqueline Cordes unveils a spellbinding chapter from her forthcoming album 'Frozen Star', casting a hue of dusky violet across the ears and imagination alike.

Cordes writes as if melody were light, and each note a brushstroke in some forgotten dream. Her synesthesia is her internal compass, guiding her toward emotional coordinates others rarely map. And in ‘Illusions of Amethyst’, she charts a territory where longing glows. It’s the feeling of twilight in motion, a melancholy that never quite tips into despair.

What separates this piece from typical cinematic or neoclassical fare is Cordes’ restraint. She builds worlds with breath; letting silences speak, and phrases drift like snow caught in an updraft. There are no sharp edges here, only smooth contours of feeling, diffused like ink in water.

‘Illusions of Amethyst’ is both prelude and promise, the first glint of 'Frozen Star', and a deepening of the singular artistic vision first glimpsed on her debut 'Singularity'. If that project was Cordes looking up at the stars, this one suggests she’s starting to orbit them.

In an age of shortcuts and streaming bait, Jacqueline Cordes dares to move slowly and craft beauty for those willing to sit still long enough to feel it. Let ‘Illusions of Amethyst’ wash over you to see the world more clearly.