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A Song for When You Don’t Know What Comes next

A Song for When You Don’t Know What Comes next

Fine Days Incomplete (2024)

“‘Days Incomplete’ is about being lost but feeling as if you are close to something magical. Navigating through uncertainty, finding solace in moments of imagination.” With these words, Copenhagen-based singer and producer Fine Glindvad, who simply goes by her first name when being on stage, captures the all-too-familiar state of moving forward without full clarity, leaning into imagination when direction is hard to find.

Interestingly but not surprisingly, while we’re in states like this—mentally wandering along, trusting the process—our brain is far from idle. The Default Mode Network (DMN), a set of interconnected regions in the brain, becomes active when we are not focused on the outside world. It supports memory, imagination and self-reflection, helping us form meaning even when we don’t consciously realize it. Rather than being empty, these moments are when new thoughts quietly begin to take shape. 

Our song of the day is the perfect soundtrack for slipping into that headspace—unhurried, unsure and quietly full of possibility.

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