Unshaken (Desiderata 1927)

02 / BEHIND THE MUSIC

The story behind it.

Unshaken began with the memory of a poem from 1927. The writing conversation led to Max Ehrmann’s Desiderata, and Kimmo asked for an English-language song that stayed close to its ideas.

The project developed around inner steadiness, kindness and the possibility of keeping one’s balance in a noisy world. The arrangement was revised with more closely placed chord changes, while every repeated section was written out so the music-generation process could follow the structure.

The artist identity became an explicit decision during the artwork process: Kimmo asked for EverForge to be changed to LaughingCay. The song’s reflective character became part of LaughingCay’s wider musical range.