Arya – Hooked on the Lie [NIGHTMODE]

\Vancouver's Arya has been on fire for the past few years. He's been shaking up the bass music scene with envelope-pushing beatmaking, melodic arrangements, and sound design—a cutting-edge combination of rhythm and emotion spanning 140, house, trap, electronica, bassline, and any other sound he targets. He's returning to NIGHTMODE with his follow-up single, marking his sixth appearance since 2024.

"Hooked on the Lie" is a futuristic trap track highlighting his talent for manipulating tension and space. The vocals are visceral and vulnerable, the hazy croons depict the conundrum of being wrapped around someone's finger to the extent that the truth becomes indecipherable. Moody organ progressions and delicate percussive patterns provide a slow-burning rhythm, while jagged, pitch-shifting synths and rippling bleep call-and-response capture the moral dilemma through its sweet dissonance.