Daniel Ryn’s “Struggling To Come Back” reflects burnout and healing, portraying the quiet resilience of slowly piecing life back together.
On August 14, Thai songwriter Daniel Ryn makes his return with “Struggling To Come Back,” a track that paints self-recovery not as a dramatic transformation but as a slow and quiet, unglamorous process.
Musically, the single drifts between lo-fi textures and late-night melancholia, drawing influence from Clairo, The Sundays, Damon Albarn, and Lou Reed.
Its hypnotic chorus, “Out of my head, out of my head, out of my head,” captures the weight of burnout while offering the faint light of resilience. Instead of a triumphant comeback, the song leans into the fragile honesty of simply moving forward again.
Behind the success of “Struggling To Come Back”
Ryn reveals he wrote the song during what he jokingly called his “self-proclaimed retirement,” a period when he thought he had stepped away from music for good. “Turns out, I loved it far more than I had admitted to myself,” he reflects.
I still wanted to stand in front of a crowd that would understand this kind of song—to give them something they’d value as much as I value them.
Recording the track became, as he puts it, “a matter of stealing moments.” Between sound checks at Melt Livehouse, he would slip in takes; on other nights, he’d return at 1 or 2 a.m., setting up on stage and playing as though the room were full.
The track also came to life with the help of two close friends: Boss, working from Bang Na, and Robert, who contributed remotely while traveling through Spain with his family.
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But who is Daniel Ryn?
Daniel Ryn is a multidisciplinary artist and songwriter deeply rooted in Bangkok’s independent music scene. Known for his introspective indie pop, his songs often emerge in the quiet margins—between sound checks, after closing time, or in the still hours of the night.
After founding several of the city’s most respected venues, Ryn now dedicates his energy to Melt Livehouse, a 700-capacity space that champions regional talent and community-driven music.
His music carries the same spirit: intimate, reflective, and born in the margins of late nights spent curating sound and community. With his project Fortuna Fader, Ryn now looks outward, opening doors to neighboring scenes and preparing to bring his deeply personal songs to audiences far beyond Bangkok.
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