Circle

Circle
Basic Information
Song By	Netrum & Halvorsen
Album	NCS: The Best of 2022 Arcade: Power Up
Brand	NCS Arcade
In-Depth Information
Release Date	August 31, 2022
Released As	Indie Dance
Community Genre(s)	Synthwave | Pop | Drum & Bass
Subgenre(s)	Outrun | Electropop | Dancefloor Drum & Bass
NCS.io Mood(s)	Dreamy Energetic Glamorous Mysterious Quirky
Length	3:58
Catalog Number	NCSA001 NCSMT024 NCSAMT002
Beats Per Minute (BPM)	168
Key	C♯ minor
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Not to be confused with Lensko's track named Circles.

Circle is a song by Netrum and Halvorsen released on August 31, 2022. It is featured as the eleventh track of NCS: The Best of 2022 and the second track of Arcade: Power Up.

The instrumental mix is available on NCS.io.

Lyrics

"Circle" Lyrics
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 We used to be solid, not falling apart Things never not okay when you were mine You used to be honest not pulling my heartstrings Every other day you change your mind   'Cause when you're high you call me like I'm lonely Some kind of little toy for you to wind up When you're lying in bed and feeling lonely I'm tired of being deployed like that   I'm getting dizzier and dizzier so disorientated First you want me, then your busy Girl, it's not that complicated Got me tight up in relations I'm going round and round and round Round   You got me running in a circle I'm just tryna find my way back to you what happеned to us? Round in a circle Back wherе I started, I'm stuck here like glue You keep me on loop (Whoa) I'm just tryna find my way back to you what happened to us? Round in a circle Back where I started I'm stuck here like glue You keep me on loop   I used to respect you, thought I was enough Yeah, feels like half a century ago 'Cause you keep coming back after telling me off Without even fitting sorry between "Goodbye" and "Hello again" Thought we could grow again How about no again, again and again? I'm tryna tell you we can't be friends Strugglin' to comprehend Than we broke up and ended Again and again and again and...   I'm getting dizzier and dizzier, so disorientated First you want me, then you're busy Girl, it's not that complicated Got me tied up in a leash around a pole I'm going round and round and round Round   You got me running in a circle I'm just tryna find my way back to you, what happened to us? Round in a circle Back where I started, I'm stuck here like glue You keep me on loop (Whoa) I'm just tryna find my way back to you, what happened to us? Round in a circle Back where I started, I'm stuck here like glue You keep me on loop   'Cause when you're high you call me like I'm lonely Some kind of little toy for you to wind up When you're lying in bed and feeling lonely I'm tired of being deployed like All I am to you is a pet, you think you own me I'm nothing but a boy for you to wind up When you wanna pretend to get to know me   You got me running in a circle I'm just tryna find my way back to you, what happened to us? Round in a circle Back where I started, I'm stuck here like glue You keep me on loop (Cha-ka-ow) I'm just tryna find my way back to you, what happened to us? Round in a circle Back where I started, I'm stuck here like glue You keep me on loop   You got me running in a circle

Trivia

• This is the first and currently most popular song released on the NCS Arcade brand. It is also the first and only Arcade upload to reach 1 million views.
• The intro of this song is nearly identical to the outro of Phoenix.
  • - Phoenix's Outro
  • - Circle's Intro
• The cover art contains many easter-eggs, listed clockwise here:
  • 'Follow the Rave Bunny'
    • Reference to Netrum and Halvorsen's first collaboration titled 'Rave Bunny' released in January 2020.
  • 'Like you're stuck on a desert island'
    • Reference to the lyrics of one of their older songs, titled 'Desert Island' released in September 2020 on Crosses.
  • 'NCS didn't accept that song :('
    • Following on from the reference to Desert Island, this references the fact that NCS rejected Desert Island.
  • 'UwU UwU Avenue'
    • Reference to the lyrics of Circle having a handful of scattered lines humming 'UwU UwU'.
  • 'You get the shivers' & Shivers Street
    • Reference to the lyrics of 'Shivers', which was their first song to go 'viral'.
  • You're colorblind (for all your life)
    • Refrence to the lyrics of 'Colorblind', their first collaboration on NCS.
  • You get the wrong color label
    • Could potentially be a reference to Colorblind's genre being labelled as White (Electronic) by NCS, or a reference to the NCS community and their tendency to point out genre labels.
  • imgur.com/2B7kqFl
    • This link directs you to an image of Netrum & Halvorsen with content aware scaled faces, photoshopped in front of a low-quality image of a dog.
      
  • Shout out to Punz (ty for the attention)
    • A reference to Minecraft content creator 'Punz' who is a fan of the duo, who played Shivers and Phoenix on his streams prior to the release of Circle.
      • Punz also listened to Circle on stream.
  • "This is a bOnkK" - Dan J. Lee
    • A reference to the manager of NCS, Daniel J. Lee, the quote presumably being his reaction to the song.
  • Shiba Inu image
    • This is an image of a Shiba Inu dog, in the position of the 'Bonk' meme format, this references the sound effect played at the start of the drops in the song, and perhaps also the previous quote.
  • GUITAR SOLOS ARE HARD
    • References to the fact that both Phoenix and Circle have a guitar solo.
  • 'You burst into fire'
    • References the lyrics of 'Phoenix', which like Shivers, grew large amounts of popularity.
  • But you're Punk Rock
    • References 'Phoenix (But it's Punk Rock)'
  • Norway is better than Finland :|
    • References the countries that Halvorsen and Netrum are from, respectively.
• Circle is the only track from the Arcade label to be featured on the Best of 2022 album, and one of only two Arcade songs to be in a Best Of compilation.