Synth Single Review: “Just Fine” by Fonz Tramontano & Calida J

by Karl Magi

Fonz Tramontano & Calida J’s “Just Fine” expresses melancholy, resilience and a strong sense of self-worth. The song begins as calming notes move like ripples across a smooth pond, while the rhythm rebounds with guiding strength. The main melody is filled with resolute tenderness as Calida J’s silvery, sweet voice moves with an aching touch.

The underlayer is opaline and Fonz Tramontano has written a melody full of hurt, touched with resilience and freedom, pulling me deeper into the song’s message. The lead synth glows with pastel radiance while the undulating bass rumbles and elevated notes glisten like hopeful points of light. The main melody sways with soothing sensations, mingling strength and affection as the low end throbs.

Calida J’s voice carries a hushed, caressing quality while sparkling tones hover like fireflies in the velvet darkness. The melody’s gentle, nostalgic emotion radiates as the vocals slide past with silky ease and the song comes to a quiet, reflective close.

The storyteller says she’s just fine while “all alone, just killing time, on my phone, just scroll on by.” She isn’t thinking of the song’s subject and she knows they aren’t thinking of her either. She realizes that’s just fine because “I’m all grown and I’m all right, be my own damn Valentine.” She decides she doesn’t need a plus one, because “solo is fine.”

“Everything fades away, walking these streets with ghosts of yesterday,” and she feels it wasn’t meant to be the way it is, as she’s “chasing rainbows that turn out clouds of gray.” She accepts this and adds that she’s still fine. She tells the other person to do their thing, and she’ll do hers.

“I’ll see you back home, sometime near 9:00,” which is just fine. She points out, “I’m making memories, I’m living life,” and with a whole world to see outside, “I’m not on hold, yeah, I’m seeing mine.”