Caught A Light (Symphonic Version) (feat. Neco Novellas)

A symphonic orchestral collaboration by HAEVN and Neco Novellas, where cinematic pop meets the warmth of a full orchestra and the quiet wisdom of two worlds meeting. About finding the courage to sit with the pain you'd rather avoid. And how, in that stillness, light begins to shine through the cracks. Chapter four from our symphonic journey.

For this symphonic version, we wanted the orchestra to hold what words alone cannot. Strings carrying the weight of something fragile and growing. Swells that mirror the feeling of a light caught just before it disappears.

Working with Neco felt like breathing. He brought something ancient and alive into the room — singing in Mozambican, reminding us that everything starts small, and that we should accompany its growth. "Mukome hi ntsongo na ha yetlelile": shape it while it is still small, before it settles and becomes fixed.

We made this song late at night in Portugal, when all the ideas had been set aside and only the truest thing remained. That is the song you are hearing now.

We could see it in all our smiles when it was done.

Arranged by

Enrico Ferri

Original song written by

Marijn van der Meer

Jorrit Kleijnen

Neco Novellas

Tim Bran

Produced by

Esmee Ooms & Kevin Kimman

Mixed by

Tom Gelissen

Mastered by

Martin Scheer

Camera by

Kevin Kimman

Edited by

Robin Piree