We no longer live in the information age. We live in infodemics.
We consume but we never digest. The content just devours every drop of your euphoria dopamine — leaving you restless.
We read headlines and make assumptions. Social media experts push 3-second ideas just to catch your attention. Everything is optimised for speed. Nothing is built for depth.
BIKIN works in reverse.
I stopped trying to be famous. I stopped chasing the algorithm. I stopped trying to catch your attention.
BIKIN is my chill out lounge.
The music is laidback. The writing has no deadline. No trend to chase. No quota to fill.
Just thoughts — baked slowly — until the smell roams to the next door and makes the neighbour wonder what has been cooking in the oven.
This time, we appreciate effort. Not speed.
On AI and writing:
Yes — AI helps me write. But I push back one too many times because I know when something doesn’t click with my narrative.
The tool serves the thinking. Not the other way around.
If you want to build your own laidback room — filled with philosophy and a thoughtful library — and you wonder how to start:
Think about this.
You are your own story. Every win. Every loss. Every pivot. Every almost. Every thing you built and every thing that fell apart.
You make your story interesting — because nobody knows it the way you do.
Don’t let anyone tell you otherwise.
Allow yourself to sit. Sink into the soft of the couch. Let your brain wander.
Write even when the first line is ugly and sounds stupid.
Write like you feel the nerve and bone creep.
Write like nobody wants to read it — not even yourself.
When you get past that —
You will never ask permission from anyone again.
Stop trying to be Shakespeare. Or A Samad Said. Or Usman Awang. Or any famous author.
Craft yours.
— Lokman S. BIKIN