The Seed of Baroque Galactic: The Poem That Foretold Kamila Batavia's universe

Kamila Batavia on a staircase (presented by The Cavalry of Batavia Archive Team and edited manually on Canva)

Before the Name, Before the Era

Before her debut EP had a title, before Baroque Galactic existed as a genre or a declaration, Kamila Batavia was already writing inside its gravity.

In early 2024, during her first studio sessions, she released a quiet visual poem on YouTube titled “Mercusuar dan Gelombang Samudera Biru.” It appeared simply as a poetic companion to her debut single Berakhir dan Berlalu—a small, almost private offering.

At the time, it felt intuitive rather than intentional. Only later did its significance become clear. It became the seed of her universe, the Baroque Galactic.

A Poem That Already Knew the World

Kamila Batavia's Poem "Mercusuar dan Gelombang Samudera Biru" (presented by The Cavalry of Batavia Archive Team)

The poem spoke in symbols long before they were named.

A lighthouse standing alone, waves that return and recede without mercy, a narrator suspended between guidance and abandonment, navigation and grief.

Lines like “Aku lah sang mercusuar” carried more than metaphor because they carried identity, guardianship. Watching without being seen and standing firm while everything else moves.

Oceans, stars, loneliness, fate, these are the language of Baroque Galactic that was already present, fully formed in emotion if not yet in sound.

Before the EP, the World Already Existed

What Kamila was shaping, unknowingly, was not a song, or even a collection of songs.

It was a Gesamtkunstwerk: a total artwork where poetry, imagery, memory, and sound quietly wove themselves into a single mythology. The poem did not advertise a release, nor did it chase attention. It existed because it needed to exist. That necessity, creation born from inner truth rather than market demand, would later become one of the defining principles of Baroque Galactic.

Proof Within the Lines

Looking back, the poem reads like a map written in advance.

• The lighthouse: mythic selfhood and guardianship

• The dark, starless sky: cosmic navigation without guidance

• The ocean’s pursuit: grief rendered as movement rather than collapse

These were not motifs chosen later for branding but they were emotional constants that had always lived inside her work. The universe was already speaking, while she was simply listening.

An Intuitive Beginning

Some artists design their path carefully, naming each step before they take it. Kamila’s path revealed itself slowly through intuition, grief, memory, and an almost gravitational pull toward symbolism. What began as a quiet poem became one of the earliest seeds of a much larger world.

Baroque Galactic arrived as a remembrance.

The First Seed, Still Blooming

Today, Mercusuar dan Gelombang Samudera Biru stands as more than a teaser or an early experiment. It is a document of origin: a proof that the universe Kamila Batavia inhabits and builds was already alive before it had a name.

This was the beginning of a world recognizing itself and the universe continues to bloom.