Gotta Do by Allan Jamisen: Review

by admin November 11, 2025

November 11, 2025

Composer and painter Allan Jamisen returns with his electrifying new single “Gotta Do.” This hypnotic electro-dance meditation fuses emotional resilience with an introspective groove. Released across major platforms including Spotify, YouTube, and Apple Music, the track embodies Jamisen’s minimalist, emotionally charged approach merging art and sound to examine how people endure, adapt, and connect in a chaotic world. Written during one of the darkest periods of his life, when he was juggling full-time work, caregiving for his terminally ill mother, and emotional turmoil from a one-sided relationship, Jamisen transforms his struggles into strength with the help of music.

The song opens with shimmering, ethereal tones that ease listeners into a reflective space before a deep, robotic voice utters the mantra, “I gotta do what I gotta do.” The atmosphere gradually thickens as the EDM pulse swells, and lush synths cascade into rhythmic euphoria. When the beat drops, it comes as an invigorating, cathartic, steady and entrancing rhythm that captures the tension between control and surrender. The repetition of the refrain, later expanding into “She gotta do” and “We gotta do,” shifts the focus from individual grit to collective endurance, with the unity slowly cultivating amid detachment. It’s like making us more responsible, committed and hard working through the manifestation and self affirmation through electronic music.

The production contrasts and enriches the soundscape with grimy synth pulses and crisp percussion counterbalancing the emotional undertones of perseverance. Hidden within the layers, Jamisen includes a poignant personal touch with the faint background vocals of his late mother, recorded during her final days, transforming the track into both a dance-floor anthem and a loving tribute.

Inspired by minimalist pioneers like The Normal and Grace Jones, “Gotta Do” proves that simplicity can be profound. Through repetition, rhythm, and raw humanity, Allan Jamisen shows that even in hardship, we keep moving because we “gotta do what we gotta do.”