Music Built for the
Pool. Music Built
for the Race.
Two competitive swimming anthems from KimDem. One for freestyle. One for butterfly. Both made for swimmers who actually race.
Why KimDem
is making music
for the pool.
Most workout music is built for the gym. Treadmill tempo. Rep counters. Generic hype.
Swimmers don’t train like that. Swimmers train under the surface, in long sets, in cold water at six in the morning, in pain that builds slowly across 200 meters and lands hard on the final wall.
KimDem makes music for that world. Music that understands splits, turns, race pace, and the quiet pressure of standing behind the blocks.
This page collects two competitive swimming anthems. One for freestyle. One for butterfly. Both written for swimmers who actually race.
Built for Free.
A freestyle anthem written for the full range of the stroke. Not just the sprint. Not just the distance. The whole event list.
It’s built for:
The track moves with the work freestylers actually do. Sprint power. Pacing. Stroke control. Fast turns. The final wall touch that decides a heat.
Built for the Fly.
Butterfly is the stroke that punishes you for getting it wrong. The rhythm is everything. The timing of the kick, the pull, the breath. The shoulders that have to hold form when the lungs are already gone.
Built for the Fly is written for that. Not a generic pump-up. A butterfly track.
It moves with the things butterfly swimmers know. The rhythm of the stroke. The power generated from the core. The timing window between breath and pull. The shoulder fatigue. The lungs in the final fifty. The discipline to hold technique when the body wants to break form.
Why swimming music needs to sound like the race.
Pool swimming is not a treadmill. It’s not a barbell. It’s a sport that lives inside long quiet sets and split-second decisions on the wall. A real swimming track has to respect that.
Training
The morning sets. The meters that don’t post to social media. The boredom that turns into discipline.
Pain
Lactic in the legs. Lungs at the back end of a 200. Shoulders on a fly set.
Split-Second Focus
The second between the beep and the start. The breath before the wall. The read on the swimmer in lane four.
Technique
Kick timing. Body line. Stroke count. Breakout depth.
Mental Discipline
Calm hands at the blocks. Holding pace under pressure. Finishing through the wall and not at it.
The Quiet Work
KimDem writes music that sits inside the work. Not above it. Made to be earned, not performed.
For swimmers, teams, and race-day playlists.
Both tracks are made to be used, not just listened to. A few suggestions for swimmers, coaches, content creators, and parents who film every meet.
Warmup playlists
Pre-meet, on the deck, in the marshalling area. The thirty seconds before walking to the blocks.
Training edits
Dryland sessions, kick sets, sprint days, threshold work. Built for repeatable use, not one-off hype.
Swim reels
Instagram, TikTok, YouTube Shorts. Race recap edits and meet-day content.
Team hype videos
Championship season. Taper week. Regionals or nationals. Banquet content the seniors will actually rewatch.
Race-day playlists
That one final track before walking to the blocks. The one that sets the heart rate and the eyes.
Coach edits
Season highlight reels. Recruiting videos. Senior tributes. Anywhere a swim moment needs the right sound.
Two tracks. One pool.
Built for real swimmers.
Listen to both anthems on Bandcamp. Add them to your warmup. Use them in your team edits. Send them to a swimmer who’s deep in season and needs the right thirty seconds before they walk to the blocks.