Jalen Cai

Band 2022–Present

Post-Credits

Co-founder · drummer · composer · co-producer

A band that started with a middle-school promotion performance and did not stop — thirty-odd original songs, a thirteen-track debut album called The Cyclist, and a lot of night markets in between.

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The band

Post-Credits is the thing that has run longest and changed least. I co-founded it, play drums, write, and co-produce.

Writing together

Post-Credits songs usually do not arrive fully formed. Someone brings in a lyric, a chord progression, a melody, a beat, or sometimes only a mood, and we keep changing it until everyone can hear the same song.

As drummer and co-producer, I tend to think about structure and momentum: when the track should open up, when it should pull back, where a fill helps, and where doing less makes the chorus hit harder.

Behind the drums

My role does not stop when the drum take is finished. I also help shape arrangements, compare takes, think about transitions and pacing, and work with the rest of the band on how a song should feel as a recording rather than only as a live performance.

Production became another form of percussion for me: controlling energy, timing, density, and space, just on a larger scale.

The numbers, briefly

Around 29,000 followers, two million likes, ten million views. Useful context, not the point. The point is thirty-plus songs that did not exist before, and one album called The Cyclist.

Add The Cyclist album artwork and a strong live-performance video

Images, posters & documents

Milestones

  1. 11 May 2022

    The Performance That Started It: South Point Middle School

    Playing the eighth-grade promotion at South Point Middle School — the band's first performance. Kaitlyn Shuffer, Miles Nguyen, Austin To and Jalen Cai, with a set that included "You'll Be Back" from Hamilton, "Eye of the Tiger" and "Bohemian Rhapsody".

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  2. 11 November 2022

    Our Own Mini-Concert

    The band's first self-organised show, played in Jalen's backyard.

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  3. Playing the Night Markets

    Multiple night market performances, grouped together here because they became a regular thing. Several of them counted as community service.

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  4. Playing the Moon Festival for Local Seniors

    A Moon Festival performance for elderly attendees in the local community.

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  5. Writing 30+ Songs Together

    Thirty-plus originals written as a group, which mostly means thirty-plus rounds of changing something until everyone can hear the same song.

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  6. 1 December 2025

    Making Our First Album: The Cyclist

    A thirteen-song debut album, released 1 December 2025.

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  7. Behind the Drums: Producing Post-Credits

    Shaping arrangements, comparing takes, thinking about transitions and pacing — the part nobody sees.

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