A week before the gates officially reopen for 2026, Thorpe Park becomes something entirely different. No queues, no crowds – just raw steel, open sky, and the hum of rollercoasters cycling through empty air. For recording artist NEO 10Y, the VIP preview day wasn’t just a theme park visit; it was something closer to a spiritual recalibration.
With walk-on access, he rode the park’s biggest coasters repeatedly – front row, over and over – turning thrill rides into a moving meditation. His favourite, Nemesis Inferno, twists through a volcanic theme with suspended seats that leave your legs dangling as you spiral and invert at high speed. The sensation of being untethered – feet kicking through open air – set the tone for the day: surrendering control, embracing chaos, and finding calm within it.
But it was Hyperia that defined the experience. As the UK’s tallest and fastest coaster, towering at 236ft and exceeding 80mph, it delivers not just adrenaline but moments of near-weightlessness that feel almost out-of-body. Riding it multiple times without queues, NEO 10Y described a strange clarity – like being “cosmically irrelevant, but peacefully so,” a feeling of dissolving into something bigger than himself.
That same sensation carried through The Swarm, where riders sit on either side of the track with nothing above or below them, amplifying exposure and vulnerability, and Stealth, which launches from 0–80mph in under two seconds – an explosive burst of force that shocks the body into presence.
What emerged from the day was a philosophy: rollercoaster therapy. The intense spikes of adrenaline and dopamine don’t just thrill – they reset. Fear becomes focus. Speed becomes stillness. In those fleeting seconds of acceleration, inversion, and airtime, the mind quiets. You’re not thinking about your life – you’re inside it, fully.
It’s a mindset that mirrors NEO 10Y‘s music. Tracks like Dopamine and ASCETIC HEDONIST explore that same paradox: chasing intensity not for escapism, but for clarity. Pleasure as discipline. Chaos as a route to peace.
On an empty VIP day, NEO 10Y connected with Thorpe Park as a tool for reset – proof that sometimes, the fastest way to feel grounded… is to lose control completely.
Thorpe Park opens officially on 27th March, book here.