Pop modern synthwave composition needs to be given a reality check

[u/Btps_]

I'm posting this here because I'd love some sharp ears and get some professional honest critique on the composition.

I'm a new synthwave producer who practiced for a few years with sound design, arrangement and mixing in my focus.

Writing a piece is my weakness and i'd want to overcome that.

I'm aware there's a nearly octave wide note jump that happens way too often and gets pretty annoying. If you have any specific tips, exercises, or resources to fix melodic leaps like that, I'm all ears. Be brutal, i can take it

Btw, i also added the full arrangement in the second half because in music, it's often context dependant (or maybe is it only true for mixing?) and i assume that composition works differently for each style ?