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Violently Happy by Björk

Violently Happy by Björk runs at 120 BPM in the key of A minor. The prompt below describes those musical characteristics without naming the record.

Measured

Tempo
120 BPM
Key
A minor
Length
4:59
Genre
house
Mood
brooding
Vocals
Instrumental

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The prompt

A brooding house track with explosive energy and a broken-beat feel at 120 BPM. The low end is electric bass playing root-note anchored, under an acoustic drum kit with a clap-layered snare and shimmering open hats. Warm analog pads carry the harmony, arpeggiated. The arrangement follows intro-verse-chorus-outro. A lead synth leads, building through repetition. Subtle bitcrush adds texture, with a dub-style tape delay on the lead. Mixed in a clean and spacious style, foregrounding harmonic warmth and atmospheric space, built on chromatic and shifting chords, leaving a euphoric and open atmosphere.

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What the analysis found

Bass instrument
electric bass
Bassline style
root-note anchored
Tempo
120
Chords
chromatic and shifting
Cymbals
shimmering open hats
Energy
explosive
Atmosphere
euphoric and open
Genre
house
Harmonic instrument
warm analog pads
Harmonic style
arpeggiated
Lead instrument
a lead synth
Lead style
building through repetition
Mixing style
clean and spacious
Mood
brooding
Percussion
an acoustic drum kit
Rhythmic style
broken-beat
Snare
clap-layered
Sonic focus
harmonic warmth
Secondary focus
atmospheric space
Space
a dub-style tape delay
Structure
intro-verse-chorus-outro
Textural detail
subtle bitcrush

About this page

This is an independent acoustic analysis. Tempo and key are measured from the audio; instrumentation and production characteristics are classified against a fixed vocabulary. The source recording is deleted once the analysis finishes, and no lyrics from it are stored. The measurements and classifications are automated estimates, so use them as a starting point and trust your ears.

Planetary Records is not affiliated with Björk. The prompt describes musical characteristics and does not reproduce the recording.

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