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The One That Got Away by Katy Perry

The One That Got Away by Katy Perry runs at 136 BPM in the key of E major. The prompt below describes those musical characteristics without naming the record.

Analysis facts

Tempo
136 BPM
Key
E major
Length
4:50
Genre
synth-pop
Mood
restless
Vocals
Vocal

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The prompt

A restless synth-pop track with high energy and a broken-beat feel at 136 BPM. The low end is electric bass playing root-note anchored, under an acoustic drum kit with a clap-layered snare and washy crash-led cymbals. Clean electric guitar carries the harmony, fingerpicked. The arrangement follows AABA. A full-voiced female vocal delivers a layered in close harmony performance. Subtle bitcrush adds texture, with a slapback delay on the vocal. Mixed in a lo-fi and saturated style, foregrounding vocal clarity and low-end weight, built on chromatic and shifting chords, leaving a calm and settled atmosphere.

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What the analysis found

Bass instrument
electric bass
Bassline style
root-note anchored
Tempo
136
Chords
chromatic and shifting
Cymbals
washy crash-led cymbals
Energy
high
Atmosphere
calm and settled
Genre
synth-pop
Harmonic instrument
clean electric guitar
Harmonic style
fingerpicked
Mixing style
lo-fi and saturated
Mood
restless
Percussion
an acoustic drum kit
Rhythmic style
broken-beat
Snare
clap-layered
Sonic focus
vocal clarity
Secondary focus
low-end weight
Space
a slapback delay
Structure
AABA
Textural detail
subtle bitcrush
Vocal style
layered in close harmony
Vocal
a full-voiced female vocal

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