Earrings by Malcolm Todd
Earrings by Malcolm Todd runs at 161 BPM in the key of G# major. The prompt below describes those musical characteristics without naming the record.
Analysis facts
- Tempo
- 161 BPM
- Key
- G# major
- Length
- 2:32
- Genre
- soul
- Mood
- tender
- Vocals
- Vocal
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The prompt
A tender soul track with high energy and a broken-beat feel at 161 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 smooth and melismatic performance. Subtle bitcrush adds texture, with a slapback delay on the vocal. Mixed in a lo-fi and saturated style, foregrounding melodic lead and vocal clarity, built on chromatic and shifting chords, leaving a tense and coiled atmosphere.
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What the analysis found
- Bass instrument
- electric bass
- Bassline style
- root-note anchored
- Tempo
- 161
- Chords
- chromatic and shifting
- Cymbals
- washy crash-led cymbals
- Energy
- high
- Atmosphere
- tense and coiled
- Genre
- soul
- Harmonic instrument
- clean electric guitar
- Harmonic style
- fingerpicked
- Mixing style
- lo-fi and saturated
- Mood
- tender
- Percussion
- an acoustic drum kit
- Rhythmic style
- broken-beat
- Snare
- clap-layered
- Sonic focus
- melodic lead
- Secondary focus
- vocal clarity
- Space
- a slapback delay
- Structure
- AABA
- Textural detail
- subtle bitcrush
- Vocal style
- smooth and melismatic
- Vocal
- a full-voiced female vocal
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Planetary Records is not affiliated with Malcolm Todd. The prompt describes musical characteristics and does not reproduce the recording.