Don't Blame Me by Taylor Swift
Don't Blame Me by Taylor Swift runs at 68 BPM in the key of A minor. The prompt below describes those musical characteristics without naming the record.
Measured
- Tempo
- 68 BPM
- Key
- A minor
- Length
- 3:56
- Genre
- R&B
- Mood
- tender
- Vocals
- Vocal
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The prompt
A tender R&B track blending lo-fi hip hop with high energy and a syncopated feel at 68 BPM. The low end is electric bass playing root-note anchored, under an acoustic drum kit with a brushed snare and shimmering open hats. Warm analog pads carry the harmony, fingerpicked. The arrangement follows verse-chorus with a bridge. A full-voiced female vocal delivers a smooth and melismatic performance. Analog hiss adds texture, with a dub-style tape delay on the vocal. Mixed in a lo-fi and saturated style, foregrounding harmonic warmth and melodic lead, 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
- 68
- Chords
- chromatic and shifting
- Cymbals
- shimmering open hats
- Energy
- high
- Atmosphere
- tense and coiled
- Genre
- R&B
- Second genre
- lo-fi hip hop
- Harmonic instrument
- warm analog pads
- Harmonic style
- fingerpicked
- Mixing style
- lo-fi and saturated
- Mood
- tender
- Percussion
- an acoustic drum kit
- Rhythmic style
- syncopated
- Snare
- brushed
- Sonic focus
- harmonic warmth
- Secondary focus
- melodic lead
- Space
- a dub-style tape delay
- Structure
- verse-chorus with a bridge
- Textural detail
- analog hiss
- Vocal style
- smooth and melismatic
- Vocal
- a full-voiced female vocal
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 Taylor Swift. The prompt describes musical characteristics and does not reproduce the recording.